Emma Questions on It is Poverty Only Which Makes Celibacy Contemptible to a Generous Public! a Single Woman, With a Very Narrow Income, Must be a Ridiculous, Disagreeable Old Maid! the Proper Sport of Boys and Girls, but a Single Woman, of Good Fortune, is Always Respectab
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Irony and criticism in Jane Austen's Emma through characterisation
In Emma, Jane Austen uses irony and criticism through characterisation to highlight societal flaws. Emma Woodhouse's misguided matchmaking and overconfidence serve as ironic critiques of social class...