...2 Professor Padilla June 3, 2012 Emma: the Turning Point at Box Hill Essay Emma, a novel by Jane Austen, is the story of a young woman, Emma, who is rich, stubborn, conniving, and occupies her time meddling into others' business. There are several recurring themes throughout the novel; the ideas of marriage, social class, women's confinement, and the power of imagination to blind the one from the truth, which all become delineated and reach a climax during the trip to Box Hill. The scene at Box Hill exposes many underlying emotions that have been built up throughout the novel, and sets the stage for the events that conclude it. Emma's personality is largely shaped by the nature of her upbringing. Emma had no motherly figure guiding her as she grew up, due to the fact that her mother passed away at a young age, and her governess, Miss Taylor, became her best friend instead of an authority over her. At the start of the novel Miss Taylor gets married to Mr. Weston, leaving Emma with her despondent and hypochondriac father, Mr. Woodhouse. Although Mr. Woodhouse often confines Emma to the house because of his paranoia of her being harmed, he gives her little guidance. Emma becomes accustomed to being the "princess" of her house, and she applies this role to all of her social interactions, as she develops the ability to manipulate people and control them to advance her own goals. Emma views herself with the highest regard, and feels competition...
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...in the novel Emma by Jane Austen. The novel pertains to this saying, but beyond that the characters do as well. Emma Woodhouse, the shallow heroine cannot see behind looks and what the reasoning is through people’s actions. She is so aloof to what is happening outside of her perspective that many people’s actions in the novel, which are predictable many times to the reader, end up surprising her. This ultimately leads to Emma experiencing several major revelations in the novel that fundamentally change her understanding of herself and those around her. Emma represents many ignorant girls who cannot see past their own delusions of what others are thinking. Austen uses this plot device to convey to the reader that with people, things are not always what they seem and that even the most ignorant of teenage girls can change their perceptions of themselves and others around them. The first character that Emma is shocked by is Mr. Elton. After Emma convinces Harriet that Mr. Martin would not be a suitable husband, the girls and Mr. Elton spend much time together. Emma has made it Harriet her project and will not rest until she is married to, who Emma considers to be, a respectable gentleman. Working on a portrait of Harriet, Emma believes that Mr. Elton has taken a liking to Harriet, and she vice versa which pleases her very much. (Austen) Emma soon learns she is far from being right. After a dinner at Randall’s, a slightly drunken Mr. Elton announces his love for Emma as they sit...
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...‘This text is so rooted in the female world that only women could derive any pleasure from it’? Considering the above statement, it’s evident that both ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ are both feminist perspective texts. As they are rooted within the female world I believe, that only women can derive pleasure from them both. It is apparent within chapter 8 that Austen has undertaken many different methods to portray characters in certain ways. One method Austen has used to make the novel more rooted to females is the use of dialogue and description. When Elizabeth leaves the room, “Miss Bingley begins abusing her” stating that her “manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed” and describing her as having a “mixture of pride and impertinence”. Therefore, it can be said that both description and dialogue incorporate successfully to create this classical novel which is still regarded as a timeless classic by many critics. This is also relatable within modern societies as women still like to gossip about each other. Despite the sisters criticising Elizabeth, a judgement can also be made about the vulgarity of their character, which is a further source of laughter between the two sisters despite their declared regard for Jane, “his sisters…indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear vulgar relations”. Therefore, illustrating their spiteful and hypocritical nature disguised by their façade. Furthermore, they also state Elizabeth “had no conversation...
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...publisher published it about ten years later. When Reverend Austen, Jane’s father retired Cassandra, Jane’s mother, Cassandra, Jane’s sister, and Jane all moved to Bath a town in England. After the family moved here Reverend Austen got sick and soon after died since there was no medical help that he could have received. After he died Cassandra, Jane’s mother, Cassandra, Jane’s sister, and Jane all had a hard time making a living since they could not get paid and all of Reverend Austen's will was sent to his oldest son, James. They were all forced to go to live with the other son’s and their own families. Jane and her sister passed the time by watching their nieces, nephews. Jane Austen is most famous for her novels “Pride and Prejudice”, “Emma”, and “Sense and Sensible”. Her novels are written about people during her time, which was between 1775 and 1817. Jane wrote romantic stories that took place in England during the hardest time of war and the rough economy. Her books showed her love for England and how she was interested in the social lives of others. When Austen’s novels first came out they were not popular in fact the publisher did not think they were good enough to publish. But soon after Austen’s first book Sense and Sensibility was published it became very popular through the United Kingdom and it later spread throughout the English speaking world.An important character trait that Jane had was that she was witty and clever. These traits made her writing more interesting...
