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  1. It could be said that Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, both by Jane Austen, are very comparable, and for good reason. These two works are alike in that they address similar issues, contain similar themes, and are comprised of similar characters.
  2. Both of Austen's works comment on the stranglehold that catholic-based, double-standard-inducing ideas had on the formulaic Victorian-era English society and put in scope the power that can be demonstrated by said ideas. With but a single, sometimes uncontrollable mistake, such as a daughter eloping, the discovery of relations with a lower class person, or _, one's reputation could be completely shot or marriage prospects ruined.
  3. If you have watched Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility one right after the other, you may have noticed that some characters are dead ringers for others. Examples include Wickham of Pride and Prejudice and Willoughby of Sense and Sensibility. Wickham and Willoughby share a few qualities, outside of the "W" in their names, in that they both almost ruin their respective story's family's reputation in the name of greed.
  4. The two stories also employ similar themes and writing conventions, such as the dry wit that Elizabeth and Mr. Bennett share in the later novel and Mr. Palmer in the earlier.
  5. And now for a relatively short list of actions that both novels show examples of: walking, balking, talking, dying, crying, lying, spying, breathing, teething, people seething, eating, drinking, longing, bonding, not responding, thinking, blinking, standing, sitting, sleeping, smiling, and conniving, running, stopping, sopping.
  6. Now I will back up a selected few of my claims with specific examples.
  7. As for walking, while at Mr. Darcy's residence, Elizabeth of Pride and Prejudice uses her legs to create a series of socially acceptable movements that conclude with her arrival at a piano across the room. Mr. Harris does something similar near the end of Sense and Sensibility when he moves his feet and legs in such a fashion that he finally ends up near Marianne's beside in order to provide medical care.
  8. Talking is a very common activity in Austen's books. Though some would argue not common enough. After a very thorough poring over the texts, I was able to find a few examples of such an action. When, in Pride and Prejudice, Darcy says to Elizabeth, "That is not an unnatural surmise.", he is arguably talking to her. The act is present in Sense and Sensibility as well and may be observed when Mr. Dashwood says to his wife, "Fifteen years! My dear Fanny; her life cannot be worth half that purchase."
  9. Breathing must exist in both of these stories, as characters often puff or sigh or gasp in order to show emotion. The assumption could reasonably made that these people are, in fact, humans. One could take that to a logical conclusion and say that because they are humans, they must breath, or they would die. Therefore, it becomes only logical to declare that even Lady Catherine De Bourgh and Fanny Dashwood, ever full of hot air as they are, must breath to survive.
  10. Bonding is commonplace in Ms. Austen's books. In Pride and Prejudice it is most noticeable between the five Bennett sisters through the balls that they attend and the hardships they overcome. In Sense and Sensibility, you might see it when the Dashwood couple love eachother even more for their cruel hatred of and sociopathic indifference towards others.
  11. Scenes in which eating is a part of the goings on for some reason have a large potential to play an important role in their stories. For example, the Bennetts are eating when Mr. Collins attempts to propose to Elizabeth. The Dashwoods are eating when
  12. The act of thinking is put on display many times throughout Austen's works. It is not necessarily always shown directly, but is written subtley into each character and their actions, which surprisingly more often than not, follow logic. Darcy clearly shows the thought put into his actions when he writes his letter to Elizabeth, explaining himself in a clear and concise manner, just as Mrs. Dashwood always determines what is best for her daughters.
  13. Standing is present in both works, though it plays a magnified role in Pride in Prejudice. In short, it shows Mr. Darcy's steady respect and politeness long before his words do. In Sense and Sensibility, people just kind of stand, though sometimes they won't stand for it
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