Chapter 12 Flashcards
Willoughby gives Marianne the horse and the lock of hair
What does Willoughby gift Marianne?
“Willoughby had given her a horse, one that he had bred himself on his estate in Somersetshire, and which was calculated exactly to carry a woman”
Does Marianne accept the gift?
“She had accepted the present without hesitation, and told her sister of it in raptures”
What is Elinor skeptical about in relation to Willoughby’s gift?
“Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her”
What is Marianne’s argument for accepting Willoughby’s gift? How would a modern audience view this?
“I should hold myself guilty of greater impropriety in accepting a horse from my brother than from Willoughby. Of John I know very little, though we have lived together for years; but of Willoughby, my judgment has long been formed.”
How does Elinor portray her ‘sense’ nature?
“Elinor thought it wisest to touch that point no more. She knew her sister’s temper. Opposition on so tender a subject would only attach her the more to her own opinion”
What does Willoughby also do (2 things), apart from the gift, that shows his impropriety?
“addressing her by her christian name”
“he has got a lock of her hair… for I saw him cut it off” (Margaret)
