... older brother of her brother-in-law. He is the only one who is critical of Emma's behaviour. Emma makes friends with Harriet Smith, a young beautiful girl, but from a lower society than Emma. Harriet is attracted to Mr Martin, a local farmer and friend of Mr Knightley, but Emma feels this match is unworthy. So ... she pairs her friend with Mr Elton. However, her strategies backfire when Mr Elton proposes to her, and not Harriet. She says she will give up matchmaking, but soon changes her mind when the son of Mr Weston, Frank Churchill, arrives. He was adopted by his ... the death of his...

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... 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 for this role because she is below Emma in class, she is naive, she has a very sweet and endearing personality; ... in their town because of their wealth and the respect that they have gained. Therefore, somebody of a situation in the society such as Harriet would be shocked and grateful to even be noticed let alone liked and adopted in friendship by somebody such as Emma. Therefore she believes that ... i...

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... symbol of affection for her, though she misunderstands it as a symbol of affection for Harriet. Harriet keeps court plaster and a pencil stub as souvenirs of Mr. Elton. When the engagement between Jane and Frank is briefly called off, she returns his letters to symbolize her relinquishment of his affection. Summary Chapter 1 The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having ... commentary that is often tinged with irony, but the narrator also frequently takes up Emma's point of view, sometimes almost merging the two. When the narrator explains Emma's commitment to Har...

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... the way to Canada. Belle Boyd did this without getting caught and going to jail. The following spies were for the Union: Elizabeth Van Lew, Pauline Cushman, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Harriet Tubman, and Emma Edmonds. Emma Edmonds fought in Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sharpsburg, and other famous battles. She took care of wounded men. Emma fought in many battles including ones with Ulysses S. Grant ... ...

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... Martin. She asks Emma for advice, who refuses to give any. This is a bit deceitful, for she does give her opinion and tries to persuade Harriet. Harriet turns down the proposal, but is quite sad about it. Emma tries to cheer her up by mentioning Mr Elton and how he must be thinking about ... be imprudent. Mr Elton is a handsome man and can marry women who are from much higher standards. Emma lies, saying she does not want to match Harriet to anybody. They leave things unsettled and Emma is very uneasy, because she respects his opinion very much and now it is obviously loudly against her...

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... her herself and from her friends, that being wealthy and proper are not the only important qualities in a person. In the beginning of the novel, Harriet tells Emma about a man she is interested in named Mr. Robert Martin. Emma immediately takes this opportunity to pry about the Martin family. She finds out ... in this novel and the reader is persuaded to like Emma by observing their feelings for her. As the two of them discuss Emma and Harriet's friendship, the reader is able to detect certain opinions they each have regarding this young lady. Mr. Knightley is critical when it comes to ...

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... and chapter 49 is a shining example to this testament. As the chapter beings, Emma has recently realized that she is a fool for trying to set up Harriet with Mr. Knightley, as she herself is now starting to have feelings for the man. As the chapter opens we find Emma outside as Mr. Knightley ... Knightley that she doesn't want that sort of compassion, when in fact she does want it, from him. The only thing that is holding her back is Harriet, and the feelings Emma believes she has for Mr. Knightley. Emma gains the readers respect a little when she says the line starting "My blindness ."...

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... a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the perspectives of others. Emma's perceptions are most notably amiss when dealing with Harriet, a young woman of unknown parentage, whom Emma befriends and attempts to remake in her own image. Ignoring the gaping differences in their respective fortunes ... of her mind. Emma's knack for manipulating peoples" lives and deceiving herself are strongly evident in chapter six. While drawing a picture of Harriet, Emma is satisfied that Harriet is growing very fond of Mr. Elton , and believes she can detect the same signs from him. She inter...

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... or work as a governess, such as Jane Fairfax; therefore, most young ladies spent all of their time and effort looking for a suitable husband, just as Harriet. Regardless of how you are as a person, your qualities, likes and dislikes, if you are not in a high position in the social hierarchy, you ultimately ... need to marry a male of high status in order to survive in the social standings. We see that both Jane Fairfax and Harriet Smith are two different people with two different personalities, but due to their low social standings, their destinies can only be encouraging only if they ....

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... or work as a governess, such as Jane Fairfax; therefore, most young ladies spent all of their time and effort looking for a suitable husband, just as Harriet. Regardless of how you are as a person, your qualities, likes and dislikes, if you are not in a high position in the social hierarchy, you ultimately ... need to marry a male of high status in order to survive in the social standings. We see that both Jane Fairfax and Harriet Smith are two different people with two different personalities, but due to their low social standings, their destinies can only be encouraging only if they ....

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... to marry to rise in their social status (a concept that if today's society still followed would have longer marriages). A clear example is when Emma reflects on how she proposed that Harriet should be married to her superior (Mr Elton and Frank Churchill). This idea is considered absurd by both the protagonist and the author, "The stain of illegitimacy, unbleached by nobility ... suitable for their future husbands. For those who did not marry, the education would provide them the scope (even if it is undesirable) to become a governess. In the case of Harriet, she would be very unfortuna...

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... could be pirates for all we know". To prove Mr. Knightly wrong, Emma sets out on a mission to push Harriet forward to a more desirable status. Emma is hopeful that her influence on Harriet will be more than positive and sets out to improve Harriet and to remove her from bad acquaintances, and to introduce her to a good society where she would form new ... opinions and gain the manners and customs appropriate for a woman of Emma's social status. Harriet Smith is neither a clever or bright person, Harriet is therefore perfect material for Emma to mould. In Clueless, like Emma, Cher sets o...

