Emma From Jane Austen
Emma From Jane Austen
Emma From Jane Austen
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1. Exposition
Describe the setting or various settings with details from the novel.
The setting of Jane Austen Emma is in the countryside in a small town called Highbury
located in London during the Regency England. Emma and her father lives in Hartfield, a house
that is separated by lawn and shrubberies from Highbury. However, the estate they live is part of
the Highbury. Wood houses were the first consequence in Highbury that meant they were most
important family in town. Emma has been part of this world, and does not stray away from the
home. Mr. Knightley does not live far away from Highbury and comes to see the wood houses
often. People know each other in Highbury, knows their business, and an outsider is befriended
List three events that take place before the conflict is introduced
1. Emma deceives herself concerning Mr. Elton, and the deception reaches its end in his
2. She then deceives herself about Frank Churchill, and get out of it in les climax fashion.
3. Emma continues with self-deception concerning people but reaches the major climax in
2. What is the main conflict or what are the major conflicts in this story? List and
explain each.
Main conflicts
Emma has struggled to shed her vanity, and her fears to confront her feelings that makes
her misunderstand those around her, and to meddle harmfully with others.
Emma keeps on trying to bring people together, but do not want to be together. This is a
conflict of match making. This brings various problems between her and her friends, and between
her and her family. For instance, Emma tries to set up Harriet with Mr. Elton when she is in love
with Martin. Due to this conflict, Harriet has rejected the marriage proposal from Mr. Martin
because Emma had informed her that Martin is not a suitable man for her, and she should instead
3. List and describe three events that occur before the turning point.
A. Emma get to realize that she was wrong when she thought that she would match Mr. Elton
and Harriet. Mr. Elton and Harriet are not only suited, but the latter had feelings for Harriet,
B. She insults Miss Bates while they were at the Box Hill Party, and it is here that M.
Knightley reprimands her, and Emma feels remorseful about the cruelty of her actions in
the party.
C. Emma notices that she is in love with Mr. Knightley when Harriet discloses the same to
her.
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What happens at the turning point? Also, explain why you believe this to be the turning point
At the turning point, Mr. Knightley reminds Emma of the great mistake she made when
she insults Miss Bates. Being one of the highest members of the Highbury society, she need to
treat people of lower ranks with kindness, and have pity to people like Miss Bates. This becomes
the turning point because Emma is extremely remorseful of her cruel actions towards Miss Bates.
4. Falling Action: List and explain three events that occur after the turning point.
A. Emma and Mr. Knightley have confessed how they feel towards each other.
C. The happiness of Harriet, Frank and Jane has been secured that had been endangered by
D. Harriet has accepted the proposal of Mr. Martin, while Jane and Frank are preparing to get
married.
The story has a happy ending by Emma realizing that she loves Mr. Knightley. Emma got a
revelation that Mr. Knightley cannot be in love with Harriet. Through this, the author gives the
reader a reason only for hope. The novel is concluded by the sentence ‘the perfect happiness of the
union’.
Vocabulary
List “5”sophisticated vocabulary words that were in your novel. Type each word and its
definition.
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Word Definition
1. Amiable
rapidly
*Type the sentence from the novel that had each word in context. *Type the word in BOLD
within the sentence. Next to the sentence, give the page number to indicate where the sentence
1. "Determined that he did know what he was talking about, and that he showed a very
amiable inclination to settle early in life, and to marry from worthy motives." Pg.
186
2. "The intention, however, was indubitable; and whether it was that his manners had
in general so little gallantry, or however else it happened, but she thought nothing
became him more. It was with him of so simple, yet so dignified a nature’’. pg.
354
3. ‘’If not in our dispositions...there is a likeness in our destiny; the destiny which
bids fair to connect us with two characters so much superior to our own.’’ pg. 440
4. ‘’It darted through her with the speed of an arrow that Mr. Knightley must marry
5. "She had been often remiss, her conscience told her so; remiss, perhaps, more in
The name of the character that I will portray for my presentation is Emma
chapter
Chapter 1. ‘’ The real evils indeed of Emma's The quotation happens early at the
Pg. 8 situation were the power of having begging of the novel after Emma has
rather too much her own way, and a been introduced as the protagonist.
disposition to think a little too well of Emma is depicted as too much on her
herself; these were the disadvantages own, showing her selfishness. The self-
which threatened alloy to her many centered nature of Emma is shown and
enjoyments. The danger, however, was the fact that she does not recognizes it by
at present so unperceived; that they did herself. However, towards the end of the
not by any means rank as misfortunes novel she is able to develop maturity and
Pg. 124 ‘I never thought of Miss Smith in the Mr. Elton has spoken this quote about
paid her any attentions but as your Emma realizes how she makes poor
friend: never cared whether she were judgment. She is preoccupied by the
dead or alive, but as your friend. If she ideas of matching Mr. Elton and Harriet,
has fancied otherwise, her own wishes and overlooked the motives of Mr. Elton.
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have misled her, and I am very sorry-- The quote shows how Emma see other
Woodhouse is near?”
Chapter 9. "There does seem to be a something in The quote shows the manipulative
Paragraph the air of Hartfield which gives love character of Emma. The uses a reference
25 exactly the right direction, and sends it of Shakespeare work that suggest that
into the very channel where it ought to she was being manipulative to her fellow
Chapter 1. She is twenty-one years old and The quote describes Emma is a good-
Page 1. "handsome, clever, and rich, with a looking young woman. She is in her early
comfortable home and happy twenties, clever and rich. The richness is
Chapter 9. “One half of the world cannot The author uses this quote to show that
Pg. 76 understand the pleasures of the other”. Emma I wise despite her age. Emma
different person.
Chapter "Business, you know, may bring This quote show how Emma values
16. Page money, but friendship hardly ever wealth than people. By saying that
her friends.
pg. 47 “I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, schemer in her march-making role. She
that if a woman doubts as to whether tries to make herself neutral, but pushes
she should accept a man or not, she Harriet to examine whether Mr. Martin is
certainly ought to refuse him”. the right man. Her trick has worked after
proposal.
18. page "Oh! I always deserve the best an ambitious woman. She puts it clearly
427 treatment, because I never put up with that she can never settle for anything less
any other; and, therefore, you must than what she want. She indicates that in
give me a plain, direct answer. Are you her actions she just wants the best
quite sure that you understand the treatment because she cannot put up with
terms on which Mr. Martin and Harriet any other. Her feeling is that she gives
now are? the best in her life and that is what she
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bests treatment.
Chapter "'A man would always wish to give a From the quote, it is clear that Emma has
49, pg. woman a better home than the one he high expectations from men. She
393 takes her from; and he who can do it, believes that a good man should give a
where there is no doubt of her regard, better home to the woman. A man who
must, I think, be the happiest of gives a good home to the woman would
Chapter “The first error, and the worst, lay at From the quote, it is clear that Emma is a
16. pg. her door. It was foolish, it was wrong, person who learns from her mistake. She
154 to take so active a part in bringing any had taken role of matchmaking where