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# Persuasion (1995): Constancy, Second Chances, and C.S. Lewis on Austen (Mythic Mind Movies, ep. 17)
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- Published: 2026-04-01T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:06:56.000Z
- Author: Andrew Snyder

Mythic Mind MoviesEpisode 17

# Persuasion (1995): Constancy, Second Chances, and C.S. Lewis on Austen (Mythic Mind Movies, ep. 17)

Dr. Andrew Snyder, Mythic Mind Movies

1 April 2026

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## In this episode

The 1995 Persuasion is not only an Austen adaptation. It is a study of constancy under pressure: how persuasion, prudence, and regret shape a life, and how a second chance can restore what was lost without erasing what was learned. Reading the film beside C.S. Lewis’s essay “A Note on Jane Austen” sharpens what the movie already knows about character, desire, and moral clarity.

Hosted by Dr. Andrew Snyder, professor of philosophy and theology, this Mythic Mind Movies conversation walks through the 1995 film and Lewis’s essay as a companion lens.

We talk through Anne Elliot’s steadiness and self-doubt, the social machinery of persuasion, Captain Wentworth’s pride and return, and how Lewis helps name Austen’s moral psychology on screen. Along the way we ask what it means to be “persuadable” without becoming hollow, and how love deferred can still become love matured.

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### Key themes

- Anne Elliot’s steadiness and self-doubt
- The social machinery of persuasion
- Captain Wentworth’s pride and return
- Love deferred becoming love matured

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## Books mentioned

- [**Persuasion**Jane Austen](https://bookshop.org/a/129785/9780141439686?ref=mythicmindfellowship.com)

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