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Jane Austen

Emma

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1815

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Essay Topics

1.

Which character do you find least sympathetic, Mr. or Mrs. Elton? With close reference to the text give reasons for your answer.

2.

What role do snobbery and class consciousness play in Emma? Using at least three examples from the text state how a modern reader’s attitude to this theme would differ from that of Austen’s contemporaries.

3.

How does the tension between the imagination and the heart play out in the novel? Is this theme merely confined to the protagonist or does it affect other characters as well?