However the main movement in the story seems to be a psychological movement, the journey of the two heroines which leads the reader to question his own views on life. Yet the other characters are revealed through their actions but mainly through dialogues and the novel sometimes uses the devices of a play. Jane Austen asked her nephew, a writer « What should I do with your strong ,vigorous sketches, full of variety and glow ? How could I possibly join them on to the little bits ( two inches wide ) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour. » Jane Austen limited the scope of her novels to the world she knew and Sense and sensibility can be perceived as a narrow microcosm devoid of momentous historical facts ,actions and strong characters.It is true that Sense and sensiblity is an introspective novel as far as the two main characters are concerned. According to a recent critic , » the action of Jane Austen's novels takes place primarily within the characters « How far does this statement apply to Sense and Sensibility, the 1811 novel by Jane Austen and the 1996 film by Ang Lee ?
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