This Chapter also indicates Emma's ignorance, through the mention of Frank Churchill. ... During the party, Emma's overactive imagination is once again at work, in particular when she expresses to Mr Frank Churchill that she "cannot help suspecting that, after making his [Mr Dixon's] proposals to her friend, he had the misfortune to fall in love with her [Jane Fairfax]" (p196). Her lack of dignity or decorum in expressing her assumptions to Mr Churchill in this way further illustrate her want of maturity. ...

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