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* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted. At first, his lament over having to abandon his love for Marianne seems sympathetic, but then Elinor reminds herself of what he did to her and Colonel Brandon's ward which impelled said separation.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted. At first, his lament over having to abandon his love for Marianne seems sympathetic, but then Elinor reminds herself of what he did to her and Colonel Brandon's ward which impelled said separation.
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* ItsAllAboutMan: Comes running when Marianne is sick...because he wants her to forgive him in case she dies. He ''is'' genuinely worried and remorseful, but his main aim is to convince the Dashwoods he isn't a bad guy, and he doesn't seem to clock that ''maybe'' they don't exactly need the extra stress of dealing with someone who badly mistreated a beloved family member.
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* ItsAllAboutMan: ItsAllAboutMe: Comes running when Marianne is sick...because he wants her to forgive him in case she dies. He ''is'' genuinely worried and remorseful, but his main aim is to convince the Dashwoods he isn't a bad guy, and he doesn't seem to clock that ''maybe'' they don't exactly need the extra stress of dealing with someone who badly mistreated a beloved family member.
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* NeverMyFault: When trying to defend himself to Elinor, he claims that Eliza, the fifteen-year-old girl he seduced and abandoned, is just as much to blame as he is; after all, she consented to running away with him. His argument naturally falls flat, since the consequences of their tryst are infinitely worse for poor Eliza, and she is a naive teenager who had no idea what she was getting into, while ''he'' is a worldly young man.
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* NeverMyFault: When trying to defend himself to Elinor, he claims that Eliza, the fifteen-year-old girl he seduced and abandoned, is just as much to blame as he is; after all, she consented to running away with him. His argument naturally falls flat, since the consequences of their tryst are infinitely worse for poor Eliza, and she is a naive teenager who had no idea what she was getting into, while ''he'' is a worldly young man. He also claims his wife dictated the cruel letter to Marianne, trying to paint her as a ClingyJealousGirl and himself as a poor innocent victim.
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* ItsAllAboutMan: Comes running when Marianne is sick...because he wants her to forgive him in case she dies. He ''is'' genuinely worried and remorseful, but his main aim is to convince the Dashwoods he isn't a bad guy, and he doesn't seem to clock that ''maybe'' they don't exactly need the extra stress of dealing with someone who badly mistreated a beloved family member.
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* NeverMyFault: When trying to defend himself to Elinor, he claims that Eliza, the fifteen-year-old girl he seduced and abandoned, is just as much to blame as he is; after all, she consented to running away with him. His argument naturally falls flat, since the consequences of their tryst are infinitely worse for poor Eliza.
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* NeverMyFault: When trying to defend himself to Elinor, he claims that Eliza, the fifteen-year-old girl he seduced and abandoned, is just as much to blame as he is; after all, she consented to running away with him. His argument naturally falls flat, since the consequences of their tryst are infinitely worse for poor Eliza.Eliza, and she is a naive teenager who had no idea what she was getting into, while ''he'' is a worldly young man.
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* ShotgunWedding: Subverted. He's compelled to marry immediately after impregnating young Eliza, but not ''to'' Eliza--he abandons her, is disinherited by his aunt, and so immediately marries Miss Grey to escape poverty.
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* ShotgunWedding: Subverted. He's compelled to marry immediately after impregnating young Eliza, but not ''to'' Eliza--he abandons her, is disinherited by his aunt, aunt for ''not'' agreeing to the ShotgunWedding, and so immediately marries Miss Grey to escape poverty.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: She give one of these speeches to Marianne who is shocked to discover what Elinor had to suffer and was silent about it. Her own mother is also horrified when she finds out she behaved insensibly to Elinor.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: She give one of these speeches to Marianne who is shocked to discover what Elinor had to suffer and was silent about it. Her own mother is also horrified when she finds out she behaved insensibly insensibly, "almost unkind to her Elinor."
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* EnglishRose: She's a very pretty girl with loving nature, devoted to her family and polite even to people who don't deserve it. Her sister Marianne is said to be prettier, but she's a dark and exotic beauty. Elinor though is fair like a true archetypal English Rose.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne's advocation of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne's advocation of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
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* EnglishRose: She's a very pretty girl with loving nature, devoted to her family and polite even to people who don't deserve it. Her sister Marianne is said to be prettier, but she's a dark and exotic beauty. Elinor though is fair like a true archetypal English Rose.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where She's the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
responsible one.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne'sadvocation advocacy of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
%% * GrumpyBearGrumpyBear: She isn't really, but her family thinks she is sometimes.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She doesn't force herself on Edward. Firstly because she knows his family wouldn't approve and secondly, she sincerely wishes that he and Lucy might be happy as a married couple. Elinor knows Lucy is fairly smart and hopes she also loves him. However, Elinor also sees her real self, her cunning nature and not so pretty ways.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She doesn't force herself on Edward. Firstly because she knows his family wouldn't approve and secondly, she sincerely wishes that he and Lucy might be happy as a married couple. Elinor knows Lucy is fairly smart and hopes she also loves him. However, Elinor also sees her Lucy's real self, her cunning nature and not so pretty ways.
