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Sensibility in girls
Written by LouAnn
(9/21/2009 12:51 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, Interesting!, penned by Barbara
The intro by Margaret Anne Doody also discusses the dangers of both sense and sensibility. Other writers like Wollstonecraft warned against making a girl too involved with sensibility to have good sense. Children like Annamaria will be unable to take their proper place as mistresses of a home. We already see Marianne's romantic sensibilities making her fall quickly in love and over-indulging her grief. The author also says that girls had to walk a fine line between sense and sensibility. You had to have enough sense to understand the economics of the marriage market, and enough sensibility not to become bitter or cynical. |

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