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A marriage proposal may be based on either practicality or romance. When comparing Jane Austen's passage to that of Charles Dickens, one sees the difference between a marriage proposal of realism and a proposal which comes straight from the heart. The two types ....

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.... therefore, he feels he has to marry. Next, he then realizes that it will probably make his life happier as well. Shouldn't that be the first reason? This man has taken the practical way out. On the other hand, in Dickens's passage, the man takes the more romantic approach. He quotes, "You know what I am going to say. I love you. ...what I mean is that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain and which overmasters me. You could draw me to fire... you could draw me to any death... but if you would return a favorable answer to my offer of myself in marriage, you could draw me to any good." This man w ....