篇一：sense_and_sensibility理智与情感总结
Marriage is a matter of one’s sense and sensibility
Sense and Sensibility was Jane Austen's first published novel. Although Sense and Sensibility is similar to her other novels in plot, tone, and type of characters, it differs from the others in its representation of the courtship of two sisters rather than one heroine, there are two. In the novel, Elinor Dashwood, a nineteen year old woman of sense and Marianne Dashwood is her seventeen year old sister with sensibility. Elinor is subdued and quiet while Marianne is emotional and romantic. The two main characters’ stories about finding a happy marriage inspire readers to read the novel again and again and think about the theme of it, which may be the reason for the popularity of the novel.
Sense and Sensibility begins with the widowed Mrs. Dashwood and her three daughters—Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret—being ousted from their home when the new owner, John Dashwood and his wife, Fanny, move in John Dashwood, Mr. Dashwood's eldest son from his first marriage, inherits his father's entire estate, under the laws of primogeniture. The Dashwood women are given a home, Barton Cottage, on the estate of Sir John Middleton, a distant relative. One visitor to the area, Colonel Brandon, is interested romantically in Marianne, but he does not fit her ideal of a romantic hero and she ignores him. However, another visitor to the area, Willoughby, matches her expectations and she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Elinor becomes disappointed that the man in whom she is interested, Edward Ferrars who is Fanny Dashwood's brother, a young clergyman, does not call on her as she had expected. Other guests at the Middletons' include the Palmers and the Misses Steele, who, like the Dashwood sisters, are dependent upon others to avoid slipping from gentility to poverty; the younger of whom, Lucy, reveals to Elinor that she is secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars. Although bitterly disappointed, Elinor promises to keep the secret and bears this news with fortitude. In London, Marianne discovers that Willoughby is going to marry for money and reject her entirely. When Lucy Steele reveals her secret engagement to Edward, he is disinherited in favor of his younger brother, Robert. Returning to Barton, Marianne falls ill at the Palmers' estate. Willoughby arrives, concerned about Marianne, and confesses to Elinor that he loves Marianne and must now suffer an unhappy marriage. At Barton, Marianne recovers and Elinor learns that Edward has been freed from his engagement. Upon learning of Edward's disinheritance, Lucy turns to his brother, Robert, as the better prospect. Edward, having accepted Colonel Brandon's offer of a position, proposes to Elinor, and Marianne comes to see the virtues of the colonel and marries him.
Some critics agree that Sense and Sensibility reflects Austen's own experience in terms of her role as a woman in her family and in post-Revolutionary society. Austen's situation as a young woman mirrored that of the Dashwood sisters at the outset of the novel: after her father's death, Austen, along with her mother and sister, were forced to rely on the benevolence of relatives for financial support. Although the novel is not autobiographical, Austen understood the position of women who were deprived of the means to earn an income but needed to maintain their social standing. This predicament was also reflected in the Steele sisters, who were without parents and
were wards of their uncle, but who relied on coquetry and intrigue which was considered vulgar in post-Revolutionary society for social advancement. The worst of court culture which mainly refers to artificial politeness and social games is demonstrated through the Dashwood and old Mrs. Ferrars.
All of this accords with the post-Revolutionary society in which Austen lived. "Sensibility," the indulgence of personal absolutes regardless of social conventions and laws, is viewed widely as a major source of Revolutionary transgression; "sense" is often opposed to Revolutionary theory. The triumph of sense over sensibility in the novel establishes the value of conventional feminine virtues, a position also espoused by other writers in the aftermath of the Revolution. Elinor and Marianne's "sense" triumphs and suffering bring happiness in the end.
my opinion, sense stands for reality and sensibility stands for romantic love. They even recite the first few lines, such as “Let me not to the marriage of true minds. Admit impediments. Love is not love, which alters when it alteration finds. Or bends with the remover to remove: O, no! It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken;” This poem definitely proves that Marianne and Willoughby are too romantic. So, they break up out of money. The ending of the novel is a little bit ideal. What if Colonel Brandon changes his mind? And what if Lucy doesn’t fall in love with Robert and she marries Edward? If these two conditions become true, the two sisters will end up with a tragedy. However, there is a solution to avoid the tragedy that is to marry somebody out of a great amount of sense and a little sensibility. Obviously, Marianne thinks about love and marriage with sense at last. Thus, she marries Brandon. And Elinor expresses her true love to Edward though she is usually a symbol of sense. Marriage is a matter of sense and sensibility. Only sense, or only sensibility is not a wise choice. Only to bear a great amount of sense and a little sensibility in mind can a happy marriage be nurtured.
