... how just humiliation! Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned. Till this moment I never knew myself" ... , but it is true. Mr. Bingley, aware of the intellectual complement though, isn't as quick as Mrs. Bennet who misunderstood it as an insult, hastily quiets Elizabeth. This shows the contrast between Elizabe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... that meddling with other people's lives can be dangerous, she continues to play "matchmaker" throughout the novel. In fact, in the first portion of the novel, it is Emma's arrogance, meddling nature and snobbery which seemingly permeate her character. That is, until the dominant figure in her world ... clear that Emma's deficiencies are a product of her upbringing. Her existence has been too privileged. She has been made to feel too important and has received far too much praise and deference from her peers. She has not had to earn the respect of others, or acknowledge a superior author...

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• Grade Level: High School