ENG 110 Lecture 2: 2ENG_110_Sense-and-Sensibility_Cooley_2016
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Recall beowulf: that was a good king (11, banquets, speeches etc, same sort of setting with honor and respect and hospitality as a major depiction of hierarchy. Do we: laugh and strive for reconciliation (comedy, fight for what we believe in (heroic, accept suffering and loss as inevitable (tragic) Other terms: education, illiterate, improvement, information, endeavor, neglect, education (others relevant to moral education: want of delicacy, rectitude, integrity) The difference in these terms can be shown as a comparison of nature vs. nurture. What society teaches vs. what her true nature is. Acquired: you are more socially mobile as you work for your status. Innate: the wealth that you are born with is worthy. In that era, earned status is seen as more distasteful than the status given at birth though this is kinda more opposite today: lady middleton. Good-humored, manners, friendly, sociable, cordially: mrs. jennings. Merry, humored, very happy, rather vulgar, made witty remarks on lovers and husbands.
