Emma's Character In Volume 1 Of The Novel
...uses volume one to present to the reader the main character of the novel, Emma. To achieve this, she uses a full range of techniques to convey her physical and mental description of Emma to the reader. She therefore presents Emma in a very pejorative way, except in a few rare conditions. She is portrayed as selfish and having an extremely high opinion of herself but also as being manipulative and dominant over most of the characters in her entourage. She presents these different facets of Emma's character through a very specific choice of language. To see these different aspects of Emma's character, we will first study how Emma presents herself to the reader through her behaviour toward the society around her, her actions, but also what she says and the way in which he does it. We will then depict Emma's character through the other character of volume one, how the achieve to create an image of the main character through their actions and their speech. Finally we will discover the character of Emma through Austen's personal investment in the novel, how she talks directly to the reader and how she manipulates the art irony extremely well.
The first way in which the reader can discover the character of Emma is through her own behaviour toward the society around her, her thoughts, her actions and what she says. For example, in chapter 1, it is said to the reader, through third narration, than can almost be compared with free indirect speech from Emma, that she is "handsome, clever, and rich" but is also described using the word "witty". The use of the words to describe Emma, especially "clever" and "witty" show us, in a very implicit way, some of Emma's faults. We can see, in chapter two, how her thoughts also present herself to the reader. When she talks about Harriet Smith, she wishes to "improve her" and "detach her from her bad acquaintance and introduce her...
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