Emma Level 2 for Class 6

“Handsome clever and rich’’ Emma is a 20-year-old woman who is used to being at the centre of the small social world of her village of Highbury. The comic as well as the psychological interest of the novel lies in seeing what unfolds when people fail to act as the protagonist wishes and ordains. During the course of the novel Emma resolves to pair her friend Harriet Smith with two unsuitable prospective men only to completely fail to read the true direction of the men’s affections. She is also unable to comprehend until it is almost too late the nature of her own feelings for Mr. Knightley her wise neighbour and mentor who functions throughout as Emma’s (much-needed) only critic.