Jane Austen successfully demonstrates to the reader the idea of social destiny. ... Jane Fairfax is portrayed by Austen as a pleasant young lady of Emma's age who serves as a foil to her. ... This is the typical dream of a lady with low social standings, which Jane Austen successfully demonstrates. ... Jane Austen shows with Harriet that in her exploration she demonstrated that all is not necessarily what it is destined to be. ... Jane Austen shows what would happen to a girl if she was to marry a man a high social standings person in the character of Jane Fairfax, but she totally chan...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jane Austen successfully demonstrates to the reader the idea of social destiny. ... Jane Fairfax is portrayed by Austen as a pleasant young lady of Emma's age who serves as a foil to her. ... This is the typical dream of a lady with low social standings, which Jane Austen successfully demonstrates. ... Jane Austen shows with Harriet that in her exploration she demonstrated that all is not necessarily what it is destined to be. ... Jane Austen shows what would happen to a girl if she was to marry a man a high social standings person in the character of Jane Fairfax, but she totally chan...

• Word Count: 1055
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Evolution of Emma Jane Austen is considered to be the first great English novelist, and Emma, is undoubtedly her greatest work. ... Emma provides the prime example of Jane Austen's use of characterization to show the sometimes comic and sometimes painful evolution in the development of this memorable character. ... Part of what makes Jane Austen such a magnificent author is the method by which the reader is allowed to follow the transformation in the character of Emma. ... (pg.445 ) Another character Austen uses as a means by which Emma's growth is examined is Jane Fairfa...

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Jane Austen's "Emma- and its modern day film version "Clueless- written and directed by Amy Heckerling, have many differences including those of context, language and textual form. ... Emma was written by Jane Austen in 1815, in a society where marriage and social standing were of great consequence. ... Jane Austen uses comparatively formal language in Emma while Heckerling utilizes 1990's colloquialisms in her film Clueless to show that while society and its values have altered dramatically since the composition of Emma in 1815, the content of the text, during its transformation int...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jane Austen indicates her concern for women of her time, especially single women, in her novel Emma through the circumstances and situations in which she places her female characters. The two factors that governed women's lives and their destiny, in Austen's class-structured society were social position and personal fortune. ... When Jane Fairfax was three she was orphaned and was left to be brought up by Miss and Mrs. ... Luckily for Jane and Miss Bates, a friend of Jane's father undertook to bring her up along with his own daughter. ... (p.55) Marriage for any woman i...

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Amy Heckerling's film Clueless is an appropriation of Jane Austen's Emma, closely paralleling the story in terms of plot and characterisation. ... Austen also uses this to show the mistakes and unclear perception of Emma that leads her to her own downfall. ... During the Regency period, the social order for Jane Austen's society was very rigid and immobile, and social status was determined through birth class, one's marriage, connections and professional success. ... Often the views of Austen are perceived through Mr Knightley who is the "true English gentleman". He is genu...

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Discuss the characterization of Emma Woodhouse in the first chapter of Jane Austen's Emma. Introduction and short summary Jane Austen began writing Emma in 1814, and the book was published anonymously for the first time in 1816. ... Jane Austen almost immediately gives us an appraisal on the main character of the book, Emma Woodhouse. ... Jane Austen finds that Emma must learn to be a better person with greater respect for others. ...

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Jane Fairfax arrives in Highbury to stay with her grandmother, Mrs Bates. ... The marriage of her friend means Jane must now find employment as a governess. ... Mrs Weston believes that Mr Knightley is falling in love with Jane Fairfax. ... When apologizing soon after she learns that Jane has decided to take up a post as governess. Mrs Churchill's, Frank's mother's, sudden death makes Jane and Frank tell everyone that they were all along secretly engaged. ...

• Word Count: 526
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• Grade Level: High School