"Persuasion"

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This paper offers a review of "Persuasion" by Jane Austen, focusing on the main character Anne Elliot and her development into a woman of understanding and clarity. Austen is telling the story of a woman learning that listening to others unfailingly on matters of the heart does not ensure happiness or security. The writer explains that Anne s experience of seven years of unrelenting heartache over the sacrifice of her one true love to propriety has not served her and she believes she would have been happier and wiser to listen to her own heart and believe in the ability of her love to become a success. The paper includes several direct quotes from the book which are used to illustrate the points.

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"The sometimes subtle and sometimes blatant class associations that dictate a proper social interaction and more importantly proper marriage ability seems to be an all consuming contest for married and unmarried women, alike. Though these interests may be a literary intrigue rather than a real life reflection of the times, it might seem unlikely because so many contemporary authors suggest that the former rather than the later is the case. Yet the main meaning of this text is not so much Anne s growth of self determination but that from this growth and a little luck she gains opportunity to become much more worldly and independently decisive."

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