The reader's preconceived ideas of this character are reaffirmed in the language that is used in the opening paragraph in the novel. ... Emma is very conceited and arrogant and remains so throughout the novel; as it seems, only one character has the nerve to deflate this radiant young woman's ego and put her in her place. ... Through her trip of self-understanding, Emma's character slowly transforms from one whose drive is to make matches, to one who is very concerned with helping others. ... Elton out of Highbury and brings him back with a wife, the crude and tactless Bertha Ha...

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