Analysis the Plot from Novel

of Sense and Sensibility

COMPILED BY
NAME : ANGGI OCTORIA NAINGGOLAN

CLASS : ENGLISH LITERATURE B 2013

NIM : 2133220001

LECTURE : PROSE II

LECTURER : SYAMSUL BAHRI, SS, M.Hum

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUANGE AND ARTS

STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN

2015

Preface
First of all, give thanks for Gods blessing for us. Thanks to God for helping me and gives me
chance to finish this assignment on time. And I would like to say thank you to Sir Syamsul
Bahri, SS, M.Hum as the lecturer that always teaches and gives us much knowledge about
Prose.
This assignment is the one of Prose task that consists of Analysis plot in novel of SENSE
AND SENSIBILITY. I realized this assignment is not perfect. But I hope it can be useful for
us. Critics and suggestions are needed here to make this assignment be better. Hopefully I am
as a student in State University of Medan can understand more about Prose. Thank you.

Medan, November 2015

Anggi Octoria Nainggolan

NIM : 2133220001

CHAPTER I

Introduction
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work
when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, better
known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London
and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters,
Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre
cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
Jane Austen wrote the first draft of the novel in the form of a novel-in-letters (epistolary
form) sometime around 1795 when she was about 19 years old, and gave it the title Elinor
and Marianne. She later changed the form to a narrative and the title to Sense and Sensibility
"Sense" in the book means good judgment or prudence, and "sensibility" means sensitivity or
emotionality. "Sense" is identified with the character of Elinor, while "sensibility" is
identified with the character of Marianne. By changing the title, Austen added "philosophical
depth" to what began as a sketch of two characters.The title of the book, and that of her next
published novel, Pride and Prejudice (1813), may be suggestive of political conflicts of the
1790s.

CHAPTER II

The Summary of Sense And Sensibility

When Mr. Henry Dashwood dies, leaving all his money to his first wife's son John
Dashwood, his second wife and her three daughters are left with no permanent home and very
little income. Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) are invited
to stay with their distant relations, the Middletons, at Barton Park. Elinor is sad to leave their
home at Norland because she has become closely attached to Edward Ferrars, the brother-in-
law of her half-brother John.

However, once at Barton Park, Elinor and Marianne discover many new
acquaintances, including the retired officer and bachelor Colonel Brandon, and the gallant
and impetuous John Willoughby, who rescues Marianne after she twists her ankle running
down the hills of Barton in the rain. Willoughby openly and unabashedly courts Marianne,
and together the two flaunt their attachment to one another, until Willoughby suddenly
announces that he must depart for London on business, leaving Marianne lovesick and
miserable.
 Meanwhile, Anne and Lucy Steele, two recently discovered relations of Lady
Middleton's mother, Mrs. Jennings, arrive at Barton Park as guests of the Middletons. Lucy
ingratiates herself to Elinor and informs her that she (Lucy) has been secretly engaged to Mr.
Ferrars for a whole year. Elinor initially assumes that Lucy is referring to Edward's younger
brother, Robert, but is shocked and pained to learn that Lucy is actually referring to her own
beloved Edward.

In Volume II of the novel, Elinor and Marianne travel to London with Mrs. Jennings.
Colonel Brandon informs Elinor that everyone in London is talking of an engagement
between Willoughby and Marianne, though Marianne has not told her family of any such
attachment. Marianne is anxious to be reunited with her beloved Willoughby, but when she
sees him at a party in town, he cruelly rebuffs her and then sends her a letter denying that he
ever had feelings for her. Colonel Brandon tells Elinor of Willoughby's history of callousness
and debauchery, and Mrs. Jennings confirms that Willoughby, having squandered his fortune,
has become engaged to the wealthy heiress Miss Grey.

In Volume III, Lucy's older sister inadvertently reveals the news of Lucy's secret
engagement to Edward Ferrars. Edward's mother is outraged at the information and
disinherits him, promising his fortune to Robert instead. Meanwhile, the Dashwood sisters
visit family friends at Cleveland on their way home from London. At Cleveland, Marianne
develops a severe cold while taking long walks in the rain, and she falls deathly ill. Upon
hearing of her illness, Willoughby comes to visit, attempting to explain his misconduct and
seek forgiveness. Elinor pities him and ultimately shares his story with Marianne, who finally
realizes that she behaved imprudently with Willoughby and could never have been happy
with him anyway. Mrs. Dashwood and Colonel Brandon arrive at Cleveland and are relieved
to learn that Marianne has begun to recover.

