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=Persuasion Game Page for Team 2=

This page is for Team 2 to share information with the rest of the class. Team 2 may also use this page to work out arguments collaboratively (just remember, everyone in the class can see your page). If you have an important document you want your classmates to read before a game day, put it here and make an announcement on the Announcements Page. Please remember to sign all your additions to the wiki with the four tildes (~) so that Dr. Lake can easily identify your contributions.

Game 1: Sir Walter Elliott Team 2 is assigned to: Defense


 * TEAM COMMENTS:**


 * Was doing some research and found some good literary analysis on Anne and the way Jane Austen had meant for her to be portrayed..I'll put the links on Facebook 1317164346**


 * I got quite a few good quotes from the scholarly essays, i will type them out and hand them out as another visual aspect while reading some of them out loud. 1317145782**

So I don't know if this will be useful for tomorrow or not, but I found this quote in one of the articles in the back of the book about Anne, and Wiltshire says, "Her goal, and the goal of the novel, is a harmonizing of her agitation that shall involve no giving in, no compromise, no suppression of one part of the personality by another." pg. 276 Anne Astell I'm planning on finding other quotes for tomorrow as well, but it will be after 5 o'clock when I post them, and I don't know if we need any or not but I'm going to try to find stuff anyway...1317145411

I posted ,on Facebook, some very useful sites that can really make this last case a walk in the park. They should easliy predict what the presecution will say. 1317053365
 * Here is the analysis off the website that Megan was talking about:**
 * Mr. William Elliot is a distant relative to Sir Walter Elliot and heir to the title and estate of Kellynch.
 * Despite his cousin Elizabeth’s having decided to marry him before she ever met him, Mr. Elliot instead weds "a rich woman of inferior birth" (1.16).
 * Mr. Elliot’s choice of bride offends Sir Walter, who breaks off the acquaintance.
 * Several years later, Mr. Elliot’s wife has died, but his badmouthing of his cousins means they still have a grudge against him.
 * At Lyme, Mr. Elliot visibly admires Anne’s beauty, not knowing she is his cousin.
 * Mr. Elliot runs into Anne again at the inn they are both staying at.
 * In Bath, Mr. Elliot gets himself back into his cousins’ good graces.
 * When Anne comes to stay with her family in Bath, Mr. Elliot is happy to discover that they are related.
 * Mr. Elliot and Anne discuss the events that happened in Lyme.
 * Devoting his considerable powers of charm to pleasing Anne, Mr. Elliot succeeds in becoming her friend, though she does not entirely trust him.
 * Mr. Elliot tries to convince Anne that the Dalrymples are worth all the hoops her father is jumping through for them.
 * One morning Mr. Elliot is accompanying Anne, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Clay on a shopping trip, when the rain sends them to seek shelter in a shop.
 * Mr. Elliot decides that Anne’s boots are thicker than Mrs. Clay’s, and that therefore Mrs. Clay should take the last spot in Lady Dalrymple’s carriage while he walks Anne home.
 * Attending a concert with the Elliots and the Dalrymples, Mr. Elliot pays his attentions to Anne.
 * His flattery falls flat, as Anne is more interested in fellow concert-goer Captain Wentworth than she is in Mr. Elliot.
 * Mr. Elliot continues to ply his charms on Anne, but, having heard the story of his true character from Mrs. Smith, he only convinces her of his hypocrisy.
 * Mr. Elliot says that he is leaving Bath for a few days.
 * Meeting with Mrs. Clay, Mr. Elliot is spotted from a window by Mary and Anne.
 * Mr. Elliot is surprised to learn that Anne is to marry Captain Wentworth, and leaves Bath.
 * Last seen in London with Mrs. Clay, Mr. Elliot may eventually marry her. 1316743978

http://www.shmoop.com/persuasion/william-walter-elliot-esq-timeline.html -Just found this website, puts it in a very basic form which is easy to understand and see key facts about a character. I'm now reading through important parts of the book and noting quotes from mr. Elliot. 1316708233

Okay, soooo I got books from the Library. Very good stuff in there. Verrryyy good stuff. 1316633666

Alright guys, today went well, and I think we scored some major points with the jury, but how are we going to get more creative? How are we going to incorporate role play? Are we going to use visuals? Make sure we discuss creative strategy on the FB page! I've got some ideas, but now that my trial is over, I want to hear more about the organization of yours! 1316450991

I have just finished doing extensive research on Wentworth using multiple websites. I should begin writing the argument sometime soon. I definiantly will be done by the end of the week. Here are some websites that I am using: [|www.heilum.com] [|www.goliath.ecnext.com] [|www.shmoop.com] The exact link is in the Facebook group. 1316446854

