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Emma from Jane Austen

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

quickly because people want to have new companions.

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

declaration in the carriage.

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

the revelation about herself and George Knightley.

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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

marry Mr. Elton.

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,

but she did not acknowledge it.

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.

B. Mr. Knightley has proposed to Emma

C. The happiness of Harriet, Frank and Jane has been secured that had been endangered by

the intrusion of Emma.

D. Harriet has accepted the proposal of Mr. Martin, while Jane and Frank are preparing to get

married.

5. Resolution: How does the story end? Describe and explain.

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

Defined as diffusing warmth and friendliness

1. Amiable

2. indubitable Defined as unquestionable

3. dispositions Defined as usual moods

4. Darted Defined as running somewhere suddenly or

rapidly

5. Remiss Defined as Lacking care or negligent

*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

appears in the novel.

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

no one but herself!” Pg. 375

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5. "She had been often remiss, her conscience told her so; remiss, perhaps, more in

thought than fact; scornful, ungracious. But, it should be so no more’’. P.346

The name of the character that I will portray for my presentation is Emma

Ten quotes about your character’s traits

Page or Quote from the novel Description

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

with her’. self-awareness.

Pg. 124 ‘I never thought of Miss Smith in the Mr. Elton has spoken this quote about

whole course of my existence--never Emma. It is in this point in the novel that

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

extremely sorry--But, Miss Smith, people as inferior due to her poor

indeed!--Oh! Miss Woodhouse! Who judgment.

can think of Miss Smith, when Miss

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

flow”. characters. She manipulates them

through her matchmaking in romantic

relationships as a player in the stage.

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

disposition" depicted by the life she lives with a

comfortable home, and with her happy

moods. The description shows that

Emma is good-looking young woman.

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

seems to think beyond ordinary things.

Perhaps this is because it has been

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directed to her father for who she is a

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

266 does." Business brings money and friendship

does not, it shows that she does not value

her friends.

Chapter 7. In this quote, Emma appears to be

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

she convinces Harriet to aim higher, and

Harriet decides to refuse Mr. Martin

proposal.

Chapter Emma has been depicted by the quote as

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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deserves whether in friendship or in

romantic relationships she deserves the

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

mortals”. get better regards from the woman.

Emma believes that a man will live

happy life is he makes the woman happy.

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

two people together”. she wanted to bring people together in

romantic relationships. However, she

realized that he was making a mistake

that was foolish, and that would never

work. She realized her mistake and

stopped to play that role of matchmaking.