Sense and Sensibility: Where is your Heart Elinor
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- Elinor has known for weeks that Edward is to be married to Lucy Steele. Lucy told Elinor in the strictest of confidence. Elinor Loves Edward and has been tolerating Lucy's feelings and ramblings of Edward. She finally breaks down about it to Marianne. Watch the clip
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One of my favorite quotes from this movie: "What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering? ... Believe me, Marianne, had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you!"
And Emma herself captured the spirit of Jane Austen' s characters by writing beautifully this script. Powerful words and breathtaking acting. Bravo, Emma & Kate!!!!!
Indeed, this is one of my favorite scenes in the movie as well. It always gets me choked up. ... And Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs. Jennings, was also wonderfully acted.
@@skylab14 such an excellent actress. May she rest in peace!!!
Perfect
@@marce2409 She has not died. That was a hoax.
"Had I not be bound by silence, I could have produced proof enough of a broken heart, even for you." Beautiful.
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Elinor says that Edward will be happy knowing that he kept his word and tries to convince herself that this is true. She is a woman of true nobility and character. In this scene she painfully places credibility over emotion. Perhaps this is why we love her so much.
I have always felt very touched by Thompson's interpretation in this scene. Throughout the movie we see Elinor as a reasonable character who endures every blow with honorable composure and respect; she always looks after everyone else before taking care of her own feelings and tries to resolve every problem in the best way possible. However, it is something very difficult keep up with and it can be very painful to endure. I love how Thompson portrays this and, although I also find the miniseries to be very well acted, I haven't felt the same feeling of explosion and release from any other Elinor as hers.
I totally agree. Emma Thompson has been my favourite actress since I can remember and it fascinates me every time - be it here in S&S, Remains of the Day, Saving Mr Banks or wherever- how she manages to transport emotion through a moment of silence, the look in her eyes and the expression on her face. To take a closer look at those facettes really shows the brilliance in her acting.
She was wonderful in the role of Elinor, but I thought her entirely too old for the part, considering Elinor is supposed to be.. what 21? 22?
Well, Emma DID write the script, so I guess she had an idea about the character
@@jf5419 19, but who cares, really, when you get acting like this!
"she always looks after everyone else before taking care of her own feelings and tries to resolve every problem in the best way possible". Upon seeing Marianne's reaction to her outburst, Elinor even then - somewhat in mild exasperation - goes to comfort Marianne!
This is an acting masterclass
When Marianne cried for Elinor and then Elinor comforted her. True class from both Kate and Emma.
Jane Austen is always seen as a great romantic writer, but she actually eschews a lot of romantic conventions. Most stories would have Edward break his engagement with Lucy and join with Elinor, but it's spelled out here how absolutely horrible that would actually be, a cruel betrayal of Lucy that would haunt him. Mariane's "I would not have him marry when he does not love" betrays her simplistic view of the situation, where love is the only thing that matters. Elinor knows that there's more to happiness.
Elinor says here why it cannot be...."treat Lucy even worse than Willoughby has treated you."
Willoughby was never engaged to Marianne
I fully agree. I think this is why this is my favorite Jane Austen story.
@@milo_thatch_incarnate Reading it right now with a clearer understanding than I had beforehand, and the story is even better than I imagined.
elinor is my hero...even when she at her lowest point she still comfort her little sister
i love elinor!!!!!!!!!
her speech basically sums up my life
She's too conscientious. Even after her minor blow up (basically just revealing how much she'd suffered) she goes over and comforts someone else! Someone give the girl a hug!
@@carlotta4th Tell me about it! I have a painful ability to relate to Elinor Dashwood.
Kate Winslet is my favorite actress, but I hold Emma Thompson's acting in this and in Remains of the Day to be the finest I've ever seen. Not overly dramatic, but highly intelligent and very, very real. She conveys more information with her eyes than anyone I've ever seen.
I think an actors use of their eyes and subtle facial expressions can be so powerful. Only the really good actors know how to do this effectively.
I love Kate Winslet's acting, and I love Emma Thompson in this!
What a great moment it is when Elinor calls Marianne out on her selfish behaviour. She's so right. All Marianne thinks about is herself, especially about her own suffering despite the fact that she knows her sister was suffering.
I don't know if she truly realized it until Elinor chewed her out. By the end of the movie she has grown up a lot
William Lewis It’s true that she didn’t know what was going on with Elinor but she is a pretty selfish individual. it’s funny to me how Elinor has to comfort her in the end so it’s all about Marianne again
@@rachelsewell7026 I think that Elinor knows how sensitive Marianne is and realized how hard she had just been on her. Shes probably had never even spoken to her like that before. ... Sorry for the late response. I an just now seeing this.
