Other Links About Emma and Jane Austen
Jane Austen Biography:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/austen/austen.html
Emma Analysis:
Other Links About 19th Century Women
Women in the 19th century:
http://www.localhistories.org/vicwomen.html
http://www.teachushistory.org/detocqueville-visit-united-states/articles/early-19th-century-attitudes-toward-women-their-roles
Marriage in the 19th century:
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl1911_womeng.htm
Summary of Emma
Emma is a story about a girl who would much rather find love for other people than for herself. After her governess Mrs. Weston gets married and leaves the house, Emma finds herself lonley but is able to fill the gap when a girl named Harriet becomes her friend. Harriet’s parentage is unknown, but Emma finds the perfect husband for her: Mr. Elton. But there are problems with this. One, Harriet is in love with another man named Robert Martin, who Emma believes is far below Harriet. Two, Mr. Elton soon reveals that he is in love with Emma, which horrifies her. Emma’s friend Mr. Knightley is one of the only people who can find fault with Emma, and he does not approve of her friendship with Harriet and the power Emma has over her.
Soon, Emma meets Frank Churchill, who is Mrs. Weston’s stepson. Despite the fact that she still wants to remain single, she finds herself charmed by Mr. Churchill’s advances towards her. This makes Mr.Knightley suspicious. When Emma meets Jane, however, she becomes jealous and is not as friendly towards Jane as she was towards Harriet. When Emma begins to stop liking Frank, she begins to set him up with Harriet. However, Harriet begins to fall in love with Mr. Knightley after he saves her from humiliation caused by Mr. Elton. After Jane and Frank get married, Harriet makes this clear to Emma. Emma is very upset, and she soon realizes that she is in love with Mr. Knightley, and is happy when he tells her that he loves her too. They get married, and Harriet marries Mr. Martin
Love Notes:
Back in the 19th century there was no text message or email. The only way women could communicate with other men besides notes. Men would use love notes to woo a woman.
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Back in the 19th century there was no text message or email. The only way women could communicate with other men besides notes. Men would use love notes to woo a woman.
Also men were not very upfront to women because they did not want to startle them. So they tried to be as cordial as possible
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Like modern day women, 19th century dreamed about getting married. However, marriage was the only thing a women had to look forward to back in the 1800’s. Women could not have jobs or go to parties and their entire young life was centered around getting married.
Marriage in the 1800’s:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmarriage.htm
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Another book written by Jane Austen was Pride and Prejudice. It also is about women who over-analyze men because all they want is to be married.
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http://sites.scran.ac.uk/lamb/entertain.htm
Most women entertained themselves by playing music and reading. Emma Woodhouse cultured herself immensely with reading and writing, which made her a smarter young woman.
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