This concept that nineteenth century women authors have strayed from the predominantly masculine literary world, is illustrated in Jane Austen's Emma through her characters' actions and behaviors. ... Authors such as Jane Austen had to conform to patriarchal standards set not only in literature, but society as well. ... Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Erye was condemned in life by Bertha Mason and later released from her constraints, so was Mr. ... Churchill's passing, not only was Frank free to marry Jane Fairfax at his will, Mr. ... Jane Austen reverts back to an a...

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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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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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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. ... Despite some amusing characters and true Jane Austen touches, it is not generally considered to be her best novel. ... In an age which extolled the virtues of expressing emotion and being sensible to the beauty of nature and literature, Jane Austen wrote a novel to champion sense and moderation. ...

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Jane Austen, the famous 18th century novelist, inherited the tradition of using letters and giving them a natural shape in the form of dialogues and further, making them a successful fictional composition. ... Jane Austin has used the concept so beautifully that it does not look odd or superfluous at any stage of the action but rather, the implication or even the introduction of a letter seems like natural phenomena. ... To create the interest and form an intriguing situation in the novel, Jane Austen uses the device of misdirecting a letter: Jane's letter about the critical situation of ...

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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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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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Jane Austen's 1815 classic novel 'Emma' appropriated into Amy Heckerling's 1995 film 'Clueless', provides an insight on the drastic changes in societal values shaped by their changing contexts. Austen challenges Regency society's attitude towards the oppressed position of women in marriage and the factors which segregate society into distinct classes forming a stratified hierarchy. ... Throughout the novel 'Emma', Austen critiques Regency society's expectation for women to be married to a man of equal or higher status and wealth. ... Aust...

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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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Misunderstandings in Chapter 49 In Jane Austen's Emma, the title character is an unlikely heroine. ... (Austen, 399) Mr. ... She was blinded by Frank and Jane's engagement. Emma herself was "promised- to Frank, but he chose to marry Jane. ... (Austen, 402) Mr. ...

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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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The film is therefore no longer a simple entertainment but a movie that cleverly expels Austen's ironic voice and moral sense. ... Yet, in Emma, Austen shows her criticism of the society by making Emma step out of her expected line of a woman's duty, "with very little intention of marrying at all-. ... However, there is the exclusion of Jane Fairfax and other minute characters that show how the movie's storyline reflect how twentieth century updates the eighteenth century for its own purposes. ... Clueless can be viewed as a humourous indictment of modern society while Emm...

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Miss Emma Woodhouse is a very interesting character in the novel Emma, written by Jane Austen. ... In the beginning of the novel, Austen gives many examples of Emma's insensitivity, but by the end we learn that she really does mean well. ... Austen uses some parts of the novel to help convince the reader that Emma is good- natured at heart. ... Emma finds her to be annoying because she never stops talking about her daughter, Jane Fairfax, who sometimes seems to threaten Emma. ... Austen hopes that the reader will see the growth in Emma's personality. ...

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Later on at the Cole's dinner party, Emma expresses extreme disfavour towards Mrs Weston's idea of Mr Knightly marrying Jane Fairfax. ... This is in one sense denoted by Emma's invitation for Jane Fairfax to take Harriet's place at the party. Emma feels "conscience-stricken", due to Mr Knightly's declaration that "Jane Fairfax received attentions from Mrs. ... This alteration of Emma's disposition towards Jane is likely to stem from an increased maturity. ... During the party, Emma is perceptive of Jane's good mood and her obstinacy to continue her regular...

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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. ...

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"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." - Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility Chapter 1 Mr Dashwood and his family live in an estate at Norland Park. The estate is not theirs but from an old man who is a relative of Mr John Dashwood. Mr...

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Jane Austen's Emma and Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love are two stories whose settings seem to take place during the ever day lives of every day people. Emma is a novel written in comical tone about a young snobbish woman named Emma who develops into someone who is capable...

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