Dashwood, Elinor

Dashwood, Elinor

bears rejection with dignity; eventually marries rejecter. [Br. Lit.: Sense and Sensibility]
See: Love, Spurned
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Dashwood, Elinor, and Edward supports Marianne's final role as the "reward" gifted to Colonel Brandon to balance the economy of the novel (429).
Amatory gifts in Sense and Sensibility

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