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* NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr. Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor. And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's the reasonable one in her family. She's even more sensible than her mother. Had there been no Colonel Brandon, she would be Only Sane Woman in the entire novel.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Colonel Brandon, with whom she is very close but there's not a smidge of romantic feeling between them. Their closeness is quite understandable since they're far and away the most sensible people in the entire cast.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's the reasonable one in her family. She's even more sensible than her mother. Had there been no Colonel Brandon, she would be Only Sane Woman in the entire novel.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Colonel Brandon, with whom she is very close but there's not a smidge of romantic feeling between them. Their closeness is quite understandable since they're far and away the most sensible people in the entire cast.
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* NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr. Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor. And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's the reasonable one in her family. She's even more sensible than her mother. Had there been no Colonel Brandon, she would be the Only SaneWoman ''Person'' in the entire novel.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Colonel Brandon, with whom she is veryclose close, but there's not a smidge of romantic feeling between them. Their closeness is quite understandable since they're far and away the most sensible people in the entire cast.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's the reasonable one in her family. She's even more sensible than her mother. Had there been no Colonel Brandon, she would be the Only Sane
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Colonel Brandon, with whom she is very
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* SurroundedByIdiots: She sometimes feels this way. Her family -- the other Dashwood ladies -- are very intelligent, but exaggerate their passionate feelings. The Middletons, the Ferrars clan (save for Edward), her half-brother, the Steele sisters, Mrs Palmer and Mrs Jennings have all their fair share of silliness or stupidity. Thank God for Colonel Brandon.
* TwiceShy: She and Edward had a hard time to express their mutual affection. Though it was mainly because of Edward's mixed signals.
* TwiceShy: She and Edward had a hard time to express their mutual affection. Though it was mainly because of Edward's mixed signals.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: She sometimes feels this way. Her family -- the other Dashwood ladies -- are very intelligent, but exaggerate their passionate feelings. The Middletons, the Ferrars clan (save for Edward), her half-brother, the Steele sisters, Mrs Mrs. Palmer and Mrs Mrs. Jennings have all their fair share of silliness or stupidity. Thank God for Colonel Brandon.
* TwiceShy: She and Edwardhad have a hard time to express expressing their mutual affection. Though it was affection, mainly because of Edward's mixed signals.
* TwiceShy: She and Edward
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* WrongGuyFirst: Mr Willoughby was a mistake and it could have been even worse, considering his seducing ways with ladies and girls.
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* WrongGuyFirst: Mr Willoughby was a mistake and it could have been even worse, considering his seducing ways with ladies and girls.
girls. [[spoiler: Just ask Colonel Brandon's ward Eliza.]]
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* TheUnfavorite: Actually, his mother and sister both have great plans for him--plans which don't coincide with his own wish to be a clergyman. However, while ''he'' is disinherited for his engagement to Lucy Steele, his brother John remains his mother's absolute favorite and suffers no reprimand for marrying the very same Lucy Steele.
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* TheUnfavorite: Actually, his mother and sister both have great plans for him--plans which don't coincide with his own wish to be a clergyman. However, while ''he'' is disinherited for his engagement to Lucy Steele, his brother John Robert remains his mother's absolute favorite and suffers no reprimand for marrying the very same Lucy Steele.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Though it takes a very hard lesson, she learns to temper her emotions and take more care about practical matters, be more polite, and act with more consideration. Although she goes rather far in the other direction by vowing to spend all her available hours in reading and serious study, to Elinor's private amusement.
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* IllGirl: Becomes ill and nearly dies towards the end of the novel. She partly caused it herself by exaggerating her passionate, desperate feelings and almost indulging herself in her suffering and LoveHurts drama. The final straw was taking a long walk in the rain, and not changing to dry clothes afterwards.
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* IllGirl: Becomes ill and nearly dies towards the end of the novel. She partly caused it herself by exaggerating her passionate, desperate feelings and almost indulging herself in her suffering and LoveHurts drama. The final straw was taking a long walk in the rain, rain and not changing to dry clothes afterwards.afterwards, after weeks of ignoring food and sleep.
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Sir John's neighbor. Brandon is thirty-five and rather grave, but he soon falls in love with the lively Marianne (which is clear to everyone but her). He and Elinor also become good friends, and it's made clear that he has very good reasons to be so melancholy.
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Sir John's neighbor.neighbor and owner of the Delaford estate. Brandon is thirty-five and rather grave, but he soon falls in love with the lively Marianne (which is clear to everyone but her). He and Elinor also become good friends, and it's made clear that he has very good reasons to be so melancholy.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Edward is disinherited for his unwise engagement, Brandon--keenly sensitive to the cruelty of families trying to separate young lovers--decides to give him the parish living at Delaford. As he hasn't met Edward personally, however, he asks Elinor to ask as an intermediary. He has no idea that he's asking her to offer the man she's in love with the means to marry another woman.
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* FirstWorldProblems: He complains about his many expenses, mostly from "improvements" to Norland that weren't needed or a purchase of land that he didn't want to see in someone else's land. He addresses them to Elinor while on a visit to the wealthy Ferrars' townhouse by way of assuring himself it would be irresponsible to buy a small present for his sisters (and, of course, so he can continue ignoring his promise to his father). Needless to say, it doesn't endear him to her.
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* FirstWorldProblems: He complains about his many expenses, mostly from "improvements" to Norland that weren't needed or a purchase of land that he didn't want to see in someone else's land.hands. He addresses them to Elinor while on a visit to the wealthy Ferrars' townhouse by way of assuring himself it would be irresponsible to buy a small present for his sisters (and, of course, so he can continue ignoring his promise to his father). Needless to say, it doesn't endear him to her.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: She knows that Edward and Elinor have feelings for each other, so she spitefully "befriends" Elinor and reminds her at every opportunity that she had Edward first.