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...Cher and Emma had a great interest in match-making while searching for a love interest themselves. They both feel like it is their job to set people up with each other. In Clueless, Cher and her best friend, Dionne, take the credit of setting up Ms. Geist, the history teacher, and Mr, Hall, the debate teacher. In Emma, she takes credit for setting up Miss Taylor and Mr. Weston, which are these characters from Clueless are based off of. Cher attempted to match make Tai with her friend Elton but notices that Tai has feelings for a boy named Travis. Cher attempts to separate her and Travis so Tai can have a love relationship with Elton. However, Elton unexpectedly announced his feelings for Cher, which left Tai heartbroken. In Emma, Emma attempts...
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...Sarah Emma Edmonds was a very interesting girl. She grew up in a family that did not appreciate her and was very mean to her. This persuaded the actions in her life which was actions to get away from them and to also be very successful. This report will cover about her early life, her life in the civil war, her life as a spy, and how she died. Sarah Emma Edmonds was born in December of 1841 in New Brunswick. Her parents were Isaac Edmondson and Elizabeth Leeper(Civil War Trust 1). Her father was also a farmer. She was the fifth girl in her family. Because her father was hoping for a son, her father resented her and treated her badly(Civil War Trust 3). Since her father was mean to her, she ran away from home at the age of 16 .Around this time, she had decided changed her name to Edmonds and dressed like a man to avoid detection (Civil War Trust 2). She also took the name of Franklin Thompson. In all, Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmond’s early life was very hard, which caused her to become who she was later in her life....
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...Emma is about a girl who is rich and lives with only her father at their big estate. Emma's mother died long ago and Emma lives with her father and governess. Her governess is her friend but there is a sad goodbye when her governess gets married. Emma's father is protective of Emma and he insists that she must get married. But Emma laughs and says that she will never marry. One day, Emma thinks that she noticed that Mr. Elton was in love with her friend Harriet. So she tells Harriet and Harriet begins to like Mr. Elton. When Emma was going home in a carriage with Mr. Elton, he says that he likes Emma and he never thought of liking Harriet Smith before. Emma is enraged and refuses to talk to Mr. Elton. When she gets home, she feels guilty that she made Harriet happy and excited when really, Mr. Elton didn't like Harriet at all. But Emma tells Harriet what happened and Harriet gets ill and depressed. Mr. Elton goes away to an estate called Bath for a vacation. When he comes back, he is married to a girl named Augusta Hawkins. Augusta is too proud and is very rich so no one likes her except Jane Fairfax. Jane Fairfax was a rich orphan who lived with her aunt and was cousin to Emma. Everyone loved Jane Fairfax and she was rather delicate. She grew sick easily but was always made sure to be looked after by everyone. Emma grows very tired of Mrs. Elton because she always compliments herself and the only other thing she talks about is Jane. Mrs. Elton is quick and soon realizes...
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...is in the background of events. He is the only one strong enough to impress Emma with critical good sense, and he is the only logical one that she can marry. Mr. Knightley tells Emma what he thinks she needs to hear – even if it means that she dislikes him for it. Emma dsoent like anyone to crtique her but she trusts mr knightly opinion, Mr. Knightley always manages to warn her of potential social improprieties. Like Mrs. Weston,.We know that Emma’s screwing up because Knightley tells us she is Miss Bates She is like a boring non-stop talker. She is, indeed, one of the most kindhearted and thankful persons imaginable; is also capable of being hurt and of forgiving. Miss Bates is sweet, generous and kind person. She might like gossip a bit too much, but then again, so does just about everybody in Highbury Miss Bates grew up as a gentlewoman, provided for by her father and well-respected by all of Highbury. When her father and brother die, however, Miss Bates has no one to support her the Misses Bates (mom and daughter) live largely off the charity of others. It’s a hard life for them, especially since Miss Bates can remember a time when everybody – including Emma – looked up to her. Now Emma makes fun of her at parties Fortunately, Miss Bates actually does have a heart of gold. She may not say intelligent things, but she’s more than willing to forgive anyone who slights her – including Emma. And she’s always happy to hang out with Mr. Woodhouse, which makes her the...
