【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ing pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either .Her sensibility was potent enough! ”(Edward Corpland, 2001 The Cambridge panion to Jane Austen :45). In this world, where sons and lovers seem interchangeable, where people affect by watching one another, and individuals seem neither integral nor unique. Marianne Dashwood romantically insists on an ideal of perfect selffulfillment in a love based on mutual feeling and shared tastes, and hence on the impossibility of second attachments。 it is one of ‘her , most favorite maxims’, A conversation between Elinor and Brandon, early in the novel , raises the nice question of whether she thinks them unimaginable or immoral: ‘Your sister, I understand, does not approve of second attachment.’ ‘No,’ replied Elinor, ‘her opinions are all romantic.’ ‘Or rather, as I believe, she considers them impossible to exist.’ ‘I believe she does, But how she contrives it without reflecting on the character of her own father, who had himself two wives, I know not. ’(Jane Austen, 2001 Sense and Sensibility :62). Marianne’s changing view of love and its historic meaning. At first, Marianne doesn’t like Brandon very much. She just wants to be average friends, not close friends. At the same time, Brandon is much older than Marianne. He is not active or passionate. After cheated by Willoughby , Marianne’s attitude towards love has changed a lot. She realized that Willoughby is just a playboy. This kind of people can’t bring her happiness. This kind of people is changeable because of many factors. Looked after by Brandon , Marianne realizes that Brandon is a good person .He has the ability to take care of her and bring her happiness. Marianne’s view of love has changed from sensibility to sense. This rational view of love is pointed by Jane Austen. It seems that Austen is offering her advice to young girls that they should never lose their reasoning power in dealing with men. How to understand and appraise this rational view of love? According to the principles in the Marxism, we should put the problems to the special historic category, namely, the concrete social environment. Love is not the only affair between the man and the women, and it can reflect some social features. This view of love has its own particular historic meanings. First, from this kind of view, Austen explains the women’s bad situation, such as the feudal society’s hostility and persecution. In a hostile environment, if the young girls are lack of reason, then they will easily be hurt both in heart and in body. Willoughby deceived Marianne, but he was not punished by the society. He was indulged and protected by the society. Second, paring reason with emotion, a woman should know how to protect herself in a hostile environment. Different attitudes bring different results. Elinor is a rational person, so she can protect herself in a hostile situation, and has avoided being hurt by the disasters. Marianne is an emotional person, so it is hard for her to protect herself when meet the hostility. Obviously it is dangerous to be guided by emotion while it is safe to be guided by reason. Third, the figure of Elinor indicates Austen’s women consciousness, if women want to be free, they should have the ability to know, to judge, to respect. The rational view of love means women should have rational judgement and study ability. They can learn to be strong from the frustration. ( Marianne is a good example of it) Social reasons. Ideology aspect The period Marianne lives is a changing time. The Industrial Revolution happened in the middle of 18 th century make machine replace labourforce. Many people go to the city from the town, and many new towns emerge. Industrial proletariat and bourgeoisie e into being, but a lot of lands are still occupied by the aristocrat. The social situation is plex and plicated. In the ideology aspect, rational knowledge is the subject of the society. Reason is the standard used to measure the objects and society. The Enlightenment developed fast in the period, people often use reason to control their actions. Class aspect Jane Austen is a member of the professional class. The men in the professional class are expected to pursue a profession, either the army, navy, clergy, law, or medicine. The women are excluded from these professions and are expected to marry. Elinor and Marianne are representative examples of young ladies of the professional class. In “ Sense and sensibility”, they socialize with and marry into the landed gentry, the next higher social class. Women in the class to which Jane Austen and the Dashwood sisters belong are not allowed to work. They depend upon suitable marriages or the generosity of the their male relations for financial support and have no economic freedom. At the beginning of sense and Sensibility, the narrator informs us how