Anne Elliot from Jane Austen's novel Persuasion was not an average woman. She may not have been an attractive woman but somehow she managed to get three men chasing after her. This begs the question, what about Anne Elliot was so attractive to these men? Beauty is not always a flawless face and hourglass body sometimes it might just be the perfect personality like Anne's. In Persuasion by Jane Austen, Anne Elliot's attractiveness can be seen in her caring heart, practical outlook and persuasive opinion.
Anne Elliot is a very caring woman, one can see this when she volunteers to walk in the rain, when she visits Mrs. Smith and also when she volunteers to care for Louisa. At one point in the novel, a carriage comes for the ladies but cannot seat them all, Anne graciously volunteers to walk home even though it is raining outside and she has no umbrella. "The rain was a mere trifle, and Anne was most sincere in preferring a walk" …show more content…
Benwick's fiancé had just died and he turned to poetry to help him cope. Anne, however, saw it as a harm, making him grieve the loss even more and "feeling in herself the right of seniority of mind, she ventured to recommend a larger allowance of prose in his daily study" (Austen 92) which she believes will help him. Again near the end of the novel one can see Anne persuading Harville, that man and woman are very different yet should be treated equally. In Searching for Jane Austen by Emily Auerbach, Auerbach suggests that Austen chooses her strongest characters to debate the question "Which sex is capable of the most faithful love?" Anne wins this debate by saying "Your feelings may be the strongest … but the same spirit of analogy will authorize me to assert that ours are the most tender." (Austen 207) Anne manages to persuade Benwick to believe that although men and women love differently they are equally as capable as being faithfully in
Anne Elliot is a very caring woman, one can see this when she volunteers to walk in the rain, when she visits Mrs. Smith and also when she volunteers to care for Louisa. At one point in the novel, a carriage comes for the ladies but cannot seat them all, Anne graciously volunteers to walk home even though it is raining outside and she has no umbrella. "The rain was a mere trifle, and Anne was most sincere in preferring a walk" …show more content…
Benwick's fiancé had just died and he turned to poetry to help him cope. Anne, however, saw it as a harm, making him grieve the loss even more and "feeling in herself the right of seniority of mind, she ventured to recommend a larger allowance of prose in his daily study" (Austen 92) which she believes will help him. Again near the end of the novel one can see Anne persuading Harville, that man and woman are very different yet should be treated equally. In Searching for Jane Austen by Emily Auerbach, Auerbach suggests that Austen chooses her strongest characters to debate the question "Which sex is capable of the most faithful love?" Anne wins this debate by saying "Your feelings may be the strongest … but the same spirit of analogy will authorize me to assert that ours are the most tender." (Austen 207) Anne manages to persuade Benwick to believe that although men and women love differently they are equally as capable as being faithfully in