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* KickTheDog: After marrying Robert Ferrars, Lucy converses with the Dashwood's servant in such a way that he'll carry back news of "Mrs. Ferrars" without also saying ''which'' Ferrars she's the Mrs. of, just to cast one parting shot at Elinor.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: With Edward Ferrars
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* DeadpanSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she usually keeps them to herself out of a. politeness or b. not even thinking the target is worth the effort.
* DeadpanSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she usually keeps them to herself out of a. politeness or b. not even thinking the target is worth the effort.
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* GenreSavvy: Elinor is quick at correctly identifying everyone's role in the Love Triangles around her. She deduces that Lucy is a ClingyJealousGirl probably faster than the reader could at that point.
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* HigherSelf: Elinor acts something like this for Marianne.
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* PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]LikeBrotherAndSister: With Colonel Brandon, with whom she is very close but there's not a smidge of romantic feeling between them. Their closeness is quite understandable since they're far and away the most sensible people in the entire cast.
* PolitenessJudo: A true master.
* PolitenessJudo: A true master.
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* PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]LikeBrotherAndSister: PlatonicLifePartners: With Colonel Brandon, with whom she is very close but there's not a smidge of romantic feeling between them. Their closeness is quite understandable since they're far and away the most sensible people in the entire cast.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Marianne's Red.
* SiblingYinYang: With Marianne.
* SilentSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she usually keeps them to herself out of a. politeness or b. not even thinking the target is worth the effort.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
* SiblingYinYang: With Marianne.
* SilentSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she usually keeps them to herself out of a. politeness or b. not even thinking the target is worth the effort.
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%% * SiblingYinYang: With Marianne.
* SilentSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she usually keeps them to herself out of a. politeness or b. not even thinking the target is worth the effort.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: She sometimes feel this way. Her family -- the other Dashwood ladies -- are very intelligent, but exaggerate their passionate feelings. The Middletons, the Ferrars clan (save for Edward), her half-brother, the Steele sisters, Mrs Palmer and Mrs Jennings have all their fair share of silliness or stupidity. Thank God for Colonel Brandon.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: She sometimes feel feels this way. Her family -- the other Dashwood ladies -- are very intelligent, but exaggerate their passionate feelings. The Middletons, the Ferrars clan (save for Edward), her half-brother, the Steele sisters, Mrs Palmer and Mrs Jennings have all their fair share of silliness or stupidity. Thank God for Colonel Brandon.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Mildly to Elinor.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Colonel Brandon, as revealed via [[IronicEcho Ironic]][=/=]MeaningfulEcho.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Colonel Brandon, as revealed via [[IronicEcho Ironic]][=/=]MeaningfulEcho.
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* IllGirl: Towards the end of the novel.
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* IllGirl: Towards Becomes ill and nearly dies towards the end of the novel. She partly caused it herself by exaggerating her passionate, desperate feelings and almost indulging herself in her suffering and LoveHurts drama. The final straw was taking a long walk in the rain, and not changing to dry clothes afterwards.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Elinor's Blue.
* SiblingYinYang: With Elinor.
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* TheUnfavorite: Actually, his mother and sister both have great plans for him--plans which don't coincide with his own wish to be a clergyman. However, while ''he'' is disinherited for his engagement to Lucy Steele, his brother John remains his mother's absolute favorite and suffers no reprimand.
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* TheUnfavorite: Actually, his mother and sister both have great plans for him--plans which don't coincide with his own wish to be a clergyman. However, while ''he'' is disinherited for his engagement to Lucy Steele, his brother John remains his mother's absolute favorite and suffers no reprimand.reprimand for marrying the very same Lucy Steele.
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* NeverMyFault: When trying to defend himself to Elinor, he claims that Eliza, the fifteen-year-old girl he seduced and abandoned, is just as much to blame as he is; after all, she consented to running away with him. His argument naturally falls flat, since the consequences of their tryst are infinitely worse for poor Eliza.
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* NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr. Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor.
** And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
** And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
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* NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr. Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor.
**Elinor. And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
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* ChristmasCake: A rare male version. Not that society in general would view him as such, but Marianne certainly thinks he's too old to be interesting when they first meet. (He's thirty-five.)
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: After he finally returns from the disaster with his ward, he quickly hears the (inaccurate) gossip that Marianne and Willoughby are engaged. He goes to Elinor to confirm it and is ready to wish that Marianne might somehow not be unhappy with Willoughby. (Understandably, he is immensely relieved that it's not true, as it would be much easier for his beloved to be happy ''not'' married to a scoundrel.)
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: After he finally returns from the disaster with his ward, he quickly hears the (inaccurate) gossip that Marianne and Willoughby are engaged. He goes to Elinor to confirm it and is ready to wish hopes that Marianne might somehow not will be unhappy with Willoughby.happy. (Understandably, he is immensely relieved that it's not true, as it would be much easier for his beloved to be happy ''not'' married to a scoundrel.)
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter. Later he blames himself for that daughter being seduced and impreganted herself because he somewhat spoiled her.
* OnlySaneMan: He's a man of thorough ''sense''.
* OnlySaneMan: He's a man of thorough ''sense''.
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter. Later he blames himself for that daughter being seduced and impreganted impregnated herself because he somewhat spoiled her.
