Believe It Or Not
...to accept the fact that the position of the sun and the planets determine the person's character, yet we mostly identify firmly with our signs. The characters from Jane Austen's famous novel, Emma, can be identified with their signs because of their unique personality traits.
I believe the protagonist of the novel, Emma Woodhouse, is definitely a Leo. It is stated that "In grandeur of manner, splendor of bearing and magnanimity of personality, Leos are the monarch's among humans". This definition is clearly true for Emma for she bears the nobility in her manners and position. She has a great deal of self confidence, but she also has a great fear of being ridiculed and made to feel disgraced. Though we do not see anyone making fun of her in the novel, she is very much affected by Mr. Knightley upbraiding after she behaves impolitely towards Miss Bates. A Leo is warmhearted, generous, creative, enthusiastic, faithful, ambitious, courageous, dominant, strong willed, independent, self-confident and readily noticed whenever she enters a room.
Leos think and act bigger than others would normally dare; "the ambitiousness of their schemes and idealism sometimes daunt their supporters." Emma definitely thinks "bigger" than she should, and her imagination is much beyond the realities. She tries to matchmake Harriet with Mr. Elton, then with Frank Churchill, both who do not have any attachments towards her. "Leos' faults can be as large in scale as their virtues, and an excessively negative Leonian can be one of the most unpleasant human beings imaginable, displaying extreme arrogance, snobbish superiority, autocratic pride, haughtiness, and excessive hastiness of temper." At the scene with the picnic in Donwell's Abbey, Emma puts Miss Bates down harshly when she begins to chatter continually. Emma's sharp remark shows her cruelty, arrogance, selfishness, pomposity...
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