Love

Like all of Jane Austen novels, love is a major theme. Within this novel characters fall in and out of love, are crossed  in love and even surprised in love. The first display of love is between Edward Ferrars and Elinor Dashwood. Elinor and Edwards love is pure and innocent but it is thrown off because of Edwards prior commitment to Lucy Steele. This causes their love to halt. In the end though love triumphs and they are reunited in the end. The next display of love is between Marianne and Mr. Willoughby. Their love is a much more open and visual love. They display their love to everyone, but their love does not last, it is not everlasting. Willoughby deserts Marianne for a rich heiress when he is denied his aunts money for a disgraceful act he committed. The last display of love is between Marianne and Col. Brandon, it is an unexpected love. This love blossomed through friendship. Col. Brandon loved her from the moment he laid eyes on her. Marianne on the other hand gradually come to love him. She realized that this love was much more strong than the love she had with Willoughby. Jane Austen shows us all different types of love and that love is totally unexpected.