Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Sympathy and Dehuminization

Quote 1: "Writers have been using descriptions of their characters' behaviors to inform us about their feelings since time immemorial... We all learn, whether consciously or not, that the default interpretation of behavior reflects a character's state of mind.." (Zunshine, 4).

Quote 2: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters" (Austen, Ch. 1). 

Quote 3: "To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained" (Austen, Ch. 3). 


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