Screening of Sense and Sensibility

Today in our department there is  film screening of Sense and Sensibility which was originally written by Jane Austen. The film was directed by Ang Lee. The basic theme in Jane Austen novel is family problem, love, marriage and there is always someone present for match making.

Match maker

In Sense and Sensibility there is one match maker Mrs Jenning who always engage in making couples. Similarly in Emma also we see Emma the protagonist who engage in making couples. In sense and sensibility Mrs Jenning thinks that Colonel Brandon was perfect match for Marianne and she also proves right in the end of  when both got married.

 Role of Margaret

Margaret plays important role in film and it seems that she loves nature and also used to stay in tree house. She is the youngest sister of Elinor and Marianne. In film Margaret act as a supporter in meeting of her sister with their beloved. For eg. when Marianne and Margaret went outside in rain, Marianne leg got fractured and there is no one to help then Willoughby arrived and help Marianne, from then their love affair begun. Similarly when Edward arrives in the house of Dashwood, he helps Elinor to find Margaret. In this way their Elinor and Edward becomes friend. In short Margaret was present in the beginning of love affair of both her elder sister.

Intertextuality

In film two times we saw the elements of intertextuality. The first is Shakespearean Sonnet no. xiv which describes the height of love, Marianne speaks about the height of love but in real it is all about Shallowness of love because we know that Willoghby was not perfect match for Marianne. The second time Willoghby speaks the line;

"Frailty thy name is Brandon"

Originally this line is taken from 'Hamlet' in which Hamlet show his anger towards his mother by speaking this line- "Frailty thy name is woman". In this context Willoghby doesn't like Colonel Brandon and therefore speak this line.

Sense and Sensibility

The sense was represent by the character of Elinor who is very much reasonable. She always thinks with logic. In the whole film she controls her emotions. But in last she cried out loudly in front of Edward when she come to know that Edward was not married with Miss Steele. In this way she learns something from her younger sister Marrianne, she learns that sometimes it becomes important to express our feelings.

One the other hand sensibility was represent by the character of Marianne. She was very much emotional and always express her feelings immediately without thinking logically. But in the end she learns something from her elder sister that she has to accept her fate, situation. In life both sense and sensibility is important, to make balance between both the term is required to live life happily.

Land of spices

Colonel Brandon was earlier working in east Indies. He described India as a land of spices. It means the time during this novel was written, India may be known as a great land of spices. It is known for its richness in spices which were not commonly found in any other part of the world.

Mannerism

We can see that in film elder gives privacy to their children. Mrs Dashwood also does the same, when her daughter Elinor was with Edward in last scene she left her alone to talk. we also see act of ignorance  by the character of Mr. Thomas Palmer as when her wife was talking with him he was reading newspaper and doesn't keep attention towards the gossip of his wife. In this way we find different type of mannerism in film.

Catharsis 

We feel catharsis in the film when Marianne was heartbroken by Willoghby and she went to that place where she met Willoghby first time and cried a lot. We feel pity for her but when she again saved by Colonel Barton we feel satisfied that finally she got the right partner.

 Overall the film screening helps a lot in remembering the names of characters and each incidents. The all characters in the film justified their action. Director also chooses the perfect place for shooting, the scenery was beautuful. But the Director doesn't follow the unity of place in film, the scenes are shoot at different place which are far away. Jane Austen was feminist writer and she presents female as the protagonist. There is  happy ending in her novel which amused the readers.