John Willoughby is the dashing and handsome romantic interest of Marianne Dashwood . He conforms exactly to her idea of love and, at twenty-five, is much younger than Colonel Brandon . He appears out of nowhere to rescue her from distress and proceeds to bring her flowers and poetry, unites frankness and vivacity, and, above all, is passionatley fond of music and dancing (Ch. 10) and still manages to add to all these continual rebellion of society's rules. He has impassioned views on art that conform with Marianne's exactly. A true typical literary Romantic hero.

Although he cannot follow his heart and marry Marianne but instead goes off to London to marry an heiress and then regrets his actions. He isnt really much of a womanizer, (like George Wickham) He really only leaves Marrianne because he dosn't have his own money to marry her. (Much more like the good Colonel Fitzwilliam) He is just rather impatient and had he waited longer to get married, would have found that he could have married Marrianne, and remained in a healthy happy marriage. Instead of the depressing unhealthy one he found himself in. In short dear readers he's a fourtune hunter, nothing more.