Essays on Emma

It is tempting to approach a novel with a predetermined perspective or goal, to which all passages and plot events can be forced to comply. With this approach, the story theoretically makes more sense; the messages to walk away with are neatly packaged and presented....

Jane Austen’s classic is not merely a story of Emma Woodhouse’s journey of self discovery, nor is it just a tale of country romance, but rather, Emma chronicles the anxiety of its time: the destabilization of the classes. As the Industrial Revolution allowed for the...

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence…with very little to distress or vex her.” (Emma, V.1,Ch.1) This opening character summary of the heroine in Austen’s novel Emma should instantly...

“The exploration of different kinds of selfishness gives Emma considerable depth of meaning beneath it’s [sic] comic surface,” and also contributes to that comedy. Jane Austen’s characters inhabit a hyper-polite society, where admirable displays of selflessness and concern for others are often the result of...

While Miss Bates, in Jane Austen’s Emma, may initially be perceived as a minor character from afar, upon deeper analysis it can be noted that she is of capital importance in this novel. Serving as a representative of Highbury’s lower classes, Miss Bates not only...

“Austen’s novels are all about money.” To what extent is this a true comment in relation to ‘Emma’? Behind every action is a drive, a will that serves to uphold the most open and secretive desires of the self. Within Jane Austen’s Emma, money acts...

Jane Austen’s many novels contain a complexity of thought and a depth of character that distinguish them from other stories; Emma is no exception to this general rule. In fact, Emma’s most winning trait may well be the well roundedness of its characters. Every character...

“Emma herself is never to be taken seriously, and it is only those who have not realised this who will be ‘put off’ by her absurdities, her snobberies, her misdirected mischievous ingenuities” Do you agree? In Jane Austen’s Emma the eponymous heroine is “handsome, clever,...

Jane Austen’s novel Emma and Douglas McGrath’s film interpretation of the same name share many key similarities. Important transferred elements and cardinal functions are sustained in the jump from novel to film, rendering the plot, atmosphere and characters familiar to the reader. However, the overall...

“It is believed that every original idea has already been conceived hundreds of times over. The challenge of creativity is to transform a familiar concept into something that is unique to one’s personal understanding. Pop-culture is full of claimed ideas, transformed into something entirely new....

The Euthyphro Dilemma The concept of God is one that is extremely abstract with no definite definition of God. The Euthyphro dialogue challenges one to attempt to define the exact nature of God. By determining the source of morality, the precise nature of God is...

Today many people have heard of suicide, where one will take their own life when things get to hard to handle and they feel like there is no other way to cope. Not many people today have heard of assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is when...

Introduction The appropriate case in this analysis will be the early years of actress Emma Stone. Stone is a very famous actress, and has multiple biographies describing her childhood life online. The details of her childhood will be discussed in more detail in the next...

The statue of liberty is an iconic feature of the United States. People all over the world travel to New York City and go directly to the historic statue. Costumes of the green woman are made, people dress up like the statue and hope tourists...

Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” is a nonfiction text that highlights the author’s findings regarding the American eating habits, food varieties, organic and industrial farming. Pollan begins his inquiry by asking a common question in America’s households. The question raises a concern about what a...

“ Hardy’s ‘At Castle Boterel’ has a similar approach to ‘Under the Waterfall’ – the vast difference between a joyful past to the bleak, empty present through visiting a physical place in nature which remains constant but where their lives have since deteriorated. This is...

Today, medicine has a central place between natural and anthropological sciences. The basic method of most fundamental medical sciences is an experiment. However, during some experiments, there are many technical and ethical dilemmas regarding the motive and goals of the research, as well as the...

Amongst many dilemmas that we face today, although communication is easier than ever, yet it is being increasingly difficult for us to maintain conversations face to face. Interaction is becoming increasingly digitalized, where most of us choose to rather send an e-mail, than arranging a...

Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck faces many dilemmas that test his morality. Initially, Huck acts like a spoiled child, which is reflected in his lack of appreciation towards the adult characters that take care of him. When Huck is forced to make a...