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In the novel Emma, by Jane Austen, the two different levels of society are best described and portrayed through the character’s actions and attitudes. The two main female characters, Emma Woodhouse and Harriet Smith, are the two best examples of the great contrast between “good society” and those who did not belong to it. ... Austen does not need to bluntly criticize or explain social levels, but she suggests it very plainly throughout the novel.
The title character, Emma Woodhouse, is a twenty one-year-old woman who at the beginning of the story has no intention to marry. “The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little to well of herself” (Austen 3). Emma is first portrayed as a spoiled girl who devotes her time to matchmaking. ... Knightly was “one of the few people who could see faults in Emma Woodhouse, and the only one who ever told her of them” (Austen 8). Emma is the daughter of Mr.
Approximate Word count = 882
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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