Marriage Persuasion

Austen’s last novel has numerous types of marriages which shows how the gender roles were at her time and how people try to fit in society. Growing up in the seventh century as a well educated women, austen tries to reflect and let the readers understand how was it like in her society. She clearly shows how the class differences, marriage and families are and how people are blinded by statues. Although the novel persuasion has its level of romance and gender roles, it mostly shows how the characters try to adapt the society in class boundaries and find their happiness at the end. The type of marriages in the seventeenth century is seen through the novel persuasion and readers can see how it is like through it. Marriage plays a strong

They fall in love not through each other's appearances or family background but through who they are in the inside. Anne does not have the personality like the rest of her families and sees people equally which is why she later chooses to follow her heart and marry the person she wants. She is seen not giving up on her love and believing that Captain Wentworth will become a better, well off person only to prove his love for her. “Captain Wentworth had no fortune. He had been lucky in his profession;....he was confident that he should soon be rich.”(Austen 26) He is confident that he is going to be rich and his inspiration is to get back Anne. The Elliotts family have major impact on Anne’s life and she does not even want them to be involved in it. They represent the families who only care for their wealth and statues and immediately avoid or banish anything that tries to take it down from them. For instance due to the fact that Captain Wentworth is not a wealthy man, he could ruin their name. However, Anne makes a good decision to follow on what she truly believes in and loves. Austen puts Anne to represent the daughters who are forced by their families to do what they do not want to do and how these daughters later find their power to overcome their parents and be independent from

The Elliotts family try to make Anne believe that keeping her social status is much better for her than pursuing her love, but she ends up deciding her own future and take her own path by following her heart. Jane Austen’s message through this novel is how lot of people do things in order to reach their goals or to be with someone they really love and that is why the title persuasion suits it every well because each character have their own goals to reach. For instance, William Elliot wants the title of Sir Walter's and tries whatever he can to get it. Captain Wentworth wants to rich inorder to get the approval of the Elliotts family to marry Anne and he achieves it. The Musgroves goal is to support their children through thick and thin unlike the Elliots and they are seen to be appreciated by Anne on how good of parents they are. All in all, each of the characters represent the different people in Austen’s society and the different opinions they