Abstract

Sense and Sensibility is one of the masterpiece written by famous British writer Jane Austin. It describes that two different characters of sense and sensibility have impacted the view of love and marriage of two leading characters. The two sisters have showed their own spouse-selection ideas. At last, sense defeats sensibility and they all live real happy lives with their own partner. This thesis studies the characters of personality firstly, and then analyzes their own sense and sensibility to reveal their view of love and marriage in order to help the readers understand the novel better.

Keywords: Sense and Sensibility; sense; sensibility; view of love and  marriage

摘要

《理智与情感》是英国著名女作家简·奥斯汀的代表作之一，描述了理性和感性两种不同性格对两位女性的爱情观和婚姻观产生的影响。姐妹俩展现出不同的择偶观，而最后理性打败感性，姐妹俩与各自的伴侣过上了真正幸福的生活。本论文首先研究主人公的性格特点，再分析她们各自的理性和感性，来揭示她们各自的爱情观和婚姻观，以期能帮助读者更好地理解小说。

关键词：《理智与情感》；理智；情感；爱情观和婚姻观