Very true
@@rachelsewell7026 Yes. She made everyone around her inconvenienced and unhappy on an ongoing basis because of her own personal wants and ideals, potentially tarnishing her sister's reputation. She even told Elinor off for liking Edward when she thought him boring, and then told her off again for letting Edward marry Lucy when it would have hurt her.
I'm kind of like Elinor in this respect: if there's one thing I'm good at, it's suffering in silence.
Coral Roper I think most people have elements of both sisters. Its not a bad combination if we think about it.
I like the scene where Marianne is talking about her regrets about her behavior with Willoughby and Elinor said, 'Do you compare your conduct with his?' and Marianne said, 'I compare it to what it should have been:yours.'
Lucky you! I'm not blessed with that ability!
@@majatadic9241 it may seem like a blessing, but it often feels like a curse. 🙁
Me too usually, I think I'm fiery and passionate inside and I am like that with my partner but with other people I'm small and shy and don't speak up for myself
"After all... that is bewitching in the idea of one's happiness entirely depending on one person, it is not always possible and we must accept." I love that!
One of my favorite scenes of my favorite movie!! Thanks for the post.
The powerful , loving relationship between the sisters is palpable. They might become exasperated with each other but there is love and understanding at the heart.
Beautiful
This comment was made 16 yrs ago???😮
@@hersheynaik3029 😦😦😦
Kate Winslet is such a good actress. Unbelievable. They're both great.
When I was a teenager and I watched this my favorite was Marianne. Now that I’m older I really love Elenors character.
I love this moment because even when she breaks down and shows vulnerability, as soon as Marianne breaks down Elinor goes back to comforting her, putting herself aside again.
Oh my childhood. I always loved this clip. It always reminds me of the way my older sister treats me. She could be at death's door, with a broken heart and a twisted ankle and she would still get up, walk over and hug me if I were to break down crying. She has always put her own problems aside when I cry even if I'm selfishly crying because of her problems.
This is hands down my favorite scene from the movie. Throughout the events hitherto, Elinor kept her disposition as a person who values (common) sense above all, even so far as keeping her vow of secrecy over something that has visibly hurt her in various degrees.
This scene is so heart-wrenching and somehow refreshing at the same time because even for just a split second, a mere three minutes throughout the entirety of the movie, we see Elinor Dashwood in all her vulnerability. There is definitely a pride on putting duty and civility over passion, but this scene shows that there are burdens that you carry along with it as well.
Taking into account the sheer talent and magnificence of Emma Thompson, I can very well say that this scene is not only my favorite scene from Sense and Sensibility, but in all time as well.
It's so amazing how Elinor in the and goes back to Marianne, not to get comfort, but to comfort her knowing she has hurt her. She has just shown that she is in pain, yet again she goes to care for her sister. This scene is so powerful
I really think this scene cemented Emma Thompson as one of my favorite actresses of all time.
Such dignity
Emma Thompson's Elinor is so sublime
Two phenomenal actresses at the peak of their powers! Just incredible…
I've been loving this scene for years. And then, one day, I finally understood what press is that in Elinor's heart. I wish I didn't.
Divine scene--so revealing of both sisters. Jane Austen is, as usual, spot on regards to the affairs of the human heart. Every family has a Elinor and a Marianne--sometimes in one person. I just got off the phone with a family member who was Elinor for years then became Marianne when she met someone who empathized with her. Unfortunately his heart was not as sincere as his expression and he dumped her and she sufferered. We all move on and learn--there's people out there who appreciate us for who we are.
So true
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Search for the truth and right way with honest heart And ask him for the right way for his mercy.
I think you’re right, there’s probably always an Elinor and Marianne and every family.
I was always the Elinor in my family, and my sister was 100% Marianne. She experienced so many more heartbreaks than I did because she threw herself into so many more infatuous relationships. I always comforted her at the end of each, while I quietly waited for anyone to want to be with me instead of her, because she was always more beautiful.
And then when I met my husband, who I married a year ago, I experienced the same wildness of joy and untethered, soaring emotions that Elinor does in the end of this movie 🥹
Marianne in this scene is so remarkable. She’s just had her heart broken by Willoughby, but momentarily forgets all her own pain and focuses on her sister’s predicament, finally allowing Elinor to be honest about how she’s feeling. The knowledge that both her AND her sister have had their hearts broken is what truly drives her into her depression in later scenes.
Although, sad to say, in the book, during this scene, Marianne is the one weeping and wailing about Edward and Lucy‘s engagement, and Eleanor has to comfort her sister yet again, when it is Elinor who deserves to be comforted 😕
@@milo_thatch_incarnate I can't wait to get to that part. I also want to get to the part where Mrs. Dashwood realises that she has been neglecting Elinor and has failed to realise how much Elinor is suffering too. That just because Elinor wasn't vocal about it, doesn't mean she wasn't also hurting.
Such a great scene. Probably my favorite in the movie.