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... the loadies' and Amber's "designer imposter perfume-. They are also both manipulative as seen in both characters' desire to control such as Emma's manipulation of her doting febrile father and Harriet, parallel to Cher manipulating Tai and Mel through affection. However, to adapt to the modern updated audience, Cher personifies a common cultural stereotype whereby Heckerling sets up a paradox around Cher's position ... cleverly fits into the cliché of modernity as he represents the homosexual male stereotype present in modern imagination. Additionally, Harriet is transformed into Tai w...

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... to cross her mind that her brother in law may have been right. However, her belief that Mr Elton is "transferring his affections from Harriet" to herself (p107), subsequently highlights her lack of comprehension of the situation. This Chapter also indicates Emma's ignorance, through the mention of Frank ... Mr Elton's proposal is inevitable, however her desire for the effects of her blunders to be confined to herself and extreme concern for "Poor Harriet"'s feelings show slight character development. This development is also shown by her acceptance that "the first error and the worst lay ...

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... the importance of the contexts of the action and the importance of the communities in which they live. The dialogue in both instances to describe Harriet and Tai include the adjective "sweet", echoing each other in terms of what they are saying about the person and their match ... and moral responsibility in the ball scene and the dance scene in 'Emma' and 'Clueless' respectively. The high angle camera shot on Harriet as she is approached by Knightley emphasizes her vulnerability, while the low angle and middle shot on Knightley, subtle as it is, gives us a ... sense of his p...

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... where all of Emma's actions affect the plot and the novel as a whole. Emma begins by attempting to further her matchmaking résumé with Harriet and Mr. Elton. This ultimately drives Mr. Elton out of Highbury and brings him back with a wife, the crude and tactless Bertha Hawkins. She ... serves as an exaggeration of all of Emma's bad characteristics. Emma continues to try to find Harriet matches throughout the novel and learns by experience that the one man she drove her away from would turn out to be her destined mate. ... concerned with society, as she does not hid the fact that she c...

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... could rarely escape the miseries of being a governess by getting married. Such was the lot of Jane Fairfax, or would have been, if she hadn't "attached" herself to Frank Churchill. Harriet Smith is a girl of no social position and she has no fortune. Nobody knows who her parents are or were. As a small child she was left at Mrs. Goddard's School ... for Girls and there she remained. Harriet is a pretty girl but she has no special talents and has relatively little intelligence. Mr. Knightly says this of Harriet: Let her marry Robert Martin, and she is safe, respectable and happy for ever...

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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. Anne Taylor, Emma's governess, who had been extremely close to both ... her father, moves out to live with Mr Weston. In the absence of this confidante, Emma looks for a new friend and becomes acquainted with the seventeen year old, illegitimate girl Harriet. The characterization of Emma Woodhouse The first chapter of the book introduces the protagonist of the story,...

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... are resolved. This blinding effect of the imagination can be clearly seen throughout the novel. Emma is confused by Mr. Elton's behavior and imagines that he is in love with Harriet. She later admits to herself that "[s]he had taken up the idea, she supposed, and made everything bend to it." Mr. Elton confuses Emma's behavior for encouragement and not the ... judgment on Churchill due to his claim on Emma while Emma jealously despises Jane for her accomplishments. Emma's biases cause her to invent an attachment between Harriet and Frank and blind her to the fact that Harriet actually ha...

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... of Mr. Knightley. It is Mr. Knightley who warns her of the impropriety of matchmaking and disapproves of her intimacy with Harriet Smith. He is also deeply offended by Emma's objections to Robert Martin and her interference with Martin's proposal to Harriet based solely on her perception that Martin is "too young to settle" and has an "awkward look and abrupt manner ... - She further demeans him by telling Harriet that "his being illiterate and coarse- "vulgar and inattentive" " need not disturb us." ( Pg 29) Knightley also warns her against her designs on Mr. Elton, and rebukes her for ...

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... the idea of marriage. In Austen's society, women were classified by who their husbands are. Austen depicts this convention through the use of sarcastic authorial intrusion, having Emma "improve her (Harriet); she (Emma) would detach her from her bad acquaintance, and introduce her into good society." Women had no power and depended on their husband or family members to provide financial ... been transformed by "Clueless." Austen writes in third person to show the way her characters interact with each other and how they value marriage. In a conversation between Emma Woodhouse and Harriet...

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... is an opposite of the first "Don't try to make other couples happy with their love, you can't forget your own love life." When Emma tries to find her friend Harriet a descent husband, she forgets her own love, her friend Mr. Knightly. Emma once said in the film that love is nothing for her. She is a well-respected rich young woman ... ...

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... the top level of society and their social values are reflected upon when they interact with those people outside their social circle. Emma's disproval of Mr. Martin as a husband for Harriet clearly demonstrates Emma's perspective. "The yeomanry are precisely the order of people I feel I can have nothing to do". The quote is spoken by Emma regarding Mr. Martin and his lack ... ...

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... that selfishness, vanity and prejudice do not advance a person's position in life and nor are these qualities favourably looked upon by others. The character Tai from Clueless is parallel to Harriet from the novel Emma- both are somewhat nave and to some extent innocent but overall, both characters are most certainly impressionable.As responders, we are able to see their naivety ... ...

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