* OnlySaneMan: He's a man of thorough ''sense''. Usually ends up hanging out with Elinor as a result.
* OnlySaneMan: He's a man of thorough ''sense''. Usually ends up hanging out with Elinor as a result.
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Mrs. Ferrars' stepson from the elder Dashwood's first marriage, the sisters' half-brother. John promises his father to look after them, but he's easily persuaded that the degree of "looking after" should involve as little expense as possible.
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* FirstWorldProblems: He complains about his many expenses, mostly from "improvements" to Norland that weren't needed or a purchase of land that he didn't want to see in someone else's land. He addresses them to Elinor while on a visit to the wealthy Ferrars' townhouse by way of assuring himself it would be irresponsible to buy a small present for his sisters (and, of course, so he can continue ignoring his promise to his father). Needless to say, it doesn't endear him to her.
* HypocriticalHumor: Has just enough guilt over his neglect to be very eager for ''others'' to be generous to his stepmother and sisters.
* PetTheDog: He is genuinely happy to run into his sisters in town.
* HypocriticalHumor: Has just enough guilt over his neglect to be very eager for ''others'' to be generous to his stepmother and sisters.
* PetTheDog: He is genuinely happy to run into his sisters in town.
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* AdultFear: When Marianne is struck by fever, Mrs. Dashwood is faced with the prospect of losing a child.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Norland was entailed to the male line. Although Mr. Dashwood did leave a son, he's a spineless ninny who turns out his stepmother and stepsisters at the suggestion of his wife.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: Norland was entailed to the male line. Although Mr. Dashwood did leave a son, he's a spineless ninny who turns out his stepmother and stepsisters half-sisters at the suggestion of his wife.
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* GoldDigger: Although she first promises to marry Edward in spite of his new poverty, she quickly abandons him for his older brother.
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* GoldDigger: Although she first promises to marry Edward in spite of his new poverty, she quickly abandons him for his older brother. Elinor attributes her initial 'loyalty' to Edward to a hope that she could affect a reconciliation with his mother and reverse the ParentalMarriageVeto.
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* LadykillerInLove: He later admits that his initial flirtation with Marianne was quite idle on his end because he had always intended to marry wealthy, but he had soon resolved on proposing... right before before his aunt disinherited him over Eliza.
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Elinor is more or less the main character, with most of the book written from her own point of view. That view tends to be long-suffering and sarcastic as she navigates her family's newly reduced circumstances and the romantic (capital and lowercase R) tribulations of her sister Marianne.
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Marianne starts the novel at age fifteen and, at this time of life, her opinions and values are fixed. Whatever emotion she feels, she indulges it to the highest degree and regards any restraint as dishonest, even if it's for the sake of politeness or common sense. She falls in love with a dashing young man named Willoughby.
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The Dashwood sisters' brother-in-law. Edward is the only member of the Ferrars family who treats them with any civility, and when visiting Norland forms such a close friendship with Elinor that Mrs. and Marianne Dashwood consider them as good as married. Unfortunately, he has a previous engagement.
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Sir John's neighbor. Brandon is thirty-five and rather grave, but he soon falls in love with the lively Marianne (which is clear to everyone but her). He and Elinor also become good friends, and it's made clear that he has very good reasons to be so melancholy.
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Mrs. Ferrars' stepson from the elder Dashwood's first marriage, the sisters' half-brother. John promises his father to look after them, but he's easily persuaded that the degree of "looking after" should involve as little expense as possible.
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* AccompliceByInaction: Leaving his sisters practically nothing was his wife's idea, but he doesn't make the least effort to stand up to her. Nor does he intervene in any way when his in-laws spite them.
* TheScrooge: He views everything in terms of money, from home comforts to relationships.
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* TheScrooge: He views everything in terms of money, from home comforts to relationships.
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Elinor and Marianne's mother. She's more like her second daughter than the first--though she loves her children dearly, she too indulges more in the emotion of the moment than common sense.
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Edward's secret fiancee. She instantly realizes that Elinor is in love with him too and goes to great lengths to jab Elinor with sugary skewers over it.
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A dashing young man living near Barton Cottage. He rescues Marianne when she sprains her ankle in a rainstorm and they soon fall passionately in love. He shares her romantic inclinations, but he lacks a sense of morality.
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* DeadpanSnarker: She mostly keeps her snarks to herself because she's just that polite and often she feels others don't even deserve her answer or the privilege of reasonable conversation. She has the "deadpan" part of the trope polished to perfection.
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* TheQuietOneTheQuietOne: She listens far, far more than she speaks, a consequence of growing up with a very emotional mother and sister.
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* SilentSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she's usually forced to keep them to herself.
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* SilentSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she's she usually forced to keep keeps them to herself.herself out of a. politeness or b. not even thinking the target is worth the effort.
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* TheStoic
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She appears nearly emotionless and cold becuase she is so sensible and well-balanced, but she is capable of showing genuine love and concern to several people, particularly her family. Especially Marianne who she loves dearly. And of course, to Edward, her big love. She's also very nice and considerate to Mrs Jennings, unlike Marianne who almost snubs her at times.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She appears nearly emotionless and cold becuase she is so sensible and well-balanced, but she is capable of showing genuine love and concern to several people, particularly her family. Especially Marianne who she loves dearly. And of course, to Edward, her big love. She's also very nice and considerate to Mrs Jennings, unlike Marianne who almost snubs her at times.
