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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Sense and sensibility
2. What is ironic about Marianne’s statement:
“Oh! how easy for those, who have no sorrow of their own to talk of exertion! Happy, happy Elinor, you cannot have an idea of what I suffer"?
What does it reveal about Marianne?
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To summarize: The irony is that Elinor actually does know what being unhappily in love is. She loves another (Edward Ferrars) who is engaged to another. This reveals that Marianne is somewhat self-centered and not as observant as she believes herself to be.
- To summarize: The irony is that Elinor actually does know what being unhappily in love is.
- She loves another (Edward Ferrars) who is engaged to another.
- This reveals that Marianne is somewhat self-centered and not as observant as she believes herself to be.
- I hope this helps.
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To summarize: The irony is that Elinor actually does know what being unhappily in love is. She loves another (Edward Ferrars) who is engaged to another. This reveals that Marianne is somewhat self-centered and not as observant as she believes herself to be.
I hope this helps.
I hope this helps.
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