Is that true for the movie adaptation too?
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Posted by KAREN L on December 26, 1997 at 18:59:32:
In response to Motherly sensibilities, written by gkb on December 25, 1997 at 17:48:04
] Mrs. Dashwood was more like Marianne than Elinor in being of a nature that tended toward strong emotional responses to every situations and person. This strong sensibility and mild deficit of sense left Elinor to perform some of the critical functions of mothering: guidance and limit-setting.
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I found a line or two in the book that was Elinor's words stuck into Mrs. Dashwood's mouth in the movie. I didn't feel Mrs. Dashwood was much like Marianne. She HAD sensibility, but not excessively, which was probably why I didn't catch it...Watching it again after being told of her sensibility, I suppose she did cry over her husband's death (who wouldn't?), wasn't very frugal as she should have been, and had a line saying she believed a person should listen to his or her heart.-KAREN L...Is it more obvious in the book?? I haven't read enough to ascertain this.
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