Key Quotes Flashcards
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Narrator
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition
Mr Knightley
Badly done, Emma!
Narrator
had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
Mr Knightley
She has a fault. She has not the open temper which a man would wish for in a wife
Mr Knightley
Then she is a greater simpleton than I ever believed her. What a foolish girl about?
Miss Bates
It’s such a happiness when good people get together
Mr Knightley
having never believed Frank Churchill to be at all deserving Emma
Mr Knightley
Jane Fairfax is a very charming young women
Emma (Chapter 43 after Box Hill) shows her growing self-understanding / self-knowledge.
She was vexed beyond what could have been expressed—almost beyond what she could conceal. Never had she felt so agitated
Emma - she prides herself on her wit, so possible Frank influence
I would much rather have been merry than wise.
Narrator - Mr. Weston to Miss Churchill due to the class difference
It was an unsuitable connection, and did not produce much happiness.
Emma - showing Harriet’s illegitimacy should put her off all respectable suitor lists but Emma wants to help her anyways.
Harriet Smith was the natural daughter of somebody. […]This was all that was generally known of her history
Emma - self reflection only prompted when she is emotionally engaged (rationality needs emotional engagement for Emma)
To understand, thoroughly understand her own heart, was the first endeavour.
Emma on Jane Fairfax, she is delighted at the fact Jane is not perfect.
Emma could not but rejoice to hear that she had a fault.
Knightley on Emma
this sweetest and best of all creatures, faultless in spite of all her faults
Knightley Proposal to Emma
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am.—You hear nothing but truth from me.
