Emma
~Blog Post #2~
Topic A
April 24, 2015
by Haley Miller
In Emma, a Jane Austen novel, Emma Woodhouse matures after the marriage of her nanny. Emma is forced to change once her nanny leaves because she loses her caregiver and best friend. There is a quote on page ten that shows great significance to the transformation Emma goes through. “Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to others” is a significant quote because it shows that Emma is no longer the young, spoiled girl she used to be (10). Earlier in her life, Emma is known for thinking “a little too well of herself”(3). This quote shows that Emma is stepping up and filling the void left my Miss Taylor. Emma character develops mentally as she is faced with challenges of caring for her father, physically and mentally, and also caring for her own needs. It also shows how her father is more reliant on her. Her father’s “spirits required support” and she now has to be that support for him (5). This novel is very much a coming of age novel. Emma, a girl who lost her mother at a young age, has to figure out an alternative way to live under the new circumstances. This quote can also foreshadow the future of Emma. She eventually brings Harriet under her wing. It can be assumed that Emma, a girl who enjoys helping others would like to show Harriet the ropes, much like Miss Taylor does for her. In the future, Emma selflessness may cause problems for herself and others and she tries to inject herself into the lives of those around her.
~Blog Post #2~
Topic A
April 24, 2015
by Haley Miller
In Emma, a Jane Austen novel, Emma Woodhouse matures after the marriage of her nanny. Emma is forced to change once her nanny leaves because she loses her caregiver and best friend. There is a quote on page ten that shows great significance to the transformation Emma goes through. “Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to others” is a significant quote because it shows that Emma is no longer the young, spoiled girl she used to be (10). Earlier in her life, Emma is known for thinking “a little too well of herself”(3). This quote shows that Emma is stepping up and filling the void left my Miss Taylor. Emma character develops mentally as she is faced with challenges of caring for her father, physically and mentally, and also caring for her own needs. It also shows how her father is more reliant on her. Her father’s “spirits required support” and she now has to be that support for him (5). This novel is very much a coming of age novel. Emma, a girl who lost her mother at a young age, has to figure out an alternative way to live under the new circumstances. This quote can also foreshadow the future of Emma. She eventually brings Harriet under her wing. It can be assumed that Emma, a girl who enjoys helping others would like to show Harriet the ropes, much like Miss Taylor does for her. In the future, Emma selflessness may cause problems for herself and others and she tries to inject herself into the lives of those around her.
Haley, I agree with you that Emma is forced to go through a great change in her life after her caregiver, Miss Tylor, is married off and moves away. I believe that Emma takes Harriet under her wing and shows her the ropes of a sophisticated lifestyle because she is trying to fill the void of her mother like figure. Having Harriet as her project distracts her from the life with her father at home whose “spirits required support,” as you said (5). Your assumption that using Harriet as her distraction will eventually cause problems is correct. Already, Emma has deprived Harriet from marrying the man she really loves because Emma did not think he was worthy of a high class woman. Emma injects herself so much into the life of Harriet that she is clueless of the things going on in her own life.
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