Anne Elliot and Temperance
Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
This week in The Female Stoic Podcast:
Austen's Anne Elliot (Persuasion) embodies a form of stoicism that is more hopeful and internally driven than rigid, focusing on inner resilience and reason rather than outward emotional control. Her stoicism is a quiet strength, allowing her to endure hardship, conform to social duties, and maintain a hopeful outlook through her self-reflection and reasoning, particularly during her long separation from Captain Wentworth. This internal fortitude is ultimately what allows her to be self-determined and persuasive when the time is right.
Anne's stoicism is not about suppressing emotions but managing them through reason and maintaining a hopeful inner life, especially regarding her love for Captain Wentworth. Her "hopeful stoicism"is demonstrated in her unwavering hope for a reunion.
A key aspect of her stoicism is her internal dialogue, where she reasons with her own feelings. For example, she scolds herself for questioning Wentworth's sentiments and tries to reason herself out of her feelings by focusing on the time that has passed.
Her stoicism is also seen in her willingness to conform to domestic duties and social expectations, as described However, the novel also questions a rigid female stoicism, and Anne's journey is one of finding her own voice and agency. Her quiet usefulness, self-reflection, and tenacious feelings are sources of admiration. She demonstrates a deep inner strength and maturity that earns the respect of others, and her poise is a result of herself-determination and self-possession.
Music by Jean-Miles Carter
Published by Neworld Books
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Music by Jean-Miles Carter