... will much like." Though most of her readers have proven her wrong, Austen's narration creates many ambiguities. The novel is narrated using free indirect discourse, which means that, although the all-knowing narrator speaks in the third person, she often relates things from Emma's point of view and describes things in language we might imagine Emma using. This style of narration ... does not wed, she must become a governess, because she lacks any money of her own. The revelation of Jane's secret engagement to Frank makes Jane seem more human, just as Knightley's humanity is brought out ...

• Word Count: 4896
• Approx Pages: 20

... nineteenth century England was a place in which women who had no chance of getting married and winning economic security had to depend on charity or would have to work as a governess, therefore most young ladies spent all of their time and effort looking for a suitable husband. If a husband was of lower social degree, it was seen as a failure. Emma was horrified at the thought ... bonehead things, and we all laugh, of course. But no respectable girl actually dates them". Cher tells Tai. The setting for this school is Beverly Hills, LA, generally seen to be the pop culture capital of the...

• Word Count: 3852
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . In director, Johnathan Miller's words (1986:66): "Most novels are irreversibly damaged by being dramatized as they were written without any sort of performance in mind at all, whereas for plays visible performance is a constitutive part of their identity and translation from stage to screen changes their identity without actually destroying it." The difference in material scale alone make the novel ... a convincing performance on the screen. In this case, it is up to the director and actors to actualize the text and to interpret and then recreate it, thereby in a sense-adapting if for t...

• Word Count: 3105
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

... women and courtship is the real working-out of love. Courtship becomes a sort of forge of a person's personality, and each courtship becoming an example for different sorts of love (or different ways to abuse love for social advancement). Symbols Pemberley Pride and Prejudice is free of obvious symbolism, because of the novel relies on dialogue over description. Pemberley, Darcy's estate, sits at the centre ... hasty judgments often lead her astray; Pride and Prejudice is essentially the story of how she (and true love, Darcy) overcome all obstacles "including their own personal failing...

• Word Count: 3094
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School