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* TheStoic
TheStoic: Elinor is a master of resigning herself to the unpleasant and working to cope with the situation, from her father's death to her dashed hopes with Edward.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She appears nearly emotionless and coldbecuase because she is so sensible and well-balanced, but she is capable of showing genuine love and concern to several people, particularly her family. Especially Marianne who she loves dearly. And of course, to Edward, her big love. She's also very nice and considerate to Mrs Jennings, unlike Marianne who almost snubs her at times.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She appears nearly emotionless and cold
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Elinor can't figure out if he likes her as ''just'' a friend or ''more'' than a friend because he swings between warm and cool. (He does like her, but he tries to pull back because of his engagement to Lucy.)
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter. Later he blames himself for that daughter being seduced and impreganted herself because he didn't raise her with enough discipline.
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter. Later he blames himself for that daughter being seduced and impreganted herself because he didn't raise her with enough discipline.somewhat spoiled her.
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* ParentsAsPeople: She loves both of her daughters very much, but she somewhat favors Marianne, and Elinor behaves more responsibly and rationally.
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* ParentsAsPeople: She loves both of her daughters very much, but she somewhat favors Marianne, unintentionally neglects Elinor, and Elinor behaves more responsibly and rationally.
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* SilentSnarker: She might have more restraint in her opinions than Marianne, but she certainly still holds them. Elinor is full of many sarcastic asides about the people around her and their foibles, but she's usually forced to keep them to herself.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: After he finally returns from the disaster with his ward, he quickly hears the (inaccurate) gossip that Marianne and Willoughby are engaged. He goes to Elinor to confirm it and is ready to wish that Marianne might somehow not be unhappy with Willoughby. (Understandably, he is immensely relieved that it's not true, as it would be much easier for his beloved to be happy ''not'' married to a scoundrel.)
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* AdaptationExpansion: The major adaptations give him, frankly, a more distinctive personality to show why Elinor is so taken with him.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The book establishes him as an amiable young man and tells us that he and Elinor became attracted without detailing the conversations between them before all the trouble starts. The major adaptations give him, frankly, a more distinctive personality to have numerous scenes that show why ''why'' he and Elinor is so taken with him.take such a liking to each other.
* DeadpanSnarker: Just slightly, such as when he's talking to Marianne about their completely opposite tastes.
* DeadpanSnarker: Just slightly, such as when he's talking to Marianne about their completely opposite tastes.
* IdleRich: To his displeasure. Because nobody could agree what sort of distinction he should have, he was never trained in or given to any kind of active and useful trade. By the time he was eighteen, it was decided that being idle was suitably fashionable on its own.
* LiteralMinded: He doesn't romanticize things and appreciates neat, technical detail to wild and untamed nature.
* LiteralMinded: He doesn't romanticize things and appreciates neat, technical detail to wild and untamed nature.
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter.
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter. Later he blames himself for that daughter being seduced and impreganted herself because he didn't raise her with enough discipline.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: In his backstory. When he and Eliza were discovered to be in love, she was quickly married to his brother and he was packed off into the Army.
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* LoveTriangle: She's involved in two -- Marianne, Willoughby and Colonel Brandon, and also Marianne, Miss Gray and Willoughby. She loves Willoughby who tries to trick her but later admits he really loves her too, but marries Miss Gray. Colonel Brandon loves her as well from the moment they met. She falls for him at the end of the novel.
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* LoveTriangle: She's involved in two -- Marianne, Willoughby and Colonel Brandon, and also Marianne, Miss Gray and Willoughby. She loves Willoughby Willoughby, who tries to trick her but later admits he really loves her too, but marries Miss Gray. Colonel Brandon loves her as well from the moment they met. She falls for him at the end of the novel.
* BookDumb: She's described as "illiterate and illiberal", but she recommends herself through calculated pleasingness and otherwise being clever.
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* ShotgunWedding: Subverted. He's compelled to marry immediately after impregnating young Eliza, but not ''to'' Eliza--he abandons her, is disinherited by his aunt, and so immediately marries Miss Grey.
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* ShotgunWedding: Subverted. He's compelled to marry immediately after impregnating young Eliza, but not ''to'' Eliza--he abandons her, is disinherited by his aunt, and so immediately marries Miss Grey.Grey to escape poverty.
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* WhiteSheep: He is the only member of the Ferrars family who didn't contract their seemingly-genetic case of ItsAllAboutMe.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing:BitchInSheepsClothing: Gives all the appearance of a sweet and amiable girl to the outside world and portrays herself as someone who will stick by Edward through any difficulty, even disinheritance. Really she's calculating and mercenary and takes every opportunity she can to spite her rival.
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* ParentalFavoritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But to Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and she loves them all.
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* ParentalFavoritism: ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But to Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and she loves them all.
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* ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But to Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and she loves them all.
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* ParentalFavouritism: ParentalFavoritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But to Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and she loves them all.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: His charm conceals the fact that he is an irresponsible cad. It helps that what he feels for Marianne ''is'' genuine, he just feels for himself more than anyone else.
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* RescueRomance: He meets Marianne after she sprains her ankle and carries her home.
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* StiffUpperLipStiffUpperLip: She resolutely maintains her composure through being turned out of her home, the embarrassing company of [[ShipperOnDeck Sir John and Mrs. Jennings]], Lucy Steele's passive-aggressive "friendship", loss of Edward, and Marianne's dramatics.