篇二：电影《理智与情感》获奖剧本
《理智与情感》Sense and Sensibility
"SENSE AND SENSIBILITY"
Screenplay by
Emma Thompson
Based on the novel by
Jane Austen
CHAPTER ⅠNORLAND PARK
CHAPTER ⅡBARTON PARK
CHAPTER ⅢLONDON
CHAPTER ⅣCLEVELAND
CHAPTER ⅤBARTON COTTAGE
Chapter ⅠNorland Park
EXT. OPEN ROADS - NIGHT - TITLE SEQUENCE
A series of traveling shots. A well-dressed, pompous-looking
individual (JOHN DASHWOOD, 35) is making an urgent journey on horseback. He looks anxious.
EXT. NORLAND PARK - ENGLAND - MARCH 1800 - NIGHT
Silence. Norland Park, a large country house built in the
early part of the eighteenth century, lies in the moonlit
parkland.
INT. NORLAND PARK - MR DASHWOOD'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
In the dim light shed by candles we see a bed in which a MAN (MR DASHWOOD, 52) lies his skin waxy, his breathing laboured. 13497135147
Around him two silhouettes move and murmur, their clothing susurrating in the deathly hush. DOCTORS. A WOMAN (MRS DASHWOOD, 50) sits by his side, holding his hand, her eyes never leaving his face.
MR DASHWOOD
(urgent)
Is John not yet arrived?
MRS DASHWOOD
We expect him at any moment, dearest.
MR DASHWOOD looks anguished.
MR DASHWOOD
The girls--I have left so little.
MRS DASHWOOD
Shh, hush, Hey.
MR DASHWOOD
Elinor will try to look after you
all, but make sure she finds a good
husband. The men are such noodles
hereabouts, little wonder none has
pleased her.
They smile at each other. MRS DASHWOOD is just managing to conceal her fear and grief
MRS DASHWOOD
But Marianne is sure to find her
storybook hero.
MR DASHWOOD
A romantic poet with flashing eyes
and empty pockets?
MRS DASHWOOD
As long as she loves him, whoever he
is.
MR DASHWOOD
Margaret will go to sea and become a
pirate so we need not concern
ourselves with her.
MRS DASHWOOD tries to laugh but it emerges as a sob. An older MANSERVANT (THOMAS) now enters, anxiety written on every feature.
THOMAS
Your son is arrived from London,
sir.
MR DASHWOOD squeezes his wife's hand.
MR DASHWOOD
Let me speak to John alone.
She nods quickly and he smiles at her with infinite
tenderness.
MR DASHWOOD
Ah, my dear. How happy you have made
me.
MRS DASHWOOD makes a superhuman effort and smiles back. She allows THOMAS to help her out. She passes JOHN DASHWOOD as he enters, presses his hand, but cannot speak. JOHN takes
her place by the bed.
JOHN
Father...
MR DASHWOOD summons his last ounces of energy and starts to whisper with desperate intensity.
MR DASHWOOD
John you will find out soon enough
from my will that the estate of
Norland was left to me in such a way
as prevents me from dividing it
between my families.
JOHN blinks. He cannot quite take it in.
JOHN
Calm yourself, Father. This is not
good for you.
But MR DASHWOOD continues with even greater determination.
MR DASHWOOD
Norland in its entirety is therefore
yours by law and I am happy for you
and Fanny.
JOHN looks torn between genuine distress and unexpected
delight.
MR DASHWOOD
But your stepmother my wife and
daughters are left with only five
hundred pounds a year, barely enough
to live on and nothing for the girls'
dowries. You must help them.
JOHN's face is a picture of conflicting emotions. Behind
them is the ominous rustling of parchments.
JOHN
Of course
MR DASHWOOD
You must promise to do this.
A brief moment of sincerity overcomes JOHN's natural
hypocrisy.
JOHN
I promise, Father, I promise.
MR DASHWOOD seems relieved. Suddenly his breathing changes. JOHN looks alarmed. He rises and we hear him going to find
the DOCTOR.
JOHN
Come! Come quickly!
But it is we who share the dying man's last words.
MR DASHWOOD
Help them.
EXT. JOHN AND FANNY'S TOWN HOUSE - LONDON - DAY
Outside the house sits a very well-to-do carriage. Behind it
waits another open carriage upon which servants are laying
trunks and boxes.
FANNY (V.O.)
'Help them?'
INT. JOHN AND FANNY'S TOWN HOUSE - DRESSING ROOM - DAY
JOHN is standing in mourning clothes and a traveling cape.
