1-There are at least two sisters who are constantly being compared to one another
2-There are love triangles galore
3-Women struggle with financial issues
4-Men have the upper-hand in society
On Wednesday we discussed that Austen based her writings off of her own life story and the time period in which she lived. I understand why the political and social issues are so similar in the books, being that they were only written two years apart from one another (Notes). What I question is why the comparison of two sisters and their problems with love are so similar? It almost seems as if Austen did not know how to write about anything else other than two or more sisters who are the complete opposites of one another and their struggles with the unbending ways of love. I will have to admit that there were times where I forgot which novel we were discussing in class as the story lines are so similar.
Does anyone else have any opinions on this comparison between the two novels? Do you think Austen was only writing based off her own life because she knew nothing else? I mean just look at the book covers below, granted Austen does not have a say on the ways in which the covers of her books look but look at how publishing companies have chosen to depict the front covers. The images are almost identical in nature.
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Class Notes. April 9, 2014.
2 comments:
I think what was said was that Austin's life could at times parallel a few aspects of her writing and her writing can, in turn, reflect society. I wonder in what ways the stories are different----. Another thought is that writers tend to have a genre: Agatha Christie, Don DeLillo, Colbert, Mindy Kaling--these are all authors who write in similar style, but that's different than being the same.
I agree with Dr. Wolbrink, Austen's life certainly has some parallel experience with her characters but she also portrays other types of women during this time period. Such as that lady from Sense and Sensibility Who is really out spoken and loud? I cant seem to remember to her name, but with her character we can see how Austen is portraying other types of women besides just woman who are too emotional or too cold. As Dr. Wolbrink said in class, Austen may be portraying that a woman should be in between, firm but strong.
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