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Where Is The Author In Elliot

’s Work? Essay, Research Paper


The majority


of this extract uses narrated interior monologue to register Anne Elliot?s


impressions.? This gives the reader the


impression that they are looking at the occasion through Anne Elliot?s eyes.? Jane Austen uses this perspective to great


effect during this extract in order to manipulate the reader?s bias, by giving


the reader an insight into her thoughts and feelings. ??????????? The use of


narrated interior monologue is apparent throughout the extract and phrases such


as ?Anne felt an instant oppression? give the reader and insight, not only into


the mind of Anne Elliot expressing her reaction to the entrance of her father


and sister, but also the phrase gives the reader a sense that a similar


reaction was felt by the others in the room.?


In this way the author not only displays the reaction of Anne Elliot,


which is clearly adverse towards her father and sister?s intrusion, but also by


using the words ?instant oppression?, gives the reader an instant picture of


the atmosphere in the room. ??????????? In similar


ways Anne?s perspective, prior knowledge and sensitivity towards people allows


Austen to show the reactions of other characters to a single event through


Anne?s eyes.? For example, Anne?s prior


knowledge of Captain Wentworth allows her to give the reader a clear impression


of his reaction to her sister?s invitation. (?Anne caught his eye?and his mouth


form itself into a momentary expression of contempt?) ??????????? Austen also


uses the entrance of Sir Walter and Elizabeth Elliot to manipulate the reader?s


response towards these characters. Anne?s response, one of dislike towards the


clearly unwanted intrusion plays a large part in manipulating the bias of the


reader against Sir Walter and Elizabeth Elliot.? ??????????? Also,


despite the well-mannered and formal behaviour, the reader senses a falsity in


the addresses. Anne?s point of view aids the effect of this induced


reaction.? It is Anne?s prior knowledge


that allows the reader to realise this underlying bitterness from past


experience.? (?Captain Wentworth was


acknowledged?by Elizabeth more graciously than before?).? The reader therefore, senses the


hypocritical nature in the behaviour of Sir Walter and Elizabeth in their


cordial invitation to Captain Wentworth. ??????????? Austen?s


use of Anne?s rational reasoning, whilst maintaining her bias firmly set


against her father and sister gives a less than flattering picture of


Elizabeth?s motivations.? In this way


too, Austen gives the reader an insight into the extremely selfish character of


Elizabeth.? (?The truth was, Elizabeth


had been long enough in Bath to understand the importance of a man of such an


air and appearance as his?Captain Wentworth would move about well in her


drawing-room). ??????????? It is clear


that during this piece Austen is intent upon giving us the impression of


Captain Wentworth?s displeasure, Elizabeth?s hypocrisy, and Anne?s dislike of


her father and sisters intrusion, all using Anne?s perspective on the


situation. In this objective Austen is extremely successful as a powerful


picture of Anne?s impressions and emotions is effectively put over to the


reader.1b)?????? The


mood/atmosphere of the encounter is set extremely early on in the extract.? Austen once more exploits Anne?s sensitivity


towards the reactions of others, in order to create an impression of the


atmosphere of the occasion. Anne not only conveys her own reaction to the


entrance of her father and sister early in the piece but also comments on the


reactions of the other persons present in order to create a negative


atmosphere.? (?The door was thrown open


for Sir Walter and Miss Elliot, whose entrance seemed to give a general


chill?).? The word ?chill? gives the


reader an excellent impression of Anne?s sensing a real deterioration of the


warmth of the occasion. Anne is made used to great effect as a ?sensitive?