When the Dashwoods return to Barton, they learn from their manservant that Lucy
Steele and Mr. Ferrars are engaged. They assume that he means Edward Ferrars, and are thus
unsurprised, but Edward himself soon arrives and corrects their misconception: it was Robert,
not himself, whom the money-grubbing Lucy ultimately decided to marry. Thus,x Edward is
finally free to propose to his beloved Elinor, and not long after, Marianne and Colonel
Brandon become engaged as well. The couples live together at Delaford and remain in close
touch with their mother and younger sister at Barton Cottage.

CHAPTER III

Explanation about Plot

What is Plot?

Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a
story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence. The structure of a novel
depends on the organization of events in the plot of the story. Plot is known as the foundation
of a novel or story which the characters and settings are built around. It is meant to organize
information and events in a logical manner. When writing the plot of a piece of literature, the
author has to be careful that it does not dominate the other parts of the story.

Elements in Plot

Exposition
The first phase in Freytag's pyramid is the exposition. The exposition introduces the main
characters of the story, especially the main character, also known as the protagonist. It shows
how the characters relate to one another, their goals and motivations, as well as their moral
character. During the exposition, the protagonist learns their main goal and what is at stake.

Conflict

Freytags definition of conflict must not be confused with Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch's
definition of conflict. Quiller-Couch uses the term to categorize plots into types (e.g., man vs.
society). The main difference is that according to Quiller-Couch's mode of analysis, an entire
story can be discussed in terms of its conflict. Freytag's definition of conflict refers to the
second act in a five-act play, a point of time in which all of the major characters have been
introduced, their motives and allegiances have been made clear, and they have begun to
struggle against one another.

Rising Action

Rising action is the second phase in Freytag's five-phase structure. It starts with a conflict, for
example, the death of a character. The inciting incident is the point of the plot that begins the
conflict. It is the event that catalyzes the protagonist to go into motion and to take action.
Rising action involves the buildup of events until the climax.

In this phase, the protagonist understands his or her goal and begins to work toward it.
Smaller problems thwart their initial success and their progress is directed primarily against
these secondary obstacles. This phase demonstrates how the protagonist overcomes these
obstacles.

Climax

The climax is the turning point or highest point of the story. The protagonist makes the single
big decision that defines not only the outcome of the story, but also who they are as a person.
Freytag defines the climax as the third of the five dramatic phases which occupies the middle
of the story.

At the beginning of this phase, the protagonist finally clears away the preliminary barriers
and engages with the adversary. Usually, both the protagonist and the antagonist have a plan
to win against the other as they enter this phase. For the first time, the audience sees the pair
going against one another in direct or nearly direct conflict.

This struggle usually results in neither character completely winning nor losing. In most
cases, each character's plan is both partially successful and partially foiled by their adversary.
The central struggle between the two characters is unique in that the protagonist makes a
decision which shows their moral quality, and ultimately decides their fate. In a tragedy, the
protagonist here makes a poor decision or a miscalculation that demonstrates their tragic
flaw.

Falling Action

According to Freytag, the falling action phase consists of events that lead to the ending.
Character's actions resolve the problem. In the beginning of this phase, the antagonist often
has the upper hand. The protagonist has never been further from accomplishing their goal.
The outcome depends on which side the protagonist has put themselves on.

Resolution

In this phase the protagonist and antagonist have solved their problems and either the
protagonist or antagonist wins the conflict. The conflict officially ends. Some stories shows
what happens to the characters after the conflict ends and, or they show what happens to the
characters to the future.

Functions of a Plot
A plot is one of the most important parts of a story and has many different purposes.
Firstly, the plot focuses attention on the important characters and their roles in the story. It
motivates the characters to affect the story and connects the events in an orderly manner. It
creates a desire for the reader to go on reading by absorbing them in the middle of the story,
wanting to know what happens next. The plot leads to the climax, but by gradually releases
the story in order to maintain the readers interest. During the plot of a book, a reader gets
emotional and connects with the book, not allowing himself to put the book down.
Eventually, the plot reveals the entire story and gives the reader a sense of completion that he
has finished the story and reached a conclusion. The plot is what forms a memory in the
readers mind, allowing them to think about the book and even making them want to read it
again. By identifying and understanding the plot, the reader is able to understand the message
being conveyed by the author and the explicit or implicit moral of the story.