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* DamselInDistressDamselInDistress: Her romances with Willoughby and Colonel Brandon both start with them rescuing her.
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* YouGoGirl: Her anti-StepfordSmiler ways
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!!Edward Ferrars
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* YouGotSpunk: According
* HonorBeforeReason: He absolutely refuses to break his engagement to Lucy Steele, which was made years ago, and which has since lost any appeal for him.
* NiceGuy: He's an amiable young man. The Emma Thompson film elaborates greatly on this.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: His mother would never approve of him being engaged to Elinor or Lucy Steele, and she disinherits him when the latter is revealed.
* ShrinkingViolet: Described as shy and diffident.
* TheUnfavorite: Actually, his mother and sister both have great plans for him--plans which don't coincide with his own wish to be a clergyman. However, while ''he'' is disinherited for his engagement to Lucy Steele, his brother John remains his mother's absolute favorite and suffers no reprimand.
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* ChristmasCake: A rare male version. Not that society in general would view him as such, but Marianne certainly thinks he's too old to be interesting when they first meet. (He's thirty-five.)
* LoveAtFirstSight: With Marianne; she reminds him of his first love.
* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for the unhappy fate of his first love and, after her untimely death, fostered her illegitimate daughter.
* OnlySaneMan: He's a man of thorough ''sense''.
* OppositesAttract: An older and very steady man who's not given to fits of fancy or wild emotion. He falls quite in love with Marianne Dashwood, who's the opposite.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Elinor, as they're the most level-headed people around.
* SecondLove: He and Marianne are this to each other.
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* HappilyMarried
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* HappilyMarriedHappilyMarried: To her late husband.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Norland was entailed to the male line. Although Mr. Dashwood did leave a son, he's a spineless ninny who turns out his stepmother and stepsisters at the suggestion of his wife.
* ParentsAsPeople: She loves both of her daughters very much, but she somewhat favors Marianne, and Elinor behaves more responsibly and rationally.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Norland was entailed to the male line. Although Mr. Dashwood did leave a son, he's a spineless ninny who turns out his stepmother and stepsisters at the suggestion of his wife.
* ParentsAsPeople: She loves both of her daughters very much, but she somewhat favors Marianne, and Elinor behaves more responsibly and rationally.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing:
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: She and Edward promised to marry as teenagers, and though he no longer loves her, she's adamant about carrying it through.
* GoldDigger: Although she first promises to marry Edward in spite of his new poverty, she quickly abandons him for his older brother.
* SugaryMalice: She cultivates a friendship with Elinor and ropes her into the engagement secret, knowing that Elinor herself is in love with Edward. Every chance she gets, she reminds Elinor--in the guise of innocent friendship--that she and Edward are engaged. Elinor knows it, but she's too polite to do anything about it.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: After marrying Miss Gray, he visits the Dashwoods during Marianne's illness and says that he did genuinely love her.
* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted. At first, his lament over having to abandon his love for Marianne seems sympathetic, but then Elinor reminds herself of what he did to her and Colonel Brandon's ward which impelled said separation.
* TheHedonist: He does whatever seems pleasurable in the moment. In Devonshire, that's romancing Marianne. But it's also seducing the fifteen-year-old ward of Colonel Brandon, and marrying a rich woman so he can maintain his lifestyle.
* JerkAss: Although he has ''some'' measure of conscience, and thus is a little better than some other Austen villains, his actions are still completely selfish and reprehensible.
* ShotgunWedding: Subverted. He's compelled to marry immediately after impregnating young Eliza, but not ''to'' Eliza--he abandons her, is disinherited by his aunt, and so immediately marries Miss Grey.
* TakeBackYourGift: After he's engaged to Miss Grey, he sends back all of Marianne's letters and the lock of hair he asked of her.
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* GenreSavvy: Elinor is quick at correctly identifying everyone's role in the Love Triangles around her. She deduces that Lucy is a Clingy Jealous Girl probably faster than the reader could at that point.
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* GenreSavvy: Elinor is quick at correctly identifying everyone's role in the Love Triangles around her. She deduces that Lucy is a Clingy Jealous Girl ClingyJealousGirl probably faster than the reader could at that point.
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* NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor.
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* NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr Mr. Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor.Elinor.
** And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
** And there's [[TearsOfJoy her reaction]] when Edward tells her he did ''not'' marry Lucy and would very much like to marry her.
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* EmotionlessGirlEmotionlessGirl: She appears to be one, but the truth is she has lots of true and deep feelings. She's just ''that'' polite and can control herself really well.
* EnglishRose: She's a very pretty girl with loving nature, devoted to her family and polite even to people who don't deserve it. Her sister Marianne is said to be prettier, but she's a dark and exotic beauty. Elinor though is fair like a true archetypal English Rose.
* EnglishRose: She's a very pretty girl with loving nature, devoted to her family and polite even to people who don't deserve it. Her sister Marianne is said to be prettier, but she's a dark and exotic beauty. Elinor though is fair like a true archetypal English Rose.
* TheReliableOne: After her father's death, she becomes the most responsible member in her family.
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* ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But too Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and loves them all.
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* ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But too to Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and she loves them all.
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* YouGotSpunk: According to Colonel Brandon
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* YouGotSpunk: According to Colonel BrandonBrandon
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* GoodParents: She's a bit irresponsible and a little too passionate for a lady of her age, but she's a loving mother to all her three daughters.