character; this gives Jane Austen the character she needs in order to create an


impression of the atmosphere of a particular occasion (?Anne felt an instant


oppression?).? This statement gives the


reader an extremely negative impression of the effect the entrance had on the


?comfort, the freedom, the gaiety of the room?.? It also gives the reader an extremely powerful feeling of the


fast alteration of the atmosphere between warm, comfortable and free and oppressed,


uncomfortable and cold.? This quick


shift, brought about by the entrance of two people, gives the reader a powerful


impression of the atmosphere of the occasion. ??????????? This


impression of a chilled, oppressive atmosphere continues throughout the


remainder of the extract.? (?After the


waste of a few minutes saying the proper nothings, she began to give the


invitation.?)? The impression of an


extremely polite, but tense atmosphere is also conveyed to the reader through


the coldness and dignity that is apparent throughout the addresses of Sir Walter


and Elizabeth to the other characters.1c)?????? Austen looks


at characters effectively during the novel ?Persuasion? by using Anne Elliot


as an accurate judge of the characters of others.? It is Anne?s perception that Allows Austen to develop characters so efficiently.? The judgements and reactions of characters


are entirely seen in this extract from Anne?s point of view.? This does subject them to some bias, as any


character?s viewpoint will bring prejudice and bias into a judgement.? However, in this case I believe we can take


Anne?s viewpoint as being almost impartial, and the only bias imparted is that


which the author intends us to have.? In


this way Austen imparts cleverly the reactions of others from observations made


by Anne.? (? Anne caught his eye, saw


his cheeks glow, and his mouth form itself into momentary expression of


contempt.?)? In this example, Anne not


only expresses the physical attributes of the reaction which may tend to give


the wrong impression, but through previous experience, Anne is able to comment


upon the emotional reaction.? This is


key in the readers understanding of Wentworth?s displeasure at receiving such


an unwanted invitation. The way in which Austen has used Anne in this situation


allows the reader in order to portray a number of different reactions.? Firstly, Anne?s own reaction conveys to the


reader the sense of displeasure, felt by the whole party, at the appearance of


Sir Walter and Elizabeth and the effect they had upon the atmosphere.? Secondly, using Anne as the author?s


viewpoint, allows the author to become a character in the story.? However, this can be used to great effect as


other characters can express their reactions and judgements to the author.? This is used in this extract in the case of


Mary. (?I do not wonder Captain Wentworth is delighted! You see he cannot put


the card out of his hand.?) This address tells the reader much about Mary and


her lack of sensible judgement and her ability to misint

erpret people?s


reactions.? The later quote regarding


Captain Wentworth?s actual reaction shows the more accurate, observant


judgement of Anne on her observations.?


The reader?s attention is also drawn to Captain Wentworth by causing


Anne to look in his direction. His reaction is apparent through the accuracy of


Anne?s judgement. ?This technique is extremely effective in its objectives in that it


includes the reader in the story, looks at the judgements and reactions of


other characters, and examines them through the eyes of a manipulative character.? This last effect allows the author to


manipulate the reader?s bias.? In this


way therefore, the author has looked briefly, but clearly at the viewpoints of


three different characters, their reactions and judgements within the space of


a short extract. 2)???????? I think that


certainly Anne is portrayed as a reliable observer.? Her point of view is intended to be based upon factual evidence


rather than emotions in this extract.?


However, in my opinion, her negative reaction towards her father and


sister is certainly not impartial, as it is based upon a personal dislike for


their silly obsession with their own position and personal appearance.? In this circumstance, I think that Austen


intentionally biases Anne against them and their shallow characters in order to


manipulate the reader?s response.? In


this case Anne?s viewpoint is certainly reliable, although it may not be


entirely impartial.? Therefore, from the


evidence in this extract, (Anne?s judgements on Wentworth?s reaction to the


invitation, and on the atmosphere on her father and sister?s entrance.) it is


clear that Anne?s viewpoint is intended to be reliable. ??????????? As for her


being portrayed as sympathetic, she is clearly sensitive towards the emotions


and reactions of others, as well as to the subtle changes in the atmosphere created


by an event. However, in the extract Mary?s judgement on Captain Wentworth?s


reaction is said to ?vex? her.? In this


way Anne is certainly not sympathetic towards the judgements of Mary in this


case.? Therefore, she is sympathetic in


the sense of her being sensitive towards others; however, she is not


necessarily sympathetic in that she is not always compassionate towards the


abilities of others to make mistakes.3)???????? The most


obvious point of view introduced into the extract is that of Mary.? Mary?s viewpoint is clearly expressed in the


quotation: ?Only think of Elizabeth including everybody! I do not wonder that


Captain Wentworth in delighted! You see he cannot put the card out of his


hand.?? This viewpoint is then shown to


be fundamentally flawed by Anne?s more precise observation.? However, this point of view does give the


reader a key insight into Mary?s character.?


