Change In The British Novel Persuasion By Jane Austen
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Persuasion
In the British novel, Persuasion, Jane Austen writes about the Elliot family’s lifestyle in England and how each member interacts with the other characters through out the novel. Austen illustrates how change can generate additional change by the use of symbolism and narration. She develops a satirical tone in order to illustrate how changes in the Elliot’s lives accelerate further changes.
Austen’s novel Persuasion, dates back to England’s early 1800s. The main focus of the story is the protagonist characters, the Elliot family. There is Anne Elliot, Elizabeth Elliot, Mary Elliot Musgrove, and the girl’s father, Sir Walter Elliot. Sir Walter is a self-centered baronet, dedicated father, widower, and an impractical upperclassman.…show more content… The author uses this narrator to reveal that change can generate additional change.
He had not forgiven Anne Elliot. She had used him ill; deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had shown a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident temper could not endure She had not given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of overpersuasion. It had been the weakness and timidity.…show more content… Michaelmas came; and now Anne’s heart must Be in Kellynch again. A beloved home made over to others; all the precious Rooms and furniture, groves, and prospects, beginning to own other eyes and Other limbs! She could not think of much else on the 29th of September; and she Had this sympathetic touch in the evening, from Mary, who on having occasion to Note down the day of the month, exclaimed, ‘Dear me! Is not this the day the Crofts were to come to Kellynch? I am glad I did not think of it before. How low It makes me. (34) In this excerpt, Mary and Anne are discussing how their lives will change, since they will not be staying in Kellynch Hall. This example of symbolism builds the theme that change can generate additional change because Kellynch Hall is used to symbolize power. Lady Elliot’s death altered Sir Walter and the girl’s life significantly. The death caused Sir Walter to become unstable and unable to pay his mortgage, which forces him to rent the property and give a bit of his wealth and power