Persuasion is a novel by Jane Austen that portrays the Elliot family (which in this time is head by the Baronet Sir Walter Elliot), and their friends with a third-person omniscient narrator. The book takes place in early nineteenth century England during the Napoleonic Wars and also takes place in the same universe of one of Jane Austen’s earlier and most popular book Pride and Prejudice. Throughout the book, several characters such as Sir Walter and Anne Elliot are persuaded that their first impressions of certain characters, Mr. Elliot and Captain Fredrick Wentworth, are incorrect. One could argue that several techniques, alluding to emotions through words or figurative language, were use in order to successfully persuade both Lady Russell and Anne; however, the most effective technique is through the use of actions which always speak louder than words.
Self-persuasion is an activity that many do to form a conclusion about something or someone when they encounter some evidence; however, one can easily commit a flaw in reasoning if they do not take into account more than what is superficial, unlike actions. In Persuasion, one should be defined through one’s actions rather than just …show more content…
As Clyde Ray puts it, “Austen teaches us in those pages, no less than in her other works, that appearances can be deceiving,” (Ray) and that caution is needed when taking into account superficial values. At the end of the party in Chapter Eight at the Uppercross Estates, Captain Wentworth shoots out hints towards Anne which she took note of: “She felt that he was looking at herself –observing her altered features, perhaps, trying to trace in them the ruins of the face which had once charmed him,” (Austen 64). From this, one can see that the actions of Captain Wentworth shows the type of person he is: “spirit”, yet charming (Austen
Self-persuasion is an activity that many do to form a conclusion about something or someone when they encounter some evidence; however, one can easily commit a flaw in reasoning if they do not take into account more than what is superficial, unlike actions. In Persuasion, one should be defined through one’s actions rather than just …show more content…
As Clyde Ray puts it, “Austen teaches us in those pages, no less than in her other works, that appearances can be deceiving,” (Ray) and that caution is needed when taking into account superficial values. At the end of the party in Chapter Eight at the Uppercross Estates, Captain Wentworth shoots out hints towards Anne which she took note of: “She felt that he was looking at herself –observing her altered features, perhaps, trying to trace in them the ruins of the face which had once charmed him,” (Austen 64). From this, one can see that the actions of Captain Wentworth shows the type of person he is: “spirit”, yet charming (Austen