A Literary Criticism on the Signals of Feminism, Psychological Changes, and the Fixed Mindset in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility

Abstract

The literary criticism of the novel will be examined to figure out the signals of feminism, psychological changes, and fixed mindset in Sense and Sensibility. This study is a form of quantitative design for text analysis to collect information about the images of women, characters' psychology, and prejudices. Thus, the reason for choosing three main features is because the images of women and their lives revolve around their love story in the novel. In addition, the social prejudices, thinking styles, and moods of the characters are also clearly revealed in this work. The findings from this thesis indicate three main aspects of the work. From this, it concludes how Jane Austen writes about women, character psychology, and fixed mindsets about marriage and family. Moreover, the research results will make the readers new perspectives on this work.