Emma and Her Mistakes
~Blog Post #4~
Topic B
May 8, 2015
By Grace Morabito
Throughout Jane Austen’s Emma, the main character goes through a
huge change in her lifestyle. In the beginning of the book, Emma is seen as a
high-class girl that gets and does whatever she wanted. Most people look at her
to be perfect and flawless. One of Emma’s favorite hobbies is matchmaking; the
coupling together of two people. She knows she is good at it and frequently
does this for the fun of it. Also, Emma does this to help out people in her
society to find each other that otherwise couldn’t on their own. One
relationship she tries to put together is between her new trusty friend Harriet
and Mr. Elton. During her game, Mr. Elton expresses that he does not see
Harriet in that way at all because he is actually interested in Emma. This
takes Emma by storm because she had no idea that Mr. Elton is seeking her, but
also that it was the first time she had failed in putting together a match of
two people. Emma is so shocked because this has never happened to her before.
It is her first realization of a poor judgment and the fact that she could be
wrong. Now Emma has to explain where she went wrong when trying to bring
Harriet and Mr. Elton together. She explains that she “should have stopped, and
left the rest to time and chance” (126). Emma knows that she was so
concentrated on what they could be when she should have taken a step back to
see what was really going on. She regrets her meddling in Harriet’s life to an
extant, but she knows she cannot change things now. This is almost like a wake
up call for Emma because now she needs to pay more attention to what is going
on around her and not get caught up in things. Over the course of just this one
experience, Emma’s life has changed forever. She knows that she can make
mistakes and that sometimes she is too nosey in people’s business. Overall,
everything that has happened to Emma has shaped the person she has grown up to
be.
Grace, I think you did a very good job with the blog post! You really described Emma's change throughout the book and her mistakes thoroughly. I found it very interesting that you stated that everything that happened to Emma shaped her into a grown up adult. I think that was a very good line to use to describe the conflicts she has gone through and how she has overcome the tough times in Highbury. I feel as though throughout the course of the book, Emma has grown up and realized that she is not the perfect girl that everyone thinks she is. Mr. Knightley helps to show her that, because he loves her too much and needs to show her that she really does have flaws. Great job!!
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