Plot outline
A plot outline is a prose telling of a story which can be turned into a screenplay.
Sometimes it is called a "one page" because of its length. It is generally longer and more
detailed than a standard synopsis, which is usually only one or two paragraphs, but shorter
and less detailed than a treatment or a step outline. In comics, a pencil, often pluralized as
pencils, refers to a stage in the development where the story has been broken down very
loosely in a style similar to storyboarding in film development. The pencils will be a rough
sketch. The main goals of pencils are:

to lay out the flow of panels across a page

to ensure the story successfully builds suspense

to work out points of view, camera angles, and character positions within panels

In fiction writing, a plot outline is a laundry list of scenes with each line being a separate plot
point, and the outline helps give a story a "solid backbone and structure," according to
writer Jenna Blum.

Types of plot structure

A Dramatic or Progressive Plot: This is a chronological structure which first
establishes the setting and conflict, then follows the rising action through to a climax
(the peak of the action and turning point), and concludes with a denouement (a
wrapping up of loose ends).

An Episodic Plot: This is also a chronological structure, but it consists of a series of

loosely related incidents, usually of chapter length, tied together by a common
 theme and/or characters. Episodic plots work best when the writer wishes to explore
the personalities of the characters, the nature of their existence, and the flavor of an
era.

A Parallel Plot: The writer weaves two or more dramatic plots that are usually
linked by a common character and a similar theme.

A Flashback: This structure conveys information about events that occurred earlier.
It permits authors to begin the story in the midst of the action but later fill in the
background for full understanding of the present events. Flashbacks can occur
more than once and in different parts of a story.

CHAPTER IV

Analysis the Plot from Sense and Sensibility

Initial Situation
The Dashwoods move from their childhood home, Norland, to a new place
and a new life.
The novel begins with a time of transition and new beginnings after the death of their
father, the Dashwood sisters and their mother move from their home, Norland, to a whole
new life far away in Devonshire.

Conflict
Willoughby enters the scene, and Marianne falls in love.
The central conflict shows up here, in the dashing form of John Willoughby. Marianne
immediately falls in love with him, and her impulsive passion directs the course of much of
the action from here on out since Marianne is the more active of the two sisters, Elinor's
thoughts and her own deeds often follow as consequences of her sister's passionate, headlong
progress through life.

Complication
Three departures (and one arrival) complicate matters Edward, Colonel
Brandon, and Willoughby all leave, and Lucy Steele shows up.
Everything seems to unravel as the three gentlemen involved in the Dashwoods' lives all
disappear to London. We're not sure what's going on with any of them, and neither are Elinor
and Marianne. Everything is unsettled and rather nerve-wracking. To make matters worse,
Elinor is suddenly ambushed by unwelcome news of Edward's secret engagement to
newcomer Lucy Steele, which certainly complicates matters, to put it mildly. Meanwhile,
Marianne is preoccupied by thoughts of nothing but Willoughby.

Climax
Willoughby blows off Marianne; his engagement to Miss Grey is revealed.

Once in London, the complications only grow morecomplicated. The nervous tension of
the sisters explodes when Willoughby shows up once more. His rejection of Marianne, and
the subsequent news of his engagement to an heiress throw the whole family into disarray
Marianne sinks into a deep depression, and Elinor isn't sure how to cope.

Suspense
Marianne goes off the deep end, and as a result, becomes deathly ill.
Edward's engagement to Lucy is outed. Nothing good seems possible.
Both Marianne and Elinor are hopeless Willoughby gets married, and Edward's marriage
seems like a sure thing. Marianne sympathizes with her sister, but still can't pull herself out of
her slump. When they're at Cleveland, Marianne falls ill as a result of her long, melancholy
walks in the rain her life is in danger. Elinor is terrified and essentially alone.

Denouement
Marianne recovers; everyone goes back home to Barton and everything
falls into place.

On the night of Marianne's recovery from the brink of death, Willoughby shows up to set the
record straight. His conversation with Elinor is the first in a string of revelations that
reorganizes everything in everyone's relationships. We learn, satisfactorily, that Willoughby
really loved Marianne after all. Shortly thereafter, once the family returns home to Barton
Cottage, reunited and recovered, we learn that Edward and Lucy broke up, and that he's loved
Elinor all along. All of our mysteries are solved.

