Comparison between Elinor and Dorothea

1. NAME: JANKIBA K. RANA
PAPER NO: 5
THE ROMANTIC LITERATURE
M.A. SEM – II ROLL NO: 09
YEAR 2014-2015
SUBMITTED TO:
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR

2. JANE AUSTEN GEORGE ELIOT
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY MIDDLE MARCH

3. ELINOR DOROTHEA
•Elinor Dashwood is character of
sense and sensibility.
•Dorothea brooke is character of
middle march.
•The eldest of the Dashwood
sister.
•Dorothea is exceptional woman:
she is smart, pious and beautiful.
•She is emotional and romantic.
•It is she who notices all the
little inconsistencies in polite
society, and the hypocritical
nature of many with whom they
associate.
•Dorothea philanthropic impulse
indicates her essential goodness.
She is also stubborn and strong
willed.
•She is not so romantic as to
assume that money cannot help
make you happy, or help you to
marry the right man.
•The governing principle of her
character is her desire to help
the needy, seen in her interest in
redesigning the local farmers ‘
cottages.

4. Elinor Dashwood Dorothea
Gender: Female
Hair Colour: Light
Eye Colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Light
Naumann is immediately
attracted to Dorothea as pieces
of art.
The things of her as an ideal
rather than as real person.
Associate her with angels, saints
or the virgin mary.