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...Emma by Jane Austin Emma Woodhouse is a very intelligent but naïve young lady who considers herself as a match maker in her small town set around the early nineteenth century England. Emma is very egotistical in that when her governess, Ms. Taylor, gets married, she believes that it was she that brought her governess and her husband together. After finding about her match making business, Emma’s father and her older family disapproved of her doing that. Of course, she ignores their voiced concerns and does as she pleases. She soon becomes close to a young woman named Harriet Smith who she described to be an unsophisticated young woman becoming more prominent in here society, socially. She develops a close relationship with Harriet and imminently, it becomes clear that Harriet develops romantic feelings for the farmer that she has known since childhood: Robert Martin. Because Emma is a close friend, Harriet asks her for advice on whether or not she should marry Robert or not. Because Emma wants Harriet to be with Mr. Elton- the minister who married the Weston’s- she convinces Harriet to not marry Robert. Oblivious to the fact that Mr. Elton, however, is interested in her, Emma goes on to believe that it is Harriet that he is interested in. One day, Mr. Elton approaches Emma and reveals his feeling for her and she harshly refuses and leaves. He, of course, goes on to marry another woman who always competes with her for status in their town. Because Emma had ridiculed a woman during...
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...Jane Austen’s Emma and Amy Heckerling’s ‘teenpic’ Clueless, show how the transformation can shape contextual and perspectival meaning as satirical reflections of Regency England and postmodern America. By adapting the society of Highbury and to the fast-paced modern Beverly Hills, insight is given into class, marriage and gender roles over the past two centuries. Techniques demonstrate aspects of society that have changed, others that have stayed the same. Relationships and marriage is a theme that shapes the understanding of Emma and Clueless and their contexts, involving self-realisation of Emma and Cher respectively. ‘Marriages of convenience’ with people of class and wealth defined the Regency mindset. Marriage was very significant and would secure a woman’s future, financial assets and social status. Austen conveys this in the metaphor “It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one other than herself!” the arrow symbolises how Emma’s independence has been shot down and overrun by feelings for an ideal marriage candidate. When Emma reflects on Mr Elton’s attempt to court her, the hyperbole in “The Elton’s bloodline were nobody” highlights the attitude towards incompatible matches. Similarly, Cher comments with contemptuously...
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...Imagine a published novelist at the end of the eighteenth century in England. Alone, that is a stellar accomplishment; now imagine a published woman novelist that the future king of England wants to meet during a time period that hindered a woman’s intelligence. Some may be ecstatic, but Jane Austen almost did not meet him because she disliked him. Although the era she lived in almost prevented her from being published, it also heavily impacted her novels. Jane Austen’s writings were greatly influenced by her prosperous late eighteenth century village and city homes, enlightening education, and numerous romantic interests. It all began when Austen was born into an upper middle class English family. One of the major influences on Jane Austen’s novels was her status and homes. She was born on December 16, 1775 in the village of Steventon, Hampshire and grew up there. In her later years, she moved to the city of Bath. Correspondingly, most of Austen’s novels are about a wealthy family in country villages or take place in Bath. As a young woman, she frequently attended popular village social gatherings such as elegant balls and expensive dinners. According to the editors of Novels for Students, Austen keenly observed the wealthy society’s manners and morals at these events. Her novels mimic her examinations (Source 1 page 22). Clearly, Austen’s novels were influenced by the culture of affluent English villages. Her family’s monetary situation also allowed her to...