Anticipation Stage and "Call"

The Dashwoods adjust to life after the death of their father; they move to
Devonshire and settle in to a brand new life at Barton Cottage. (Chapters
1-8)
The beginning of the novel sets us up for what looks like it'll be a love story we've got all
the makings of a romantic comedy here. The prospect of a new life far from home is sad and
scary to the Dashwood girls, but it prepares us (the readers) for adventures to come.

Dream Stage
Marianne and her family meet Willoughby. It seems like everything is
going to work out Marianne and Willoughby are in love, and so are
Elinor and Edward. (Chapters 9-14)
Sentimental Marianne has a field day over these idyllic, rather manic few chapters. Her
immediate passion for Willoughby introduces us to the happy side of her emotional nature
when she's in love, she's truly unstoppable. Elinor is happy, too; things seem to be going well
with Edward. Both sense and sensibility seem like they're working out for the time being.

Frustration Stage
Willoughby leaves; Marianne anticipates their reunion, first in Devonshire,
then in London. Lucy Steele pops up to trouble Elinor. (Chapters 15-27)

Marianne's unleashed feelings the "Monster" here take over. From this point out, her
dramatically obsessive reactions take over pretty much everyone. Marianne's emotions are so
strong that they don't stay bounded within her character; rather, Mrs. Dashwood and Elinor
both get drawn into them. The dangers of overactive "sensibility" become evident. In
addition, Elinor's own feelings get trod upon by Lucy Steele, whose announcement of her
engagement to Edward stretches the limits of Elinor's practical exterior. Emotions are on the
rampage all over here.

Nightmare Stage
Willoughby dumps Marianne once and for all, and Lucy and Edward's
engagement goes public. (Chapters 28-43)

Marianne's fragile state is destroyed by Willoughby's cruel rejection, and the news of his
engagement to Miss Grey. Her subsequent depression (and its result, her physical illness)
demonstrate the worst dangers of sentimentality Marianne allows her foolhardy feelings to
overcome not only her intellect, but her body as well. Furthermore, Elinor's suffering is
finally revealed to Marianne when Lucy and Edward's engagement becomes scandalous
public news. It appears that nothing can possibly be resolved. This section ends with
Marianne's life-threatening illness, the low point of the book.

The Thrilling Escape from Death, and Death of the

Monster
Willoughby's return; Marianne's recovery; Elinor and Edward's reunion.
(Chapters 44-50)
On the evening of Marianne's miraculous recovery and "escape from death," Willoughby
shows up desperately and spills his guts to Elinor. Our worries (and the Dashwoods') about
Willoughby's feelings are finally resolved we learn that he really does love Marianne,
though he can't act on his feelings. Marianne herself gets better and resolves to do away with
the "monster," sentimentality. She decides that she'll be more like Elinor in the future, and
filter her passions through the screen of logic. Both of the love plots are resolved by the end,
with Elinor and Edward married, and Marianne married off to Colonel Brandon, proof of the
death of her personal scourge her overactive romantic tendencies.

Ending
Marriages for everyone! Elinor and Edward get together, and shortly
thereafter, so do Colonel Brandon and Marianne.

Finally, the way is clear for Edward and Elinor he even makes up with his family, so we
don't have to worry as much about their practical situation. After months and months of
confusion, secrets, and struggles, everything is out in the open, and everyone is happy.
Marianne gets over Willoughby (we think), and finally learns to appreciate Colonel Brandon.
We end with the hint that Margaret, the youngest Dashwood, is grown up enough to become
the center of her own love story. Will this ucycle of intrigue and romance start again? We can
only guess that the answer is yes.

Moral Lesson
- The moral of sense and sensibility is that good. Sense and honor should prevail over acute
sensibility and emotion.

- Love isn't focused on wealth

- Everybody will get their own true love

 Conclusion
From this paper, I can get the conclusion that when we make analysis the plot from
the novel, we need know about what the elements of plot like;

Exposition
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

From the novel, the most important thing is we have to know about the story, is it go forward
or telling the past or maybe tell us the story where the writer put mix the plot between go
forward (future) and past. The life and adventure of The Dashwood, told us about the life, the
love story and the family. This story put go forward (Future) story. The novel told us about
the process to get better life from The Dashwood.

So, I hope the reader can improve their information and their knowledge.