And in the end she has to go and comfort Marianne, not the other way round, never the other way round. *sigh*
"Had I not been bound to silence, I could have produced proof enough of a broken heart, even for you."
Why am I the modern day equivalent of Elinor? You know, I think every woman has felt like both of these girls at least once in their lives.
It's painful how similar I am to Elinor Dashwood. That's probably why I love her character so much.
Even after finally confessing her feelings, Elinor acts as a older sister should and comforts Marianne at the end of this scene 😢
I love how they respect other people's commitments unlike today, where there's rarely Sense and Sensibility. Now it's mostly Sex and Sexibility LOL.
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Gosh. The acting is so powerful. I watch these clips over, so many times. What fortitude and class.
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“Always acceptance and resignation. Always prudence, duty and honor. Eleanor...where is your heart?”
@Victorian9322 Both - Marianne is deeply upset by this news because she hoped that Elinor would at least find happiness with Edward, after her own misfortunes with Willouby. Remember, Marianne did not know previously that Edward and Lucy were connected. Her cries are profound in this scene due to her feeling the loss of men they each loved.
@@Cloudforest811 No, in the books it was well described that the only reason why Marianne has not gone insane during this period is because she was thinking about her sisters happiness , for she believed that Edward will marry Elinor. (Sorry,because my English, I am not native/feel free to read this comment in the broken eastern-European accent ;) )
The days where love wasn't something that you use and take for granted
This was a time women rarely married for love esp middle class ones.
...Back when people almost explicitly married for money or station? It wasn't as romantic as you are picturing, this is a fictional film and not **history.**
Even in the Austen's works characters routinely scoff at marrying poor. She just writes a happy ending where they find a rich guy besotted with them.
@@carlotta4th Given that financial troubles are often cited today as reasons for marital breakdown, Austen wasn't wrong. Even so, I think you're oversimplifying her plots, and the historical facts.
there may be a sense of confidence in doing "the right thing," but the agony of the heart is never-ending. 😟
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE!!
Not usually as the knowledge that one did what was right can make the pain much less or leave entirely.
Although I always felt Emma Thompson was actually too old for the role of Elinor...she’s perfect in this scene and many others.
Yes, it's hard to remember that Elinor was actually only 19.
This is one of my favorite parts in the movie. Love it!!!
He defended lucy while elinor defended stood by suffering silently what strength prudence loyalty
They were both honour bound - Edward gave Lucy his word that he'd marry her and Elinor gave Lucy her word that she'd keep it a secret, not matter how much they regretted it. Unlike Willoughby and Lucy, they don't just think about what they want and abandon people soon as it's convenient for them.
@@agenttheater5 Spoilers Ahead:
But Lucy ending her engagement with Edward worked out since Edward didn't really love her. Willoughby did love Marianne and so should have refused his fortune for her. And remember also that Edward's mother gave the money to her other son Robert who ended up loving Lucy and this implies that he either gave back his money to his mother or simply told her she had to deal with him choosing Lucy, which is what she deserves for being such a snob.
@@TheRivrPrncess Impression I always got was that since Robert was always his mothers favourite and since if she disinherited Robert as well as Edward she'd be left with no sons left the mother ended up not disinheriting Robert - I don't think he'd be able to cope without money
@@TheRivrPrncessEdward did not gave back the money to his mother. He was supposed to inherit it after she died (meaning he hadn’t got the money yet). As soon as he decided to stick with his promise of marrying Lucy, his mother not only disinherited him making Robert the heir, but she also already gave the inheritance to Robert. So once Robert marries Lucy, the mother can do nothing since Robert already has the money.
I’ve always been an Elinor - practical, reserved, believing it more prudent to often hide my feelings than aire them openly and hurt others. But man, the older I get the more I’m frustrated by Marianne, even more than I ever was. She’s so completely self-absorbed. Even in this moment of _Elinor’s_ great suffering, it’s _Marianne_ who has to be comforted, BY ELINOR!
Some people may not agree with Marianne ending up with Brandon, because he’s so much older than she, but I think she desperately needs his maturity and grounding. She needs to grow up.
great cast. mighty writing.
I think this is the best scene.. Felt so intense. Emma and Kate are brilliant in it!
I love this movie. I watch it every time it’s on
"I am not wishing him too much good," said Marianne at last with a sigh, "when I wish his secret reflections may be no more unpleasant than my own. He will suffer enough in them."
"Do you compare your conduct with his?"
"No. I compare it with what it ought to have been; I compare it with yours."
il momento più intenso e sofferente del film, immenso duo di attrici
GREAT scene.
You will always hurt more if you believe more in the possibility that one you love will not marry someone they are seriously dating and especially more so if you are still hoping after you hear of the approximate time the marriage will take place, rather than believing in the probability that they will marry that person. Hoping for a different outcome is fine, but hoping strongly in such an outcome when there is no longer any hope for one will bring more heartache or serious consequences as the movie later shows.
