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While Emma performs the act of matchmaking (or tries to), the social...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:53:20 PST

While Emma performs the act of matchmaking (or tries to), the social convention of matchmaking seems to at the forefront of the text as well. After all, society dictates that certain pairings in the novel are appropriate while certain others are not. For example, social convention would deem Harriet's match with Mr. Martin appropriate, while it would probably frown on the one between Jane (an orphan and future governess) and Frank...

Though Emma Woodhouse is doubtless well-educated by the standards of her...

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:33:02 PST

Though Emma Woodhouse is doubtless well-educated by the standards of her day (in which education for women was still considered only for their preparation for being a wife and mother) there is a certain indifference in her education which shows up in her character and actions. Any father who could afford it (and Mr. Woodhouse could) would educate his daughter in his own home by employing a governess. There were schools for girls, but they...

Please write about Emma's education in Emma.

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:40:37 PST

Please write about Emma's education in Emma.

Grammardog Guide to Emma

Where can we see the elements of "sense" and "sensibility" in "Emma" by...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:21:10 PST

Where can we see the elements of "sense" and "sensibility" in "Emma" by Jane Austen?

Such a great question! Clearly, Austen had a lot to say on these...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:56:21 PST

Such a great question! Clearly, Austen had a lot to say on these topics because she titled a book that way - but the novel "Emma" proves that she had so much to say it couldn't be just contained in one book! In "Emma", Austen uses her characters to show these opposing traits, and ultimately makes a case (as she does in "Sense and Sensibility") that "sense" is best. Lets start with the trait of sensibility - that is, to behave and...

Was Jane Austen for the victorian principles ? what are the...

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:26:49 PST

Was Jane Austen for the victorian principles ? what are the differences and the similarities between her and Thomas Hardy especially about marriage?

Austen in "Emma", describes marriage not only as something done for...

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:10:32 PST

Austen in "Emma", describes marriage not only as something done for love, but also as something done for convenience. These are the two kinds of marriages in all her novels. In "Emma", an example of a marriage done for convenience is miss Taylor's marriage to Mr. Weston. this not only give her a rise in class level, but also provides her with securtiy for future. Unlike her, Emma knows that she would not die "an old maid". thus she does not...

In the Austen's novels, the notion of marriage was described not only as...

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 01:14:31 PST

In the Austen's novels, the notion of marriage was described not only as an alliance between families, a bound in which the spouse's love feelings have no place, but a merry companionship based on love and esteem, without excluding though the wife's economic subordination to her husband. To emphasize all written above, we just need to dart a glance at those merry marriages from Austen's novels: Catherine and Henry,Emma and Mr. Knightley,Fanny...

Could you explain Jane Austen’s own attitude toward love and marriage...

Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:40:34 PST

Could you explain Jane Austen’s own attitude toward love and marriage in "Emma"?

thank you so very much

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:19:53 PST

thank you so very much

1. Ch16: "It was foolish, it was wrong, to take so active a part in...

Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:09:16 PST

1. Ch16: "It was foolish, it was wrong, to take so active a part in bringing any two people together." Emma realises what is wrong with her preoccupation for making matches. She now realises that she was wrong in thinking that Mr.Elton was attached to Harriet.2. In Ch.43 :"How could she have been so brutal, so cruel to Miss Bates!" After being reprimanded by Mr.Knightley for insulting Miss Bates at the Box Hill Picnic...

Four Important Quotes from "Emma" by Jane Austen?

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:23:11 PST

What are four extremely important quotes from Emma by Jane Austen?

It isn't like I haven't tried to do this, I have 11, but the four I need are really hard to obtain. I would love some help on this.

Well, seeing how the novel's main focus is around Emma's matchmaking,...

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:43:06 PST

Well, seeing how the novel's main focus is around Emma's matchmaking, you can really start anywhere:Miss Taylor and Mr. Martin (The book opens just after their wedding, and Emma proclaims that she has all the happiness in the world because she made the match four years ago.)Harriet and Mr. Elton (Emma tries to set them up at the beginning of the novel, things end up going very wrong when Mr. Elton professes his love for Emma.)Harriet and Mr....

Emma, like many young people, thinks that she knows everything,...

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:56:58 PST

Emma, like many young people, thinks that she knows everything, especially what is best for the important people in her life. Sometimes Emma's motivations are altruistic, that is, she wants what is best for another with no regard for herself. Unfortunately, Emma frequently moves people around like chess-pieces, pawns in the game of matchmaking, staged for her amusement. Emma claims early success in creating a "good match" for...

Emma's Education

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:11:25 PST

In what sense is Jane Austen's novel Emma an education of its heroine, Emma Woodhouse?

"Compare and Contrast the Film Emma (Gwenth Paltrow version) with the...

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:29:44 PST

"Compare and Contrast the Film Emma (Gwenth Paltrow version) with the Novel"

Essay on Matchmaking in Emma

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 14:15:39 PST

A student wants to write an essay on matchmaking in Emma. What are some ideas to get the ball rolling?