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A 5 page paper which examines how the novel’s main element is character. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the literary gauge by which all nineteenth-century Romantic novels are measured. She was a pioneer not only because she was the first popular female novelist, but because she carefully
crafted her characters in such a way that her tales were in no way "preachy." The characters articulated her message in a way that was not only powerful, but
can be regarded as the first feminist social commentary. Jane Austens classic novel, Emma, was published in 1816, and in the characterization of Emma Woodhouse, she helped to perfect
a type of heroine that could exhibit many dimensions. As one critic noted in 1901, Emma was "an entirely natural girl, and a nice girl, in spite of her
faults" (Howells 70). Another critic in the late 1930s concurred, observing that by emphasizing the element of character, Jane Austens characters could pioneer the art of communication (Lascelles 101).
They didnt merely keep sentiments to themselves; they articulated their thoughts and feelings. Mary Lascelles wrote in her consideration of Emma, "Few novelists can be more scrupulous than
Jane Austen as to the phrasing of the thoughts of their characters" (101). Jane Austen was far from a vigorous supporter of Victorian societys patriarchal structure. In Emma,
she constructed her characters in such a way that they could speak for her, and people could make up their own minds about the system. She wastes little time
in describing Emma as "handsome, clever and rich," and quickly acknowledges that "the real evils of Emmas situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and
a disposition to think a little too well of herself" (Austen 1). Emma is not a caricature of a romantic heroine, but is a deeply complex woman who is
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