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The main theme of Jane Austin's novels is the countrygentry life, especially linked to the theme of marriage: the role and the social position of the English women in the 17th century is the principal aspect of Austin's novels.

The most important thing for a woman of that time was to get married. There aren't any characters describing better this concept than the two mothers of the novels, Ms Bennet and Ms Dashwood; their principal interest was to see their daughter married, and this desicion was such important to be taken fom all the family. But at the end, we see that the heroines manage to marry their real love who isn't always the man choosen by the family; there is always the happyendig.

The detailed description of the females figure is used by J. Austin to describe better all the different aspects of the female mind and all the different points of view of the women.
For example Elizabeth, the heroine of "Pride & Prejudice",is a very strong and instincive woman and she' s a very proud of herself girl. When she meet Darcy, she refuses to submit to his ideas, showing her proud personality. In the novel there is a journey towards selfknoledge and selfawareness of the two characters that ends with a changing of their personality.

On the other side Elinor, one of the heroines of "Sense & Sensibility" rapresents the way a thypical 17th c. woman had to be. She's sensitive but prudent in showing her feelings. She's very self-control and she's got an inner balance during all the developement of the novel.

And completely different is the personality of Elinor's sister, Marianne, that is irrational, istintive and she doesn't have problems to show her feelings and her thoughts to the men she's in love with.

The heroine that is more similar to Jane Austin's personality is in my opinion Elinor, because of her big control on herself ond on her feelings.

marty s.