高中英语教学课件：理智与情感课件.ppt

Sense and Sensibility ——Jane Austen The Main Characters Elinor Dashwood Marianne Dashwood Edward Ferrars Colonel Brandon John Willoughby Elinor Dashwood The nineteen-year-old eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood and the heroine of Austens novel. Elinor is composed but affectionate, both when she falls in love with Edward Ferrars and when she comforts and supports her younger sister Marianne. Marianne Dashwood Mariannes spontaneity, excessive sensibility, and romantic idealism lead her to fall in love with the debaucherous John Willoughby, though he painfully spurns her, causing her to finally recognize her misjudgment of him. After this turn of heart, she ultimately marries her long-standing admirer, Colonel Brandon. Edward Ferrars The sensible and friendly older brother of Fanny Dashwood and Robert Ferrars. Edward develops a close relationship with Elinor while staying at Norland and ultimately marries her, after he is freed from a four-year secret engagement to Lucy Steele Colonel Brandon A retired officer and friend of Sir John Middleton who falls in love with Marianne Dashwood and acts kindly, honorably, and graciously towards the Dashwoods throughout the novel John Willoughby John Willoughby An attractive but deceitful young man who wins Marianne Dashwoods heart but then abandons her (greedily) in favor of the wealthy Miss Sophia Grey. Characters Fanny Dashwood ——John Dashwoods wife and the sister of Edward and Robert Ferrars, she is selfish and snobbish(势利的). Robert Ferrars —— The younger brother of Edward and Fanny. Lucy Steele —— A sly, selfish, and insecure(不可靠的) young woman. She has been secretly engaged to Edward Ferrars for four years but she ultimately marries his brother, Robert, once Edward is disinherited Characters Lady Middleton ——A distant relation of the Dashwoods Sir John Middleton ——Lady Middleton’s husband Mrs. Dashwood ——Elinor’s mother Margaret Dashwood ——Elinor’s sister. The thirteen-year-old, good-humored youngest