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...Clueless, an adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel, Emma, is a 1995 American film by director, Amy Heckerling. The comedy serves as a 20th century update of the original text that shifts into creating a contemporary Emma, one for our own era. Though Clueless seems to set forth on building its reputation on a completely new, distinct ground, it is not an entirely different work of art. Considerable amounts of uniformities between the adaptation and Emma can be pinpointed throughout. As “Clueless is most faithful to Emma in its recreation of the plot involving Mr. Elton, Harriet Smith, and Emma” (Troost, Linda, and Greenfield 124), several parallels between the two distinctive texts, concerning this matter, can be recognized. One outstanding example is the correspondence and connection between the modern photography scene in Clueless and the sketching/painting of Harriet’s portrait in Emma. Hence, along with the novel’s highly persuasive guidance and the two’s so-called loose relation, various similarities as well as differences are inevitably present. Upon an analytical, close reading of the associated scenes, several shared story elements are brought into prospective. Both revolve around a beautiful, young lady who believes it is her duty to act as a matchmaker for her two companions. In both, the protagonist attempts to capture an image of her friend in hope that it would somehow reveal or prove the affection of the other. But aside from that, one will find that the two widely...
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...Introduction: Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is concentrated on the relationships of two potential couples: Elizabeth and Darcy and her sister Jane and Darcy’s friend Bingley. The novel tells the story of love of these two couples and the troublesome they have faced on their way to marital bows. They main reason for the obstacles they have faces is the reputation and class belonging. It is the reputation of Elizabeth and Jane that is being questioned throughout the novel as they belong to a aristocratic but a very poor family. As Elizabeth’s behavior in the first place is closely analyzed by the Bingley’s and Darcy’s family member and friends at times she finds herself along with her sister in very vulnerable situations. As the wealth allows these people to judge her and her sister it only owing to Elizabeth’s and Jane’s intelligence and internal beauty that helps them to keep their heads up proudly. The two girls suffer because of the reputation of their mother who is very foolish, noisy and she lacks social grace to make her communication with other people decent and respected by the others. As Darcy’s and Bingley’s families are rather snobbish and think of themselves as of better social representatives than Elizabeth and Jane. The bahaviour of Lydia Bennet almost leaves the girls with no chance of being together with their loved ones as she supports the ill reputation of the family by being with a man without being married to him. Nevertheless all these prejudice does...
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...Emma decides that Jane and Mr Dixon were mutually attracted, and that is why she has come home. She shares her suspicions with Frank, who met Jane and the Campbells at a vacation spot a year earlier, and he apparently agrees with her. Suspicions are further fueled when a piano, sent by an anonymous benefactor, arrives for Jane. Emma feels herself falling in love with Frank, but it does not last to his second visit. The Eltons treat Harriet badly, culminating with Mr Elton publicly snubbing Harriet at the ball given by the Westons in May. Mr Knightley, who had long refrained from dancing, gallantly steps in to dance with Harriet. The day after the ball, Frank brings Harriet to Hartfield, she having fainted after a rough encounter with local gypsies. Harriet is grateful, and Emma thinks this is love, not gratitude. Meanwhile, Mrs Weston wonders if Mr Knightley has taken a fancy to Jane. Emma dismisses that idea and as she does not want Mr Knightley to marry, because her nephew Henry must inherit Donwell, the Knightley property. When Mr Knightley mentions the links he sees between Jane and Frank, Emma denies them, relying on Frank's words. Frank appears to be courting Emma. They flirt and banter together openly. He arrives late to the gathering at Donwell in June, while Jane leaves early. The next day at Box Hill, a local beauty spot, Frank and Emma continue the banter. Emma insults Miss Bates at that outing. 1898 illustration of Mr Knightley and Emma Woodhouse, Volume...
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...Comparative Analysis of Point of View of Joseph Andrews and Emma Point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story. In this essay, the point of view of Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding and Emma by Jane Austen will be analyzed in comparison to one another. The comparison will be made on each aspect of the point of view, such as subjective/objective, partial/impartial narration and the perspectives through which the point of views are presented. The point of view of Joseph Andrews is third person omniscient. In Third person omniscient narration the narrator lies outside the plot and knows everything about the characters, their emotions and feelings and various events happening in the story, such a narrator is a God like character who is aware of everything. The narrator of Joseph Andrews is an intrusive narrator who keeps the reader aware of the fact that they are reading a fiction and the truth of the novel lies not in its facts but in the depiction of human nature. The intrusive nature of the novel can be felt by the descriptions provided at the beginning of each chapter, like the description of chapter V says, “The Death of Sir Thomas booby, with the affectionate and mournful Behaviour of his Widow, and the great Purity of Joseph Andrews”(24). In the very beginning even before reading the chapter the mind of the reader is made to think in a particular way that the behavior of the widow will be affectionate...
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