The characters of Sir Walter Elliot and Anne Elliot in Persuasion In Persuasion, by Jane Austen, there are many exceptional characters. Perhaps two of the most memorable are Sir Walter Elliot and his daughter, Anne Elliot. These characters are well-formed and have something about them that transcends time and class, allowing readers of all ages to feel they have something in common with them. Jane Austen created a very foolish and vain man with immense family pride in Sir Walter Elliott. Sir Walter is extremely proud of his good looks, his family connections and, above all, his baronetcy. The reader is introduced to Sir Walter at the beginning of the novel. Immediately we see his family pride and the reader cannot help but associate Sir Walter with the aristocracy known to Austen. A simple portrait of his character reveals a lot: Vanity... was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter. Almost unconsciously, the reader feels a strong dislike for a man who: considered... beauty inferior only to... a baronet. Sir Walter's pride and vanity are reinforced in many different ways: the way he acts in certain situations, his opinions of others, his dialogue, and others' opinions of him. Sir Walter is a character who will always act the same way, no matter what situation he finds himself in. Sir Walter uses his surname to express authority and make decisions. For example, when Lady Russell suggests that Sir Walter should economize, he reacts: What! Every comfort of life has been thrown away!...even of a private gentleman. Another example is when Sir Walter leaves Kellynch Hall and is "prepared with condescending bows". In each of these examples, Sir Walter reminds others of his title and that they are there... in the center of the card... Persuasion is still popular today and highlights this universal and realistic world of Austen's characters. Works Cited and Consulted Austen, Jane. Persuasion. New York: Oxford, 1998Curran, Stuart. "Women readers, women writers". The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism. Ed. Stuart Curran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.Fergus, Jan. “The Professional Woman Writer” The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen. Eds. Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster. New York, Cambridge UP, 1997. (12-32). Radway, Janice. "Read Read the novel." Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader, Second Edition. Ed. John Storey. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998.Wiltshire, John. "Mansfield Park, Emma, ​​Persuasion" Jane Austen's Cambridge Companion. Eds. Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster. New York, Cambridge UP, 1997. (58-84).