Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Sense and Sensibility

Full of romance, drama, truth, sisterhood, and family affairs Sense and Sensibility is a story that covers ever aspect of life. As the Dashwood family has just lost their father, Mrs. Dashwood, and her two daughters, Elinor and Marianne, are unsure of what they're going to do. Since Mrs. John Dashwood, Elinor and Marianne's sister-in-law, does not want to deprive her own son of any of this wealth she convinces her husband to give only a small amount of money to his family.
Before Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor and Marianne, move to Barton Cottage Elinor starts to fall in love with Edward Ferrars, Mrs. John Dashwood's brother. Not long after the ladies move to Barton Cottage Marianne fall and hurts her ankle and is rescued by Willoughby. Willoughby is everything Marianne had ever hoped for. He loved the same things she did and most of all loved her. Then one day he asks to speak to Marianne a lone. Marianne agrees thinking that he is going to propose to her, but ends up telling her that he is leaving and won't be back for a very long time. Marianne is crushed and heartbroken.
This whole time sitting on the side lines is a very well minored gentlemen named Colonel Brandon who has fallen for Marianne. But he never pushes anything because he realizes that she is in love with Willoughby.
It wasn't long before Mrs. Jennings offered to take Elinor, Marianne and Lucy to go to London. Marianne is excited because she knows Willoughby is there. But Elinor isn't has excited about going. For she has just found out that Edward Ferrars, the man she is still in love with is secretly engaged to Lucy. Knowing that she is going to have see Edward Ferrars knowing what she did just made the trip uninviting.
After they arrive in London Marianne finds out that her dear Willoughby is engaged to someone. Completely heartbroken she doesn't seem to enjoy her self the rest of the time. Mrs. John Dashwood falls in love with Lucy and invites her to come stay with them, but has soon as she finds out that Lucy is engaged to her brother, she tells her mother and her mother tells Edward Ferrars that she is going to take away all of his wealth if he marries her. Being the that he is a man of his word he decides not to break off his engagement.
On the way back the Barton Cottage Marianne gets very sick and they have to stop. Then one day Willoughby shows up at the house where Marianne is resting. Elinor tells him it's not a good idea for him to see her so he tells Elinor that he was sorry for what he had done. He really did love her but right before he was about to ask for her hand in marriage he found out that he had no more money. So he had to leave and marry rich.
This whole time Colonel Brandon has been such a big help in every way possible. And he has even offered to give Edward Ferrars a place to live. And in the end Lucy leaves Edward Ferrars for his brother, who has money, and he comes and tells Elinor that he still loves her and wants to marry her and Colonel Brandon wins Marianne over and they fall in love.

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