Sexuality and Sensuality

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This paper examines how sexuality and sensuality are two important elements that are present in both the texts "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and which are manifested in a variety of ways, in different situations and with different characters. It looks at how, although these texts may contextually be very different, there are remarkably similar focuses in terms of main themes. A particular focus is paid, in both texts to the relationships between men and women, which by their very nature are irrevocably tied up with different sexual agitations.

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"Sexual and sensual aspects of human nature are evident in both texts, but the extent to which these elements are present are very much dependant on the context in which the texts are set. In Jane Austen's time women were ruled by the sexual double standard and, particularly middle and upper class ladies, were strictly governed by socially acceptable rules of decorum. Elizabeth Bennet, the central protagonist in Pride and Prejudice, while valuing propriety, is more spirited and independent than a young lady of her period would ordinarily be. Her "lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous" makes her attractive and popular with women in the text and much admired by men."

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