Another site I have found that has a little information on characters and the book is http://www.shmoop.com/persuasion/ 1316382884

Just Posted some of my notes on the prosecution of Captain Benwick. I will gather some more notes soon! Also some websites i thought were awesome: www.gradesaver.com www.oxfordjournals.org -Sorry i couldn't get the actual page URL, i'm doing this at work and the internet likes to cut out on me. 1316305599

i have been doing alot of research and found quite a bit on sir walter elliott and the etiquette of middle class, lower and poor...should i email them or is the facebook page almost up and running1316198328 __**check our facebook page i posted somethings**__

Yeah go ahead and post those on the Facebook page. It's up, I just added everyone else today (Sorry! I didn't get off of work until 3 AM!!!). There's a button/link on the right of the page under all of our pictures that says "Create Doc", and when you click on it, it [|looks like this]. It's really simple, and that way you can save it in Word and copy it to the "doc". This can work for everyone in our group, and I most definitely WILL be using it, along with this Wiki, to post information. 1316268509


 * CHARACTER ANALYSIS:**

//**__ANNE__**// (Sparknotes Analysis) – Protagonist, middle daughter of Sir Walter Elliot; quiet and reserved, clever and practical; often overlooked by her father. Conscious of her duty to marry suitably and is easily persuaded; level-headed, considerate of others, humble, balances duty and passion, is composed and respectful, not to mention witty; although not physically attractive anymore, she becomes more attractive throughout the novel due to her better qualities. Proud of her appearance, and is hurt by Wentworth’s statement that Anne looks have gone to the wayside; also takes pride in practicality, intellect, and patience; feminine, while possessing none of the “negative” traits Austen associates with women (i.e. being catty, flighty, or hysterical); these make her desirable when compared to her sisters. She has a mind of her own, but that doesn’t stop her from keeping to her family duties, like searching for a suitable husband; because of this, she takes offense to the fact that Mrs. Clay, who is of lower class, is attempting to marry her father. Though she wants more flexibility in her social structure, she would never dare challenge it; she believes herself right in having been persuaded not to marry Wentworth previously, which leads to the assumption that though Anne is easily persuaded, she it’s not a major issue or character flaw; the reader can agree or disagree with this statement. She must be highly regarded, because she is both respectful and independent, passionate and practical.

SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Persuasion.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 16 Sep. 2011.

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__//**SIR WALTER ELLIOT**//__ (Sparknotes Analysis) - Vain, pretentious, and stubborn; poor judge of character, easily fooled, and is taken advantage by most; thwarts Anne and Wentworth early on; maintains qualities that horrify the novel’s, and others like it, protagonist. 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 suggest; vanity is the most defining character; extremely conceited (i.e. favorite book being his family history book [Baronetage], a room full of mirrors, only wanting good-looking people to rent his home, etc.). His extreme self shows the fact that the girly-man he is no longer qualifies as the epitome of manliness, which Austen reveals as the gallant and brave, like Captain Wentworth. Through Sir Walter, Austen makes fun of the then-declining aristocracy; they were forced to accept the newly rich into their social class, due to great success in the British industrial age; these people had enough money to seriously challenge the importance of birth for what it was really worth. Austen uses this character to show the ugly underbelly of the aristocracy in a humorous manner.

SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Persuasion.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 17 Sep. 2011.

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 * //__CAPTAIN WENTWORTH__//** - (Sparknotes Analysis) -

Wentworth is well-educated, has good manners, is considerate and sensitive; gallant, independent, and brave; models the new epitome of manliness (the rugged, tough, brave man). Officer in the Navy; made a good fortune due to hard work and good common sense; values constancy, practicality, and firmness of mind; not the traditional match for Anne (no title, no high birth, no land); Austen makes his personal qualities so sublime that they overcome the social barrier that keeps him and Anne apart. Developing character, who must first overcome personal obstacles (like pride and shame of being rejected one by Anne already). Bides time by flirting with Louisa and Henrietta, and even entertains the idea of marrying Louisa, until her fall. Eventually Wentworth and Anne marry, and throughout the marriage, he defers to Anne, which Austen sees as an ideal partnership (because it is equal)

SparkNotes Editors. "SparkNote on Persuasion." SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 17 Sep. 2011.

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 * //__MR. WILLIAM ELLIOT__//** (Sparknotes Analysis) -

Anne Elliot's cousin, and heir to Kellynch Hall, Mr. William Elliot is a smooth talker who everyone agrees is "perfectly what he ought to be." Only six months after the death of his first wife, and at the end of a marriage that was generally known to be unhappy, 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, yet Anne questions his true motives.