It shows firstly, that Mary is an extremely poor judge of a person?s


reaction to an event.? She misreads


Captain Wentworth entirely and jumps to the entirely wrong conclusion.? This not only shows that Mary doesn?t know


Captain Wentworth, it also shows that she has little time to appreciate the


feelings of others.? Her impetuous


judgements do not take into account any real facts, only the appearance of


fact.? An example of this is in Captain


Wentworth?s holding the card.? Instead


of regarding his countenance in order to read his true feelings, she jumps to


the conclusion that he is delighted with the invitation.? Her lack of sensitivity is apparent in this


short quotation and through this we learn much about Mary?s character. ??????????? The second


viewpoint in this extract is expressed in a less direct manner.? It is not a direct quotation, but instead


the author temporarily looks at the situation through the eyes of Elizabeth


Elliot: ?Elizabeth had been long enough in Bath, to understand the importance


of a man of such an air and appearance as his ? Captain Wentworth would move


about well in her drawing room.??


Through this short insight into the thoughts and feelings of Elizabeth


we learn much about Elizabeth as a character.?


We realise that her motives in extending an invitation to Captain


Wentworth are purely selfish and in no way a sort of reconciliatory gesture for


their relationship in the past. ?She


realises only the good impression that Captain Wentworth is capable of making


in her drawing room.? In this way her


own vanity is highlighted, she thinks only of how she would look surrounded by


such people of wealth and position.?


Elizabeth is therefore shown in a harsh revealing light.? This shows up her shallow nature in her


dealings with others and her motives in doing so.? In this way Austen manipulates the readers opinion against


Elizabeth, and shows us clearly the sort of character that she really is.4)???????? I find that


in many parts of this extract it is extremely difficult to separate the


authorial view from that of Anne Elliot, because Anne?s view is, fro the most


part, strikingly similar to that of the author.? There are places in this extract where I find it near impossible


to distinguish between the two.? I am


not sure whether the author intended for the reader not to be able to


distinguish between the two different viewpoints or whether it is just that,


because of the similarities, I find it difficult to distinguish.? There are parts of the extract where I am


certain that the author is looking at the situation from Anne?s point of view


(?Anne felt an instant oppression?), and there are also parts of the extract


where I know that is the Authorial view that is being expressed. (?After a few


minutes in saying the proper nothings,?)?


However, there are times when it is difficult to tell which of the two


is speaking, these ?grey? areas are generally peripheral to our understanding,


but it can still be difficult to understand from whose viewpoint the statement


is made.? In this way it would be


relatively straightforward to confuse Anne?s thoughts and feelings with those


of the author: (?The door was thrown open for Sir Walter and Miss Elliot, whose


entrance seemed to give a general chill.?) ??????????? I find that


the author does not generally intrude upon Anne?s judgement; however, it can be


difficult to separate the two.? I would


not describe this as authorial intrusion but simply ambiguity.? In this was any intrusion in my mind is


clearly implicit and in this way the first two lines can be described as an


intrusion of authorial judgement: ?The door was thrown open for Sir Walter and


Miss Elliot, whose entrance seemed to give a general chill. Anne felt an instant


oppression.?? It is clear that Anne felt


both the chill and the oppression, but in my opinion, the first sentence is


written from the author?s point of view because of the way Sir Walter and


Elizabeth are referred to.? In this way


the author has intruded upon the judgement of Anne Elliot with a similar


authorial judgement.? This is not


explicit, but is apparent upon close examination.?

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