* HappilyMarried
* WidowWoman: She's widowed and reduced to a status of ImpoverishedPatrician who had to move from grand Norland mansion to a small cottage house.
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* GoodParents: She's a bit irresponsible and a little too passionate for a lady of her age, but she's a loving mother to all her three daughters.
* HappilyMarried
* WidowWoman: She's widowed and reduced to a status of ImpoverishedPatrician who had to move from grand Norland mansion to a small cottage house.
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* MayDecemberRomance: She and her SecondLove of a husband. She's nineteen and Colonel Brandon is in his mid-thirties when they got married.
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* LoveTriangle: Elinor loves Edward and Edward loves Elinor. However, he used to love, nay, he was infatuated with Lucy Ferrars. He promised to marry her which sucks as he feels obligated by his word.
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* LoveTriangle: Elinor loves Edward and Edward loves Elinor. However, he used to love, nay, he was infatuated with Lucy Ferrars. Steele. He promised to marry her which sucks as her, and even when he falls in love with Elinor feels obligated by his word.
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* PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]JustFriends: With Colonel Brandon
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* PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]JustFriends: PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]LikeBrotherAndSister: With Colonel BrandonBrandon, with whom she is very close but there's not a smidge of romantic feeling between them. Their closeness is quite understandable since they're far and away the most sensible people in the entire cast.
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* DeadpanSnarker
DeadpanSnarker: She mostly keeps her snarks to herself because she's just that polite and often she feels others don't even deserve her answer or the privilege of reasonable conversation. She has the "deadpan" part of the trope polished to perfection.
*DidYouThinkICantFeelDidYouThinkICantFeel: She give one of these speeches to Marianne who is shocked to discover what Elinor had to suffer and was silent about it. Her own mother is also horrified when she finds out she behaved insensibly to Elinor.
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* HiddenDepths HiddenDepths: She really has deep feelings, only she doesn't parade them in front of everyone. She's a great reader and she draws and paints wonderfully.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She doesn't force herself on Edward. Firstly because she knows his family wouldn't approve and secondly, she sincerely wishes that he and Lucy might be happy as a married couple. Elinor knows Lucy is fairly smart and hopes she also loves him. However, Elinor also sees her real self, her cunning nature and not so pretty ways.
*LoveTriangle
LoveTriangle: Elinor loves Edward and Edward loves Elinor. However, he used to love, nay, he was infatuated with Lucy Ferrars. He promised to marry her which sucks as he feels obligated by his word.
*NotSoStoic
NotSoStoic: She's really desperate when her sister is dying. And she really loses her cool when their servant announces them that Mr Ferrars got married. Poor Elinor.
*OnlySaneMan[[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: She's the reasonable one in her family. She's even more sensible than her mother. Had there been no Colonel Brandon, she would be Only Sane Woman in the entire novel.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
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* StepfordSmiler
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* TheSpock
* StepfordSmiler
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* SiblingYinYang: With Marianne
Marianne.
*SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
*TheSpock
TheSpock: She is the voice of reason and logic in her family.
*StepfordSmilerStepfordSmiler: She manages to appear happy when she suffers inside horribly, knowing that Edward really loves her but is engaged to another one and wants to go through with the marriage.
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* SurroundedByIdiots
SugarAndIcePersonality: She appears nearly emotionless and cold becuase she is so sensible and well-balanced, but she is capable of showing genuine love and concern to several people, particularly her family. Especially Marianne who she loves dearly. And of course, to Edward, her big love. She's also very nice and considerate to Mrs Jennings, unlike Marianne who almost snubs her at times.
* SurroundedByIdiots: She sometimes feel this way. Her family -- the other Dashwood ladies -- are very intelligent, but exaggerate their passionate feelings. The Middletons, the Ferrars clan (save for Edward), her half-brother, the Steele sisters, Mrs Palmer and Mrs Jennings have all their fair share of silliness or stupidity. Thank God for Colonel Brandon.
* TwiceShy:With Edward.
She and Edward had a hard time to express their mutual affection. Though it was mainly because of Edward's mixed signals.
* SurroundedByIdiots: She sometimes feel this way. Her family -- the other Dashwood ladies -- are very intelligent, but exaggerate their passionate feelings. The Middletons, the Ferrars clan (save for Edward), her half-brother, the Steele sisters, Mrs Palmer and Mrs Jennings have all their fair share of silliness or stupidity. Thank God for Colonel Brandon.
* TwiceShy:
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* DamselInDistress
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* LoveTriangle
LoveTriangle: She's involved in two -- Marianne, Willoughby and Colonel Brandon, and also Marianne, Miss Gray and Willoughby. She loves Willoughby who tries to trick her but later admits he really loves her too, but marries Miss Gray. Colonel Brandon loves her as well from the moment they met. She falls for him at the end of the novel.
*MayDecemberRomance
MayDecemberRomance: She and her SecondLove of a husband. She's nineteen and Colonel Brandon is in his mid-thirties when they got married.
*TheMcCoyTheMcCoy: She's the heart of her family. She's concerned with feelings, true affection and love.
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* ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child. But too Mrs Dashwood's credit, she's never unkind to her two other daughters and loves them all.
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* WrongGuyFirstWrongGuyFirst: Mr Willoughby was a mistake and it could have been even worse, considering his seducing ways with ladies and girls.
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* TwiceShy: With Edward.Edward.
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->"''I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank. I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; [[SarcasmMode I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful]] -- had I [[TalkAboutTheWeather talked only of the weather]] and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared.''"
