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We haven’t covered every element of this genre. Instead we hope this guide will provide a springboard to help you plan, and to get you and your students thinking about the text in more detail.  \n‘Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.’  \nOverview  \nEmma is a comedy of manners, with a host of comedic characters and a plot that is based on deception, misunderstanding, courtship and marriage. The eponymous heroine, intelligent and vivacious, has so little to do in the stagnant world of Highbury where she lives, that she busies herself with organising love matches. Her scheming, built on what she perceives as an early success-the marriage of her former governess to Mr Weston-is thereafter so misplaced that it leads to unrealistic expectations in Mr Elton and Harriet Smith, unhappiness in herself and Harriet and irritation and anger in Mr Knightley and Mr Elton. Until the final comedic resolution when the young people find their right partners, it seems that Emma is destined to create misery rather than joy. True love, however, and some plain talking, conquer all and the novel ends with a series of marriages, the most significant of which is that of Emma to George Knightley, significant because Emma had vowed never to marry and is rich enough not to need to do so.  \nEmma as Comic Heroine  \nAusten suggested that in Emma she had created a character that no one but herself would much like and her heroine certainly has many faults. It is established from the start that Emma has many benefits and privileges, and she  \nseems to 'unite some of the best blessings of existence'. She also has an intelligence that is superior to most of her associates. However, it is from these'qualities' and 'privileges' that her faults emanate. When Austen ironically tells us that Emma has a disposition to 'think a little too well of herself', what she really means is that Emma has an extraordinarily high opinion of herself. Emma is also used to getting 'rather too much her own way' -or in fact far too much. Despite Emma's belief that she is wise in the affairs of the world, she is actually naïve, arrogant and wilful. Emma has a privileged position at the heart of Highbury society and not only rules her father's household (he is weak and excessively indulgent of her) but also her social circle. If Emma is to be forgiven for interfering in the love interests of Harriet, Robert Martin, Mr Elton and Frank Churchill then it is because she is bored and unchallenged. Perhaps it is not surprising that she should meddle in other people's affairs. What else is a young woman in her position supposed to do to pass the time? Whether readers sympathise with her or condemn her, what is clear is that her actions are used by Austen to create disruption in harmony-a key aspect of comedy. The narrative follows Emma’s movement from blindness and folly to an understanding of herself and an acknowledgement of her mistakes. Along her path to enlightenment, Emma learns many lessons but in keeping with a traditional comic ending she is finally rewarded with a deeper sense of happiness than she enjoyed at the start of the novel.  \nEducation and Learning  \n'Till the heroine grows up, the fun must be imperfect', wrote Austen to her niece Anna. Emma begins the novel believing that she knows it all, but she is emotionally and sexually naïve. For much of the novel, she has no personal interest in love because she believes she will never marry; her interest in the marriage stakes is vicarious, but in planning the marriages of others, she receives a series of shocks that cause her to confront her own folly and her own feelings. She misjudges the intentions of the social climber Mr Elton (how foolish it was to ever think that he would want to marry the illegitimate Harriet Smith); she fails to see that Frank ","cbCaifvKbykTtnDd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifvKbykTtnDd","pdf",171912,"English","# Aspects of comedy\n## Emma as Comic Heroine\n## Education and Learning\n## Disguise and duplicity","[{\"question\":\"What makes Emma a comedy of manners?\",\"answer\":\"Emma relies on deception, misunderstanding, and social maneuvering around courtship and marriage. 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