Essays on Sense and Sensibility

In addition, Austen uses wealth to signify intelligence. To once again subvert our expectations, it is not necessarily always ones capital that equates to high levels of intelligence but rather ones lack thereof. Austen displays intelligence in the more obvious form of academia, as a…

“The storm” by Kate Chopin is a story of sense and sensibility; love and sex within marriage. This story seems take place in the early 19th century (1898) in a small county of the United States. The characters on the scene are Calixta, mother of…

Anyone who is even remotely familiar with classic literature has heard of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. With its relatable characters and enchanting story line, there’s no wonder why the novel was popular during its day. However, there are many books that were popular at…

In Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’, duality plays a major role. The title creates a dichotomy between the values of ‘sense’ and ‘sensibility’, or as they are commonly identified today, rationality and passion. The two protagonists, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, personify these traits. The…

Eyes are one of the five senses that are important for our everyday life, But sadly most people don’t understand how the eye works. This is just a basic overview of how the eye works. To understand how the eye works we must first look…

There is considerable new literature on sensemaking following the initial work done by Weick. Maitlis and Christianson examined the history and current state of the knowledge pertaining to sensemaking (Maitlis and Christianson, 2014). They note “Sensemaking—the process through which individuals work to understand novel, unexpected,…