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‘Persuasion by Jane Austen is a novel that has no relevance today. Discuss’ The novel persuasion holds no relevance today, as the main theme, of social class and misunderstandings
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'Persuasion by Jane Austen is a novel that has no relevance today. Discuss' The novel persuasion holds no relevance today, as the main theme, of social class and misunderstandings of people's feelings would not occur today. 'Persuasion' was written in the late 19th century, when many customs and rules where followed in order for people not to loose respectability within their social circles and class. There are many aspects of 'persuasion' which hold no relevance today, although the aspect of human condition remains constant. As times and social standing may change but human emotions will not. Firstly we come to the role of women, and their importance and rights. In the late nineteenth-century, a woman's social rank was extremely tenuous. Women were unique in the class society for their ability to rise or fall in social station easily. After marriage, a woman's rank was entirely dependent upon her husband's birth and social standing....
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