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Knightley reprimands Emma when he learns of her match-making games and later when Emma is extremely rude to Miss Bates. Still, the reader cannot ignore the developmental damage that has been caused by Mr. Woodhouse's indifferent parenting style as Emma struggles to form healthy adult relationships. Class is an important aspect to Emma.

The distinctions between the classes is made explicitly clear to the reader by Emma and by Austen's descriptions. The social class structure has the Woodhouses and Mr. This social class map becomes important when Emma tries to match Mr. Elton and Harriet together. Harriet is not considered a match for Elton due to her lowly class standing, despite what Emma encourages her to believe.

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Emma's initial disregard for class standing in regards to Harriet at least is brought to light by Mr. Knightley who tells her to stop encouraging Harriet. The scholar James Brown argued the much quoted line where Emma contemplates the Abbey-Mill Farm, which is the embodiment of "English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive" is a fact meant to be ironic. Knightley's tenant, the farmer Robert Martin, a man whom Emma dismisses as the sort of person "with whom I feel I can have nothing to do with" while Knightley praises him as "open, straight forward, and very well judging".

Martin as a person and her awe at the beauty that is the result of his hard work was Austen's way of mocking those in the upper classes who failed to appreciate the farmers who worked the land. There is an abundance of food language in Jane Austen's Emma. Food is given, shared, and eaten by characters in almost every chapter.

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Food is used as a symbol to convey class hierarchy, stereotypes and biases throughout the novel. For Emma Woodhouse, food is a symbol of human interdependence and goodwill. However, food is a strong class divider though it is rarely openly discussed by characters in the novel.

There are a few instances when characters allude to lower class individuals outside of their well-fed society. For instance, when Emma discusses her charitable visit with a poor family, Harriet's encounter with the gypsy children, and Highbury's mysterious chicken thieves. For the most part, the poor in Emma are overlooked by the characters in the novel due to their socioeconomic status. The constant giving and receiving of food in the novel does not occur without motive.

Knightley sends the Bates family apples; Mr. Martin woos Harriet with some walnuts; and, to further her son's suit, Mrs. Martin brings Mrs. Elton's affections for Harriet from their engaging conversation about the food at the Cole's party.

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Emma Woodhouse interprets food conversation and gifts of food as means of affection between two lovers. Austen explores the idea of redefining manhood and masculinity with her male characters: particularly Mr.

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Knightley, Mr. Woodhouse, and Frank Churchill. Woodhouse is portrayed chiefly as a fool and an incompetent father figure. Clark comments on Mr. Woodhouse's age and how this affects his masculine identity.

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He resists change and pleasure, yet he is still respected in the community. Knightley is Jane Austen's perfect gentleman figure in Emma. He has manners, class, and money. It must not be confused with the real Highbury , which is 4.


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Highbury was not modelled on a specific village; however, it is likely that it is modelled after several that Austen knew, such as Cobham and Box Hill. Leatherhead, Surrey is another town that could have been a source of inspiration for Highbury. There is a Randalls Road in the town, which is an important name within Emma.

It has also been noted that there is a Mr. Knightly mentioned in Leatherhead Church. Richmond , where Frank Churchill's aunt and uncle settle in the summer, is now part of the greater London area, but then was a separate town in Surrey. Most of the other places mentioned are in southern England, such as the seaside resort towns of Weymouth, Dorset , South End , and Cromer in Norfolk.

Box Hill, Surrey is still a place of beauty, popular for picnics. Bath , where Mr Elton went to find a bride, is a well-known spa city in the southwest. The place furthest away is the fictional Enscombe, the estate of the Churchills, in the real Yorkshire , in the north. Mrs Elton frequently refers to the upcoming visit of her well-married sister, who will certainly arrive in their barouche - landau.

This was an expensive carriage for summer use. The school is based on Reading Abbey Girls' School , which Austen and her sister attended briefly [63] :. Emma has been the subject of many adaptations for film, TV, radio and the stage. The profusion of adaptations based on Jane Austen's novels has not only created a large contemporary fan base but has also sparked extensive scholarly examination on both the process and effect of modernizing the narratives and moving them between mediums. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the novel by F. Kenyon, see Emma Kenyon novel. Main article: Reception history of Jane Austen.

This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. June Learn how and when to remove this template message. See also: Jane Austen in popular culture - Emma. Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters. New York: Russell and Russell. A Memoir of Jane Austen. Justice, George ed.

Emma 4th Norton Critical ed. New York: W. Jane Austen's Emma. Australia: Sydney University Press. Jane Austen: A Family Record 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. A Bibliography of Jane Austen. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 September Jane Austen's Emma: A Sourcebook. The Letters of Thomas Moore. Memoir and correspondence of Susan Ferrier, London: John Murray. The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen.

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