He is watching, and obviously waiting for, a pert WOMAN (FANNY DASHWOOD) who is standing by a mirror looking at him keenly.
FANNY
What do you mean, 'help them'?
JOHN
Dearest, I mean to give them three
thousand pounds.
FANNY goes very still. JOHN gets nervous.
JOHN
The interest will provide them with
a little extra income. Such a gift
will certainly discharge my promise
to my father.
FANNY slowly turns back to the mirror.
FANNY
Oh, without question! More than
amply...
JOHN
One had rather, on such occasions,
do too much than too little.
A pause as FANNY turns and looks at him again.
篇三：【微书评】《理智与情感》(Sense and Sensibility)
【微书评】《理智与情感》（Sense and Sensibility） 发表于：
2014-02-13
【推荐理由】
《理智与情感》（Sense and Sensibility）该书主要讲述了达什伍德太太跟她的三个女儿——爱莲娜（Elinor）、玛丽安（Marianne）和玛格丽特（Margaret）一直倚靠达什伍德先生的财产过活，然而，当达什伍德先生过身后，四人顿失经济支柱。由于她们的家诺兰（Norland）必须由他们的同父异母的兄长，约翰·达什伍德（John Dashwood）承继，所以她们一家都要被扫地出门。约翰虽受父亲所托照顾后母和妹妹们，但最后仍因他自私刻薄的妻子芬妮（Fanny Dashwood）劝说而打消念头。结果四人在自己家里反而不受欢迎，被迫出外寻找新居所。
大约在这时候，诺兰来了一位拜访者，就是芬妮的兄弟，爱德华·费华士（Edward Ferrars），一个安静和善而有风度的绅士，很快便博得长女爱莲娜的爱慕，然而，正当他们日夜滋长感情之际，母亲和三姐妹却不得不搬走了。况且费华士太太希望爱德华可娶一个有财有势的小姐，所以爱莲娜也不敢奢望什么。 达什伍德太太在远房表亲约翰·米德顿爵士（Sir John Middleton）的巴顿小屋找到了新的居所，搬家后，三姐妹忙于适应生活和结识朋友。在这群人中，有一位绅士最为出众，那就是勃顿上校（Colonel Brandon），一位年约三十五的男士，富有而沈稳博学，是米德顿爵士的老朋友。他显得对二女儿玛丽安相当感兴趣，于是某些多管闲事之人，例如：米德顿爵士的岳母詹宁斯太太（Mrs. Jennings），便开始胡乱猜测起来（玛丽安自然很不高兴），不仅仅因为二人年龄差距大，而且玛丽安认为年纪像勃顿上校般大的人根本不会有爱情，所以不大愿意接受他。然而，在这时，玛丽安在外跌伤了脚，并被一位名为韦勒比（Mr. Willoughby）的先生救回。英俊潚洒韦勒比先生很获得众人的好感，而且和浪漫感性的玛丽安迅速打得火热。他从此每天到小屋拜访，虽然身边的人都没有问，但二人亲密程度已令大家以为他们秘密订婚了。只是，事情才过了没多久，韦勒比却忽然声称为伦敦的生意须离开一年，之后无故搬走，令玛丽安伤透了心。
爱德华终于来到巴顿小屋探访，但他看起来不开心，而且对爱莲娜极疏远。爱莲娜很担忧，幸且她对母亲和妹妹们的责任感令她没有沉溺在哀痛之中。
在此不久，达什伍德一家更巧合认识了米德顿夫人的亲戚—露西·斯特小姐（Lucy Steele），斯特小姐主动接近爱莲娜，后来更刻意透露她和爱德华·费华士不但认识，而且更秘密订婚多年！爱莲娜得知，明白爱德华当年年轻冲动才许下婚约，现又不愿辜负诺言，才有如此的表现。然而，仍心系爱德华的爱莲娜失望又痛苦，但仍遏力抑制自己，强迫自己忘掉她深爱的人。
后来，达什伍德最大的两个姐妹和斯特小姐跟随詹宁斯太太到伦敦过冬，玛丽安寄了很多信给韦勒比先生但收不到回复，终于相遇时发现他态度冷淡，并已恋上另一位富家小姐（Miss Grey）。玛丽安被爱人抛弃，伤心欲绝更大病一场……两个姐妹的感情相继陷入了危机。
那么，最后性格迥异的两姐妹谁能得到真正的爱情，如愿以偿呢？母女四人又该如何走出生活的困境呢？读了此书，也许你会找到答案！
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