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Jane Austen Emma
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JANE AUSTEN
Emma
Alua Magzumova > 403
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withdrawn; and she sat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 …