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Mildly
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Colonel Brandon, as revealed via [[IronicEcho Ironic]][=/=]MeaningfulEcho.
* DamselInDistress
* EmoTeen
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne's advocation of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
* IllGirl: Towards the end of the novel.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Marianne is deeply self-absorbed, considering her feelings (whether positive or negative) absolutely irrepressible and in the process disregarding common politeness and the feelings of others; when circumstances force Elinor to confess that she too has been unhappy, Marianne breaks down in tears of remorse, forcing Elinor to comfort her again, and continues to wallow in her own unhappiness - with added guilt, now - rather than provide emotional support for Elinor. It takes near-death to smarten her up. Granted, she's a teenager, but it's a major contrast with Elinor, who's 19 and displays more responsibility and consideration for others than many people much older than her.
* LoveTriangle
* MayDecemberRomance
* TheMcCoy
* ObliviousToLove: Marianne seems, through much of the story, like she's deliberately ignoring Colonel Brandon's undeclared love for her. On literally the second-to-last page, it's finally clarified that she honestly had no idea, and is stunned when she realizes it.
* ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Elinor's Blue.
* SiblingYinYang: With Elinor.
* WrongGuyFirst
* YouGoGirl: Her anti-StepfordSmiler ways
* YouGotSpunk: According to Colonel Brandon
!!Marianne Dashwood
->"''I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank. I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; [[SarcasmMode I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful]] -- had I [[TalkAboutTheWeather talked only of the weather]] and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared.''"
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Mildly
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Colonel Brandon, as revealed via [[IronicEcho Ironic]][=/=]MeaningfulEcho.
* DamselInDistress
* EmoTeen
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne's advocation of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
* IllGirl: Towards the end of the novel.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Marianne is deeply self-absorbed, considering her feelings (whether positive or negative) absolutely irrepressible and in the process disregarding common politeness and the feelings of others; when circumstances force Elinor to confess that she too has been unhappy, Marianne breaks down in tears of remorse, forcing Elinor to comfort her again, and continues to wallow in her own unhappiness - with added guilt, now - rather than provide emotional support for Elinor. It takes near-death to smarten her up. Granted, she's a teenager, but it's a major contrast with Elinor, who's 19 and displays more responsibility and consideration for others than many people much older than her.
* LoveTriangle
* MayDecemberRomance
* TheMcCoy
* ObliviousToLove: Marianne seems, through much of the story, like she's deliberately ignoring Colonel Brandon's undeclared love for her. On literally the second-to-last page, it's finally clarified that she honestly had no idea, and is stunned when she realizes it.
* ParentalFavouritism: It's clear that Marianne is her mother's favorite child.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Elinor's Blue.
* SiblingYinYang: With Elinor.
* WrongGuyFirst
* YouGoGirl: Her anti-StepfordSmiler ways
* YouGotSpunk: According to Colonel Brandon
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!!Elinor Dashwood, ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility''
->"''If you can think me capable of ever feeling -- surely you may suppose that I have suffered '''now.'''''"
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Edward Ferrars
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouThinkICantFeel
* DoubleInLawMarriage: Half-siblings John and Elinor Dashwood to siblings Fanny and Edward Ferrars.
* EmotionlessGirl[=/=]SugarAndIcePersonality
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
* GenreSavvy: Elinor is quick at correctly identifying everyone's role in the Love Triangles around her. She deduces that Lucy is a Clingy Jealous Girl probably faster than the reader could at that point.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne's advocation of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
* GrumpyBear
* HiddenDepths
* HigherSelf: Elinor acts something like this for Marianne.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* LoveTriangle
* NotSoStoic
* OnlySaneMan
* PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]JustFriends: With Colonel Brandon
* PolitenessJudo: A true master.
* TheQuietOne
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Marianne's Red.
* SiblingYinYang: With Marianne
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
* TheSpock
* StepfordSmiler
* StiffUpperLip
* TheStoic
* SurroundedByIdiots
* TwiceShy: With Edward.
->"''If you can think me capable of ever feeling -- surely you may suppose that I have suffered '''now.'''''"
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Edward Ferrars
* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouThinkICantFeel
* DoubleInLawMarriage: Half-siblings John and Elinor Dashwood to siblings Fanny and Edward Ferrars.
* EmotionlessGirl[=/=]SugarAndIcePersonality
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Elinor and foolish Marianne, albeit one where the "foolish" daughter is portrayed fairly sympathetically.
* GenreSavvy: Elinor is quick at correctly identifying everyone's role in the Love Triangles around her. She deduces that Lucy is a Clingy Jealous Girl probably faster than the reader could at that point.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The conflict between Marianne's advocation of her behavior and indulgence in sensibility and Elinor's practical sense and insistence she try to control herself more mirrors the glorious war between Freud's Id and Superego.
* GrumpyBear
* HiddenDepths
* HigherSelf: Elinor acts something like this for Marianne.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* LoveTriangle
* NotSoStoic
* OnlySaneMan
* PlatonicLifePartners[=/=]JustFriends: With Colonel Brandon
* PolitenessJudo: A true master.
* TheQuietOne
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Marianne's Red.
* SiblingYinYang: With Marianne
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
* TheSpock
* StepfordSmiler
* StiffUpperLip
* TheStoic
* SurroundedByIdiots
* TwiceShy: With Edward.