This movie is a masterpiece.
American- we have meryl strip
England - we have emma thompson😍
I love Meryl, but the UK clearly wins!
(Not even need to mention that you have also Maggie Smith, Julie Andrews and Helen Mirren- to name just a few...)
@@n.q1158 even Kate Winslet is amazing
It is bewitching to believe all of your happiness is tied to one person - wise counsel.
Although, when you are the one heartbroken it's hard to see other people's pain. I admire Jennifer Anniston, when Brad left her for Angelina, she said nothing out loud. So much class. Kind of like Elinor
@TheBlackdove81 that's definately my favorite quote too! ^^
Very sappy for a British movie.
Marianne and Elinor hugging was touching.
Elinor, I know how you feel.
oh god, if you've ever been an Elinor suffering silently because you are mindful of others' feelings, constantly putting everyone over yourself, you will know this pain! It is even more difficult if you have a Marianne close to you, who has a good heart but can be self-absorbed. Even with her heart aching Elinor will set herself aside to comfort Marianne. This hurts for me to watch because I am like Elinor in many ways.
I dont know why , but I cannot stand Marianne . She is so self absorbed and entitled .
Elinor rocks . If I was a man , I would have surely chosen Elinor .
@seagirl1481 OH I see. Thank you! Great analysis!!
Did Marianne cry for herself or for Elinor?
Gabrielle Greiner I think for both of them and for also out of shame.
Madame Pomfrey spillin the tea
@Erin D'Agostini I was talking Mrs. Jennings, however, she was not Madame Pomphrey, she was the Fat Lady (the painting leafing to the Gryffindor dorms)
@@ScottKorin Madame Pomfrey is Mrs Dashwood, isn't she?
Wow, I didn't realise there were so many actors from S&S in Harry Potter although I'm a huge fan of both! Bc obviously, we also have Alan Rickman (Colonel Brandon/Snape) and Imelda Staunton (Mrs Palmer/Umbridge)
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Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson ❤❤❤
I take back what i said four years ago. Yes Eleanor came off as harsh, but I guarantee you "Hannah Montana" has more in common with this than with "Flicka." And at least Eleanor hugs Marianne at the end. Critical and harsh but still loving. I plan on doing a Rebel rendition, not that England wasn't the birthplace of Rebel culture, already, but Miley and her bros looking after their little Maisie (you know Maisie Williams from "GOT") as their baby just is growing up, finding her girlfriends and finding her man. In Southern harsh, but Miley still hugs Maisie and this isn't like "Flicka."
You're not. I doubt the modern day equivalent of Elinor would call herself 'candymandy'.
But tell that to the Romance division. After all no one gets paid if you do not marry. The weight loss ads, hair, shoes, makeup, wardrobe, engagement ring, wedding service, honeymoon, moving expenses, real estate, insurance, shall I go on? Home furnishings, new business start-ups, and oh, don’t forget legal! Oh my. 😊
This is something I could never understand, unless I am missing something - Edward lost inheritance because of Lucy. Wealth went to his brother. Lucy ran to follow the money and Edward’s brother married her and lost nothing. Why Edward wasn’t reinstated as a rightful heir then? If his engagement to Lucy was the reason of his troubles?
Because it was settled on Robert irretrievably. Which means it can't be undone.
Also, Robert was his mother's favorite son. Unlike Edward, the same mistake was easier forgiven. Yup, the partiality is mind boggling.
I am glad that their mom got stuck with Lucy anyway, and had to accept her children as her grandkids.
Mark 15:31-32
So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked Him to one another, saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe." Those who were crucified with Him also reviled Him.
Your comment is out of place here and that is something Christ never did not did his disciples. Please learn from the Bible Jesus way of teaching and how he taught his disciples to witness. Comments such as yours only serve to turn others away from God and his word
I like marianne than elinor
How to mend a womans broken heart? Aim for a place somewhat south of there.
The challenge for me is that Emma was way too old for her part. The character is suppose to be 19 and Marianne is suppose to be 17, Kate can pull that off but not Emma.
What was intentional. The movie makers thought it would confuse the audience as to why a 19 yr old was called a spinster.
That's like what "bro"-saying Hispanic, Rivera, Nuyoriquenas do when they scold their daughter or are angry at them.
They mean what they say but they feel so bad about how they say it that, without apologizing, they hug their daughter.
LOL they do it more than whites
my theatre teacher sent me here so I am disliking this video
Yeah, what does HE know...🙄
Women getting screwed over since the dawn of time 🥲
“Always acceptance and resignation. Always prudence, duty and honor. Elinor...where is your heart?”
Elinor's look of near terror as Marianne approaches with those lines...
Knowing that her sister was going to pull out the heart...and being pretty sure that doing so would only hurt Marianne...
oof.