JANE AUSTEN

Emma

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About the author…

December 16, 1775, in

Steventon, Hampshire, England -

July 18, 1817, in Winchester,

Hampshire, England

an English novelist whose

works of romantic fiction

very close connection with her

sister Cassandra

Jane Austen had six brothers

and a sister. Both she and her

sister Cassandra died unmarried

neo-classicism > romanticism

Marriage

Sensibility

RealismMorality

Intelligence Themes

of her works

“EMMA”The story of a young woman in England

who plays her town's matchmaker.

When attempting to match up her

friend with the Reverend Elton, Emma

starts to run into complications, which

multiply amongst themselves with

cases of mistaken intentions of love, a

cast of supporting characters who each

love someone else, but Emma doesn't

know who loves who, and Emma finally

realizing the one person she truly loves.

Gender – positions of

men & women

Society – behaviour;

polite society; etiquettes

Class – hierarchy

Marriage – money;

expectations

Historical context - 19th Century Britain

Themes in Emma

Main Characters in “Emma”

• Emma Woodhouse• Mr. George Knightley• Harriet Smith• Mrs. Weston • Mrs. Woodhouse• Jane Fairfax• Mr. Elton• Mr. Robert Martin

“I MAY HAVE LOST MY HEART, BUT NOT MY SELF-CONTROL”

This phrase reflects in the best way the essence of protagonists. Because the always had self-control; she tried to control her feelings or not to have feelings. She was striving not to rid her deep heart feelings…

The Climax is found by the end of novel, when she will find that she have feelings to the Mr. Knightly. From the very beginning she rejected the possibility of her being in love

Emma’s eyes were instantly

withdrawn; and she sat

silently meditating, in a

fixed attitude, for a few

minutes. A few minutes were

sufficient for making her

acquainted with her own

heart. A mind like hers, once

opening to suspicion, made

rapid progress; she touched,

she admitted, she

acknowledged the whole

truth. Why was it so much

worse that Harriet should be

in love with Mr. Knightley

than with Frank Churchill?

Why was the evil so

dreadfully increased by

Harriet’s having some hope

of a return? It darted

through her with the speed

of an arrow that Mr.

Knightley must marry no

one but herself!

This quotation, from Chapter 47, comes in the

midst of Emma’s conversation with Harriet in

which Harriet confesses her feelings for Mr.

Knightley. For the majority of the novel, Emma’s

suspicions and her attention have been

misdirected, focusing on Harriet’s possible

matches and on her speculations about Jane.

Once her perceptiveness and ability to see

beyond appearances are finally directed

appropriately (after her realization that Frank and

Jane are engaged), she makes a swift leap

forward in her own self-understanding. However,

Emma does not come to the realization that she

loves Knightley on her own; only her jealousy of

Harriet brings her there. The relationship

between Emma and Knightley, though based on

their private history together, takes shape only in

the context of the surrounding web of social

relationships.

“Emma” was

made into movie

in 1996 starring

Gwineth Paltrow

Filming …