Team+Notes+for+Persuasion

=Team 1's Notes for Persuasion= Please provide the following information for your classmates. When citing from the book, include page numbers. When citing secondary sources, provide a link or give enough information about the source so that your classmates can locate it on their own.

Key Points Made in Presentations
__ Sir Walter Elliot- Prosecuting __ : Vanity; pretentious, and stubborn; poor judge of character, easily fooled, and is taken advantage by most; Selfish, self-absorbed, and can’t think past his own desires and putting them first; not all evil, but comically ridiculous, acting as a satirized version of the titled class of the era. Sir Walter is very impractical, as his vanity and struggle to hold on to his wealth, status and beauty suggests; vanity is the most defining character; extremely conceited. __ William Elliot: - Prosecuting: __ Venomous snake he is a criminal. The character is portrayed as a malicious man, after his own personal gain__.__ Who became estranged from the family when he wed a woman of much lower social rank, for her fortune. Anne Elliot's cousin, and heir to Kellynch Hall, Mr. William Elliot is a smooth talker. Mr. Elliot is searching for a new bride. Good- looking and well-mannered, Mr. Elliot talks his way back into the good graces of Sir Walter, Anne questions his true motives. Mr. Smith had appointed him the executor of his will; but Mr. Elliot would not act, and the difficulties and distresses which this refusal had heaped on her, in addition to the inevitable sufferings of her situation. __ Captain Benwick- Defended: __ Benwick and Anne’s relationship was platonic and they both had experienced a loss of a loved one, they were kindred spirits and knew how they each could relate to their anguish. __ Wentworth- Prosecuting: __ Ungentlemanly ; Anne had used him ill; deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had shewn a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident temper could not endure. Captain Fredrick Wentworth; he proceeds to flirt with other women right in front of her. Is it man's nature to forget the woman he loves sooner than woman forgets man? She had given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of over-persuasion. It had been weakness and timidity."only when Wentworth sees Anne again at the concert, but is jealous because Anne is getting attention from Mr. Elliot, when Wentworth notices the stranger admiring Anne which causes him to realize that she still has beauty and since this happens it’s the only then does he realize that she is who he wants. __ Anne-Prosecuting __ : Easily Persuaded: She is a woman torn between her own happiness and what are her womanly duties. In a time where society itself was changing from marriage being a business transaction and leaning into romanticism. Anne has swayed her decision to marry CFW from her trusted god mother Lady Russell and no family blessing from her family helped persuade her calling off her engagement to CFW. With Anne being educated, pretty, modest woman and clearly in love why would she allow someone to change her mind (Can Anne not think for herself?) Confrontations can always be a scary thing for some people. I think even the character Anne Elliot is afraid to deal with confrontations, especially with CFW. In the scenes with her sister Mary when no one wants to stay with her, Anne goes willingly, the Musgrove child Charles: when he falls she wishes to stay and help, as well of Louisa with her spell, including when she has to spend moments with CFW she tries to remove herself from the situation. Accumulation of our group information I just reposted it. 1320791834

Key Passages (with page numbers) Used in Presentations
Page 4 “Vanity was the beginning and ending for Sir Walter.” Cont how Elliot was pale he did not work. He considered the beauty as inferior and only the blessing of baronetcy. Page 5- "But Anne with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character, which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding, was nobody with either father or sister; her word had no weight, her convenience was always to give way-she was only Anne." Pg12 –“If a rich Admiral were to come in our way Sir Walter, He would be a lucky man Shephard, replied Sir Walter Elliot “That’s all I have to remark.” Page 13 -“As to all that rejoined SWE coolly, supposing I induced to let my house, I have by no means made up my mind as to the privileges to be annexed to it.” Also including prior paragraph these valuable pictures of yours, SWE, if you choose to leave them, would be perfectly safe. Everything in and about will be taken such care of! Page 18 -"They were gradually acquainted, and when acquainted, rapidly and deeply in love. It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest; she, in receiving his declaration and proposals, or he in having them accepted." page 19 -On her engagement to Wentworth- "Young and gentle as she was, it might yet have been possible to withstand her fathers ill-will, though unsoftened by one kind word or look on the part of her sister; - but lady russell, whom she had always loved and relied on, could not, with such steadiness of opinion, and such tenderness of manner, be continually advising her in vain. She was persuaded to believe the engagement a wrong thing." Page 20- "She did not blame lady Russell, she did not blame herself for having been guided by her." Page 20- "She had been solicited, when about two-and-twenty, to change her name, by a young man, who not long afterwards found a more willing mind in her younger sister; and Lady Russell had lamented her refusal." Page 23- On staying behind with Mary instead of moving to bath right away- "To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all; and anne, glad to be thought of some use, glad to have anything marked out as a duty, and certainly not sorry to have the scene of it in the country, and her own dear country, readily agreed to stay." Page 30- "One of the least agreeable circumstances of her residence there, was her being treated with too much confidence by all parties, and being too much in the secret of the complaints of each house." Page 39- On Anne staying behind to take care of little charles- "She knew herself to be the first utility to the child; and what was it to her, if Fredrick Wentworth were only half a mile distant, making himself agreeable to others!" Page 41- "he had been most wormly attached to her, and had never seen a woman since whom he though her equal; but, except from some natural sensation of curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again." Page 41- it states that "He had not forgiven Anne Elliot.} Captain Fredrick Wentworth Page 133- "Mr. Elliot at that period of his, had one object view- to make his fortune, and by a rather quicker process than the law. He was determined to make it by marriage." Page 145- "and Benwick sits at her elbow, reading verses, or whispering to her, all day."

