... Emma Woodhouse is a very interesting character in the novel Emma, written by Jane Austen. The author writes about Emma in a unique fashion, which keeps the reader loving this character even though she is not always admirable. During the course of the novel, we see Emma try to help Miss Harriet Smith become a lady. It is difficult to decide whether or not Emma is helping Harriet grow. Emma ... nothing compared with his entire want of gentility I had no idea that he could be so very clownish, so totally without air- (29). Emma did not even speak to Mr. Martin, yet she has nothing nice to sa...

• Word Count: 1855
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... prime example of Jane Austen's use of characterization to show the sometimes comic and sometimes painful evolution in the development of this memorable character. Austen commences the novel by describing Emma Woodhouse. Emma is a beautiful, wealthy, well-educated young woman who was born and raised in a sheltered, upper-class environment. She is "handsome, clever, and rich with a comfortable home and happy disposition ... snobbery which seemingly permeate her character. That is, until the dominant figure in her world, Mr. Knightley, provides rebuke, guidance and good example. Austen ma...

• Word Count: 1334
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... social status, which determines whom one can be associated with, is reflected in Emma. Emma Woodhouse is first in consequence of Highbury where everybody looks up to her. It is Emma's independent fortune and the anonymity of Harriet's parentage that allows Emma to have friendship and the authority to manipulate Harriet. Emma believes Harriet is the daughter of "somebody" and through this delusion she ... Harriet) and diverts these affections to Mr Elton, obviously a superior match to Harriet. When Harriet's parentage (her father being a tradesman) and her engagement to Robert Martin is ...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate