Persuasion by Jane Austen | In-Depth Summary & Analysis
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of the plot, characters, symbols, and themes of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion.
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When Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth fall in love, family and friends persuade Anne to break the engagement because of Wentworth’s low status.
Twenty-seven year-old Anne Elliot must then cope with her family's financial difficulties, moving from place to place after her father is forced to rent out their ancestral home.
She is haunted by the specter of her failed engagement to Wentworth. As she attempts to find her place in the world, she repeatedly encounters her lost love, who may or may not be enamored of another woman.
Crossed wires and shenanigans ensue as the two figure out their feelings and intentions. The story of course ends on a romantic note, but not before some barbed commentary on male-female interaction.
Jane Austen's novel Persuasion highlights many of the themes that have made her a perennial favorite: thwarted relationships, repressive social mores, and the ability of intrepid female protagonists to overcome them.
Beloved English author Jane Austen’s Persuasion was first published in 1817. Austen began writing at the age of 12. Although her love life is a mystery, themes of love and marriage pervade her six popular novels, which offer a window into social conventions of the era. Austen’s brother published Persuasion after her death.
Persuasion contains many enduring themes, including persuasion, as Anne and Frederick must overcome a shared history of disappointment and distrust; upward mobility, as military men can improve their social status, while a woman’s depends on her marriage; and foolishness, as Mr. Elliot brings financial ruin on his family but still clings to outmoded ideas of what’s due to him. Important motifs include walks, illness, and the pursuit of marriage.
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I like how excited and into the whole thing he is.
I want to have what he had for breakfast
Amphetamine
I like cereal usually
Best comment ever🤣🤣
Tea.
I love this guy. He’s amazing at dishing out the key information very quickly. Such a helpful channel.
Shame a lot of the information is just plain wrong!
9:00 oops: "Lady Russell who has influenced Ann to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth has urged her to marry CHARLES MUSGROVE?" No, Lady Russell also influenced Ann NOT to marry Charles Musgrove. She wants Ann to marry her cousin, William Ellitot.
Thank you, that's what I thought too
Was searching for this comment
This is the first time I’m listening to a book for school instead of reading (what working mom of toddlers has time for a book?!)
I’m having a hard time getting into the book and recognizing characters because of listening- this video was a tremendous help, Thankyou!
I clicked...then I giggled, then laughed out loud when watching this video 🤣🤣
"Persuasion" was my very first Jane Austen that I read in my teens.
I'm giving this video a thumbs-up for this gentleman's zeal and I'd come back to watch the whole thing after my laughter has subsided
Or I'd save it for later and listen to it while I'm driving on a cold, dark night
Trying to read it for the romance, would you recommend?
@@r_a_u_2698 sure, it's my favourite Austen for the slow-burn romance. It's her more serious work but it's the most romantic for me.
Great info! His delivery is a bit grating to me, pretty sharp on the ear especially if your volume is a bit to high. He seems like a nice guy tho, so I like him
He doesn't seem to have read the book though.
I've read it several times. He's not representing the themes of the book at all well. He gets some plot points wrong too. Don't use this video as guidance about Persuasion.
Based on this video I wouldn't trust him about other books.
Thank you for this. Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel. I love Pride and Prejudice I always will but it will always come second to persuasion. I feel like persuasion was how Jane felt later in life. I think it was accurate to her regrets and her life and lack of love before she died young. I love this novel I love all the movies made about it it's just it is absolutely one of my favorite I wish they would do a miniseries about it. Just fully flush out the characters and stuff but so far no because apparently everybody loves Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility but no one ever talks about persuasion. Which is just sad to me. Hell even Emma had better treatment than this did. Although there was a mini-series in like the 70s but I wish they do a new one.
Thank you so much
Anne being VALUED (or not) by her peers is another key theme of this novel. With her family, she is largely ignored (despite being wise beyond her years). A great through-line for her character comes from seeing how she's strongly valued by her peers (especially when people look towards her for guidance when Louisa has her accident), and then how she feels upon returning to her status quo with her (unappreciative) family in Bath.
I like the videos on this channel, but the delivery is so fast that it is really hard to actually get a grasp of any information without rewatching it several times. In my opinion, I would rather have a longer video that I could watch one time through and understand, than a short video I have to watch several times over. Thank you for the content though.
Thank you man 🙂
This guy doesn't seem to have read the book.
Music isn't a strong theme in the book. Ann's playing for the others instead of dancing at the party herself, and later a concert in Bath, a social event for the well off and well connected to socialise at, is one scene.
If anything, reading is a larger theme than music.
Also ships, yes, the navy, travel and naval success is a theme, but not ships in particular. Also, since Anne is sailing with her husband at the end, the ship doesn't represent Anne's fear for her husband. It represents the start of their life together.
Don't take any notice of this video, it will lead you in the wrong direction about this novel!
Anne never suffers with anger, she's the last angry person you could ever meet.
Nor do they each persuade each other of their love. Quite the reverse.
They hedge around each other, desperately looking for clues that the other still has some regard for them, still wondering right up until the end if they do. Both are linked directly, or indirectly to other potential love interests along the way.
There are several other areas and points that he makes that completely miss the mark but this comment is already way too long and I'm not writing an essay 😂
Billy Mays here!
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There's no real personal analysis just a description of the novel
What’s a “personal analysis?” Like, about Jane Austen? Or about my experience as Russell Jaffe reading this book and writing/presenting the video?
@@RussellJaffe personal analysis about the characters. Like what he actually feels about the characters not just character description
This video is for high schoolers who didn’t read the book before the exam, not for Jane Austen enthusiasts.
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And if they had read it, they'd know that some of what he's saying here is just plain wrong
@@bobkmak3470 Just like me🤣🤣🤣
I'm writing tomorrow
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How is he talking? 😂
I thought It's a live commentary on a football match
dude why are you yelling at me
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The screaming and insensitive use of voice of this fellow is SO out of tune with the nuanced writing of Jane Austen, that I barely focus on what he is saying. I could not finish.