Should we pity or sympathise with Mr Rushworth in Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park? Does he share any guilt for the failure of his marriage to Maria Bertram / Mrs Maria Rushworth?
Analysis of MANSFIELD PARK by JANE AUSTEN
In this video, I analyse Jane Austen’s character Mr James Rushworth. In the closing stages of Mansfield Park, Mrs Maria Rushworth (née Maria Bertram) has an affair with Henry Crawford—clearly they are to blame for this. But does Mansfield Park’s narrative voice suggest that Mr Rushworth shares any blame or guilt for the marriage’s failure?
OUTLINE of the lecture
- The introduction of Mr Rushworth
- The Sotherton episode (Mr Rushworth’s jealousy begins)
- Mr Rushworth’s response to the Lovers’ Vows rehearsals (Mr Rushworth’s jealousy continues)
- What the return of Sir Thomas Bertram to Mansfield Park reveals about Mr Rushworth
- The description of the couple’s motivations for marriage
- I close by considering the narrative voice’s summary of Mr Rushworth in the novel’s final chapter
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