Explain how Elinor Dashwood's anger with people spreading the rumor that Marianne and Willoughby had an engagement reflects nineteenth-century society. Your answer should be at least one hundred words.
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Elinor Dashwood and Marianne are sisters and characters in the story Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
Elinor Dashwood's anger
- Marianne was in love with Willoughby, but their love had come to an end abruptly and Marianne was heartbroken.
- Elinor was upset with people spreading the rumor that Marianne and Willoughby had an engagement, because they did not have a formal engagement.
- Elinor knew Marianne and her emotions and was worried it may worsen her pain and also it may affect Marianne's future.
- The news of their breakup was not known by many and a rumor may spread it rapidly.
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