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The writer of this article points out that Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" has the perfect title for two sisters who are completely opposite of one another. The writer notes that Austen's characters are pairing of opposites through all the main characters of the story. Further, the writer discusses romance and money as the themes of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" that lead to several pairings of people throughout the story with neoclassicism and romanticism as a major cause for these pairings.

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"Jane Austen writes a story using characters that grabs the heart of most readers such as Marianne who falls in love only to be heart-broken or Elinor who never expresses her emotions yet falls in love with little hope of marriage. Austen's characters often have characteristics that are completely opposite of one another such as Marianne and Elinor. Romance and money are two themes of Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' that lead to several pairings of people throughout the story with neoclassicism and romanticism as a major cause for these pairings. Mrs. Dashwood and Mrs. Ferrars are opposite pairings in the way they treated their children and their characteristics are complete opposites of one another. Mrs. Ferrars openly tells Edward that if he marries someone she does not give her approval that he will be cut off from any of the family's wealth."

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