When love is thought about, it usually brings about happiness because love is thought of by all to be the most amazing feeling in the world, but the characters in this story perverse the feeling of love in a twisted way in an attempt to satisfy their greed within themselves. In this story, the love is not given out to others as traditionally thought, but it is rather a type of selfish love. There is the possibility that there is actual genuine love in this story when Mr. Dashwood says, "It was my fathers last request to me... that I should assist his widows and daught

Greed and selfishness are the major driving forces behind all characters, their thoughts, and their actions. Greed can easily cause a person to be extremely selfish in their thoughts and actions, which therefore isolates a human's natural tendency to not only care for himself, but also for others. Selflessness is always stifled by greed driven people. It is how driven we are by this force that can differentiate selfless and selfish people.

ers." (7) The reader gets the feeling that Mr. Dashwood could actually care about the widow and daughters because we can get a sense that he will help provide them with money or supply them a place to live. This image is then completely diminished as his greed takes over his ability to make decisions. Mr. Dashwood is transformed because of greed and this is shown in his actions when he was instructed to give the widows and daughters a good monetary compensation, but his greed for money and self-fulfillment lower and lower the amount of money he will give each person until Mr. Dashwood decides. "...I think I may afford to give them five hundred pounds a-piece... a very comfortable fortune for any young woman." (8) This shows that the greed of each person can overwhelm any suppo

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