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mental health is such a big part of the human condition, so it makes sense to use mental health to make characters human (flawed individuals)

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1. What role does mental health play in these novels?
- Mental health inclusion allows the character to be related to sympathetically.

- What is mentally afflicting the individual characters often is a nod to the argument the author is trying to make about the broader sociocultural reality.  --> Conveys the argument

- Mental health is often viewed as going against social norms, and illnesses are seen as a manifestation of the outliers of social belonging.

2. How does that convey the argument?
- It conveys a destructive state or unstable state of society.

- Mental illnesses can break down barriers created by the power relationships of characters and allow for a bridging or exposure of relationships.

- It can also be a way for the readers to imply why a character is behaving a certain way. --> Inspiration for the character's actions

3. Is it a burden?
- Mental illness is not often viewed within a positive framework, but it can be seen as a way for the plot to move.

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-Mental health and the way you see and imagine yourself dictates your connection to society and relations with others.
2. -Mental health makes the characters more relatable allowing us to sympathize with them

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The understanding of mental health is not the same in the novel as we have it now, but rather as a way to label someone against the status quo or not "normal" in regard to societal standards.

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Mental health is prevalent in these novels as a means to convey the state of the system. The broken characters serve as metaphor for the broken system. The trope of mental illness is an effective and subtle way to garner the sympathy of the audience for the people being affected by these real issues inherent in the system.

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Societal conflict of the expectations of women - the argument of conforming vs being their own character

Women have to learn to frame opinions, politics, etc in a way that will avoid society's judgement (hysteria)

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1. What role does mental health play?
- dramatisize characters and make their problems seem bigger.
- familiarizes them to the readers - mental health as a commonality that we can relate to
2. How does that convey an argument?
- it helps heighten the plot line, deepen the story, and make the characters more complex
3. Is it a 'burden'?
- not necessariyly
-it is a characteristic
- it is important to the story!

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Why is the idea of mental health so prevalent in novels such as these and why is it necessary for the author to burden the protagonists with such afflictions to express her thesis

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Not only is it important to have a stable society, but it is also important to have stable connections to such a society. Earl Glenthorne's inability to sympathize with others ruins his ability to participate in a stable, sympathetic 

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Not only is it important to have a stable society, but it is also important to have stable connections to such a society. Earl Glenthorne's inability to sympathize with others ruins his ability to participate in a stable, sympathetic 

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"Be yourself because everyone else is taken. <3 <3 <3" 

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"Be yourself because everyone else is taken. <3 <3 <3" 

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To keep the status quo in order to keep a personal happiness even if there are obstacles or challenges

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How does reconciliation occur if the novel maintains power structures?

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How does reconciliation occur if the novel maintains power structures?

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How do we convince people that self-interest can work "for the whole"?

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How do we convince people that self-interest can work "for the whole"?

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Through Earl Glenthorne, we can see a character that reconciles the two dominant economic classes. Ennui is a Burkean critique of the relations between Ireland and England. This interpretation of Burke is through which reformation should be done within the constraints of social limits. This reform is seen thus far in the novel by Earl Glenthorne's apathy being mitigated by helping the poor in an effort to bridge the economic classes.

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So is this novel a critique of self-interest?

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So is this novel a critique of self-interest?

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Individual Autonomy VS. Social Integration

Everyone wants to be socialized so badly and a part of something bigger such as society. We convince ourselves that it is a choice but it is actually a necessity.

Ex. “I drink because I like the taste of it.” “No dude, you need to drink water to survive.”

Because Earl Glenthorn is not a part of society, he feels “ennui.”

We see something new in both the novel and our own world related to individual autonomy and expectations of society.

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Post your argument here:
1) Does this quote allow us to see anything new in the novel?
2) How does it help us see something new?

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Burke's idea of tradition versus modernity in the sense of rejecting the self-centered alternative socioeconomic systems that have been encountered. As well, emphasizing the found sociocultural project that would be the transition of defining a new national identity and its obstacles.
There is a connection between Corinne and the participation of those in society as a whole to influence the national identity. However, the fear of this is not represented in Edgeworth but seen as an emotional distress causing an ennui perspective.