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comic element in “sense and sensibility”
Name : Upadhyay Devangana S.Paper : The Romanic Literature
Semester : 02Department : English
Submitted to : M. K. Bhavnager [email protected]
Novels The comic Spirit, All-Pervasive in Austen’s
All Jane Austen’s novel are written in the comic mode.
Comedy in her novels is mostly of the ironic kind.
Comic irony is really her forte; and her treatment of most of the characters is ironic.
A Number of Comic Characters in “Sense and Sensibility”
Mrs. Jennings as a Comic Character Her comments are often very
amusing. She is a copious talker and in
Jane Austen’s own words an “everlasting talker”
Mrs. Jennings is only interested in gossip and is not genuinely sympathetic.
Another comic aspect is her habit of planning matrimonial alliances.
She is always trying to marriages for the marriages of all the other people in the world
The comic aspects of sir John and Lady Middleton
Sir John amuses us by his excessive hospitality and his excessive desire to have
guests whom he can entertain to dinner or to lunch at his house.
He welcomes the Steele sisters as heartily as he welcomes the Dashwood sisters.
Lady Middleton amuses us by her sullenness and ill temper.
Her chief interest in life is her children. She wants every visitor to praise her children as if they were the finest children in the world.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer as Comic Figures
Mr. Palme
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• Mr. Palmer’s wife’s stupidity and often snubs
her.• He snubs his
wife’s mother Mrs. Jennings too.
• He is “droll” kind of man.
Mrs. Palme
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Mrs. Palmer is first introduced to us by author like;
“She came in with a smile, smiled all the time of her visit, except when she laughed, and smiled when she went away.”
The Comic side of Mr. and Mrs. Ferrars
Mr. Ferrars Mrs. Ferrars
Elinor describes him as a coxcomb; and coxcombry.
She is quick to disinherit a son who disobeys her.
His silly criticism of his brother Edward.
Jane Austen pokes fun at Mrs. Ferrars when introducing her to us.
His stupid decision of marry Her countenance would have been insipid if it did not possess strong marks of pride and ill nature.
The Steele Sisters as Targets of Ridicule By Jane
Austen
The two Steele sisters are also
a target of ridicule by
Jane Austen.
“And what a charming little
family they have! I never saw such fine children in
my life. I declare I quite dote upon them already.”
Miss. Steele says with reference to Sir John,
Lady Middleton and their children