Accumulation of our group information I just reposted it. \1320791834 =**Key Arguments Made by Secondary Sources**=

“SparkNote on Persuasion.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 17 Sep. 2011} Relates to Sir Walter Elliot. According to: 'Persuasion' - Review of 'Persuasion' Jane Austen's Story About Second Chances From Laurie Viera Rigler, the author of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict.} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_(novel)#Main_charactersMain characters - Persuasion (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org Pg.257 Tony Tanner} Benwick

Accumulation of our group information I just reposted it. 1320791834 =Team 2's Notes for Persuasion= Please provide the following information for your classmates. When citing from the book, include page numbers. When citing secondary sources, provide a link or give enough information about the source so that your classmates can locate it on their own.

Key Points Made in Presentations
__Sir Walter Elliot__- DEFENDING: Vain, but acted as any proper man should in that time period. Took care of his daughters and wanted them all to marry well. Character changed for the better by the end of the novel. Served as a comical representation of old money in England for the time period. He was undesirable, but in general did not harm people. His actions were so ridiculous that they gave the novel an almost parody-like element.

__William Elliot-__ DEFENDING: Represented death of aristocracy in England. Mr. Elliot is a character representing the desperation of a dying group of wealth. Mr. Elliot is a valuable character on the basis that he shows the underbelly and the ugly truth about the bloodsucking nature of a group in society that is aware of it's impending demise.

__Captain Benwick-__ Prosecuting: Engaged to Louisa only a year after his wife died. Only had a good relationship with the Harvilles when it was convenient for him,

__Wentworth-__ DEFENDING: Heartbroken, a representation of a shift in ideas about what makes a good man a "man" he is self-made, passionate, strong, indignant at times, but overall, looks for competency in his women. He is defending a broken heart, lashing out, and is one of the few character to display an "arc", or a development or CHANGE throughout the novel.

__Anne-__ DEFENDING: She trusted everyone she talked to, quiet, everyone trusted her with their secrets. We saw England in the 1800s through the eyes of Anne. In her silence is the opportunity for the reader to experience everything as she does. She is passive, yet vibrant in the strength of a quiet woman. Anne Elliot makes Persuasion an "autumnal" novel, since she was dangerously close to being an old-maid. Anne gives the reader a chance to observe everything since she doesn't say much. We feel as Anne feels, giving Persuasion a passionate and personal tone. Anne is virtuous, poised, and her restraint is often times her biggest downfall...i.e. her PERSUADability. Because of this, Anne represents a new idea about relationships and gender in society, forcing her to make her intentions clearer instead of muddling through the red-tape of society's ideas about an appropriate love affair, and an acceptable life.

OUR **OVERALL** KEY POINTS

__-Each character in Persuasion gave the novel depth, and symbolism__

__-Persuasion represented a shift in ideas in a post-war, changing England__

Key Passages (with page numbers) Used in Presentations
P 166, the description of Lady Russell's thoughts "there was nothing left for Lady Russell to do but admit that she had been pretty completely wrong...and take up a new set of opinions and hopes" -The Hazlenut scene on page 59, (ideas about what a "new" idea of man wanted from a "new" idea of a woman" The scene at the cobb, 74 -The debate about the tendencies between men and woman between Anne and Captain Harville beginning on page 154 -The scene in which Mrs. Smith unveils Mr. Elliot's true character on page 132 -Wentworth's letter on page 158 -page 41 Wentworth, describes his hurt and betrayal from Anne Elliot "she had used him ill; deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had shewn a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own, decided confident temper could not endure. She had given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of over-persuasion. It had been weakness and timidity. p 116 "for the first time since their renewed acquaintance, she felt that she was betraying the least sensibility of the two.....she had enough to feel free.." p 135, after hearing the letter written by Mr. Elliot "Anne could not immediately get over the shock and mortification of finding such words applied to her father

Key Arguments Made by Secondary Sources
(in the back on Persausion) "In Between Persuasion" by Tony Tanner found online, off of google scholar- "Mrs. Smith and the Morality of Persuasion" by K.K. Collins (in the back of book) Persuasion's Unfuedal Tone of Present Day" by Claudia Johnson (also in back) New Landscapes by A. Walton Litz (also in back) Moral Luck and JUdgement in Jane Austen's Persuasion by Robert Hopkins (also in back) Anne Elliot's Education by Ann W. Astell 1320794951 =Team 3's Notes for Persuasion= Please provide the following information for your classmates. When citing from the book, include page numbers. When citing secondary sources, provide a link or give enough information about the source so that your classmates can locate it on their own.