Since the beginning of the silver screen actors have portrayed characters to bring stories from print to life for the viewers. In the 1995 movie, Sense and Sensibility there were several standout characters, but one of the most effective jobs was done by actress Kate Winslet who played Marianne Dashwood.
             Winslet provides an almost flawless performance as the 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dashwood. Her character is a romantic and idealistic young woman who only wants to find true love and be loved in return. Many of her actions within the movie are geared toward getting the viewer to fall in love with the rose colored glass attitude of Marianne. Winslet uses many tools to get that to happen. Relatively early in the movie Winslet gets the viewer sympathizing with the fact that she wears her heart on her sleeve when she speaks of love in not so many words but with her actions and her attitudes.
             Her character displays her easy trust in fate when she falls for John Willoughby after he rescues her when she falls in the rain.
             From that moment on every time Winslet looks up at him as Marianne her eyes portray her easygoing nature and her ability to love with all of her being. Her willingness to be openly in love while the man courts her lends the viewer reason to care what happens to this girl who wears her heart on her sleeve.
             When she is eventually dumped by Willoughby, the viewer has watched her use her female wiles to the best of her ability on screen to try and capture him for good. A
             All the while the character of Col. Brandon, played by Alan Wickman is also done well. Rickman is not a handsome man by classic standards but he uses his eyes to his best advantage every time he comes in contact with the woman that he loves.
             His portrayal as the col. Is excellent because he is deeply in love and must wait by the wayside while she shamelessly pursues another man, however, he remains staunch and does not break or show the pai...