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FORMATION OF MR. ELLIOT'S DEFENSE: So Here's what I'm starting to work on for Mr. Elliot.

The entire basis for aggression towards Mr. Elliot is a decade old letter from the old and crippled Mrs. Smith, who was, by the way, trying to PERSUADE Anne into marrying Mr. Elliot moments before revealing this letter. If Mr. Elliot was truly a bad guy, why on earth would Anne's friend try to get her to marry him? She said that he would bring her a happy life, and that they would have a social marriage.

One second Mrs Smith is saying that Mr. Elliot is a prospective husband, and the next she's saying he ruined her life... What kind of friend does that?

Mr Elliot's flaws are not backed up by anything other than one letter supplied by an unreliable friend whom Anne hadn't spoken to for over ten years. Not to mention we have no way of knowing whether or not the letter is legitimate. Mrs Smith's basis for hating Mr. Elliot is that her husband wasted their money on gambling and booze, so one has to wonder, how exactly is that Mr. Elliot's fault? Doesn't a man have a responsibility to control his impulses, and better yet, provide for his family? And as far as this supposed property that Mr. Elliot is in control of, the details of this are never thoroughly explained. Mrs Smith is an unpredictable character who shouldn't be the sole reason for disliking a man. Mr. Elliot was the only man who was consistently affectionate to Anne throughout the novel, and the defamation of his reputation is unfounded and factless. According to K.K. Collins, as published by the University of California Press, many critics believe that persuasion was unfinished, and that Mrs. Smith was one of the most troubling characters in the novel, and that she exemplifies the conflict of Persuasion: the danger of advice and the elusiveness of evidence. Collins asks "Is she a beneficent parasite who feeds on the openhearted?", in reference to the fact that she preys upon Anne, wanting her to marry someone who can help her get money from this vague, supposed property. []

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 * //__CAPTAIN BENWICK__//** (Sparknotes Analysis) -

Once engaged to the Captain Harville's now-deceased sister, Fanny, Captain Benwick is a depressed naval officer who mourns the death of his lost love. He is a shy man and an ardent reader of poetry. When Anne meets him, he is on leave from his ship and he is living with Captain and Mrs. Harville. He seeks a young woman to help him get over Fanny, and his attentions turn, surprisingly, to Louisa Musgrove.

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Captain Benwick, like Anne, has been struck with a bad case of lost love (symptoms: listlessness, fatigue, reading lots of sad poems). While Anne herself isn’t adverse to reciting a few mopey verses while wandering through the dead autumn leaves, Benwick’s diet of pure poetry is like eating nothing but chocolate – while it may seem like a good coping mechanism, it the end it does more harm than good. Anne prescribes him some healthier, nutrient-filled prose to balance out his mental meals.

Although Benwick’s situation is both more extreme than Anne’s (his fiancée is dead) and more recent (a few months past, rather than eight years), she still sees herself as winning a face-off at misery poker: as a man, Benwick will have more opportunities to change his circumstances and meet someone new.

And meet someone new he does; he's engaged to Louisa before his previous fiancée has been dead a year. His swift about-face in matters of love surprises his friends, who thought he would never get over his loss. Is he really recovered, or is this new romance a new way of dealing with his grief? Was he truly all that worked up over Fanny’s death, or was he exaggerating because he liked the attention? Since we only get hearsay about Benwick after the Lyme episode, it’s hard to say for sure.

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 * ADDITIONAL RESOURCES**

Along with the resources that Dr. Lake gave us, here are some additional resources, courtesy of SparkNotes:

Brown, Julia Prewitt. // Jane Austen's Novels: Social Change and Literary Form. //Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979.

Gard, Roger. // Emma and Persuasion. // Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1989.

Laski, Marghanita. // Jane Austen and Her World. // London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.

Lewis, C.S. 'A Note on Jane Austen', Essays in Criticism, four (Oct. 1954), 359–71; reprinted in Ian Watt (ed.) Jane Austen: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1963.

McMaster, Juliet. // Jane Austen on Love. // Victoria, BC: University of Victoria Press, 1978.

Monaghan, David. // Jane Austen, Structure and Social Vision. // London: Macmillan Press, 1980.

Page, Norman. // The Language of Jane Austen. // Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1972.

Spacks, Patricia Meyer, ed. // Persuasion: an authoritative text, backgrounds and context, criticism. // New York: W.W. Norton, 1995.

Tanner, Tony. // Jane Austen. // Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1986.

White, Laura Mooneyham, ed. // Critical Essays on Jane Austen. // New York: G.K. Hall, London: Prentice Hall International, 1998.

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