- Read up to Chapter 10 in Jane Austen’s Persuasion
- Read my Lecture on Persuasion (try to read this before AND after the book so it makes sense and puts things in perspective) located at the bottom of this.
- Write a 400-600 word discussion post answering any two of these questions (think about a paragraph answer each) (due Monday, 2/7):
What qualities seem to characterize Sir Walter, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, and Lady Russell? How does Austen convey their characters to us?
How does each character view the need to move away from home? What do their views show us about their values? Whose values does the novel seem to endorse?
What social and historical changes are reflected in the Elliot family’s situation? Can we discern the narrator’s attitude toward these specific changes, and/or toward change in general?
At this stage, does it appear to you that Anne was right to refuse Wentworth? Was Lady Russell right to dissuade her from marrying him? Was it a legitimate exercise of authority?
Wentworth and Mrs. Croft discuss the propriety of having women on board navy ships. What light does this conversation shed on both characters? Overall, what assumptions about women or femininity does the novel seem to challenge, or not challenge? What assumptions about men or masculinity does it challenge, or not challenge? What values seem applicable to both genders?
Near the end of Chapter X, Anne witnesses the Croft’s “style of driving.” Is this a metaphor for their marriage? How do the Crofts compare to other characters or couples?
This section contains two memorable physical interactions between Wentworth and Anne . What do these two moments have in common? What do they reveal about the relationship? As a reader, do you find these scenes effective? Why or why not?
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