The Portrayal of Harriet Smith in the novel Emma, allows the

We are given an idea of Harriet’s importance in the book when we are first introduced to her character. This is because at this point Emma had just lost her governess, Miss Taylor, who was her friend, her educator and her confident, to marriage. Emma is left misplaced in the world not knowing what to do

“It was Miss Taylor’s loss that first brought grief . . . Emma first

sat in mournful thought of any continuance . . . her father and herself were left to dine together, with no prospect of a third to cheer the long evening.”

Therefore Emma is on the search for somebody to occupy her time by filling Miss Taylor’s place. Harriet is obviously a perfect candidate

“Emma sat down to think and be miserable. – It was a wretched business,

for this role because she is below Emma in class, she is naive, she has a very sweet and endearing personality; all of these factors and more mean that Emma has the upper hand in the relationship which is where she likes to be. She likes to dominate because this means that she can control the way in which her acquaintance acts.

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