Close-Reading and Analysis of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility

Close-Reading and Analysis of Jane Austen’s
Sense and Sensibility
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[school/course]John Willoughby is the romantic guy that enticed Marianne. In chapter ten, he shows this romantic side of him by doing extra effort to appeal to Marianne. However, there is something that holds the readers back from considering him with more admiration (Austen, 2004). This may be because of his views and the way he overpowers a conversation with his opinions. 
Concerning the mentioned details above, my chosen passage is this:
"Elinor," cried Marianne, "Is this fair? is this just? are my ideas so scanty? But I see what you mean. I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank. I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful—had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared (Austen, 2004)."
This passage shows how Marianne defends Willoughby from Elinor, her sister. As mentioned earlier, Willoughby romantically appeals to Marianne and it seems that the man is succeeding. Marianne even engages herself to an argument with her sister just to defend the man. Marianne has also, obviously, given an interest to the man.
From a different angle, reading the passage closely reveals the expectation that burdens women. We have to remember that this is written in 1811 when everything is a lot more conservative than it is today. That means, this novel, through the passage above, must have attempted to go against the norm for women. At the latter part of the passage, Marianne gives us an idea of how women should behave -- reserved, spiritless, dull, ...