This document is a student paper comparing characters from Sense & Sensibility and Middlemarch. It provides information on the author, title, course, and topic of the paper. For Sense & Sensibility, it describes Elinor Dashwood as emotional yet rational, and Marianne Dashwood as honest about her feelings and convinced her opinions cannot change. For Middlemarch, it describes Dorothea Brooke as intelligent, pious and beautiful with a desire to help others, and Rosamond Vincy as concerned with social status and living well.

1. Name : Solanki Sardarsinh
Roll No : 26 Semester : 2 Year : 2013-14
Paper 6 : The Victorian Literature
Submitted to:
Smt. S.B.Gardi
Department of English
M.K. Bhavnagar University
Topic : Comparative Study of Characters in
Sense & Sensibility and Middlemarch

2. “Sense & Sensibility” “Middlemarch”
Written in Romantic Age Written in Victorian Age

3. Major Characters
“Sense & Sensibility”
The eldest of the Dashwood sisters.
She is emotional and romantic.

4. “Middlemarch”
Major Characters
Dorothea is an exceptional woman:
she is smart, pious, and beautiful.
Rosamond is the most genteel
character.

5. Comparative Study of Characters
• It is she who notices all the
little inconsistencies in
polite society, and the
hypocritical nature of many
with whom they associate.
• She is not so romantic as to
assume that money cannot
help make you happy, or
help you to marry the right
man.
Elinor
Dashwood
• Dorothea philanthropic
impulse indicates her
essential goodness. She is
also stubborn and strong-
willed
• The governing principle of
her character is her desire
to help the needy, seen in
her interest in redesigning
the local farmers’ cottages.
Dorothea
Brooke

6. • Unwaveringly honest to her
feelings, Marianne cannot lie
or flatter or behave in ways
contrary to what she feels.
• She is convinced her
opinions are permanently
set, and one of her main
opinions is that people can
never love twice.
Marianne
Dashwood
• Her interests are not
serious; she is concerned
with social niceties, upward
mobility, and living well.
• Rosamond is stunning and
swanlike, a model of
perfection. She represents
the ability to change social
status through conduct.
Rosamond
Vincy
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