Jane Austen was a very influential writer in the nineteenth century; she has never faded from popular opinion or discussions. Many of Austen’s novels, such as Emma, have been reimagined into films, enabling her to reach many different audiences through different interpretations. Emma is a beautiful novel about a young woman who is convinced that she will never marry; she does, however, what to help whoever she can in this matter. Once she deems herself successful in matching Miss Taylor, “less a governess than a friend” (Austen 5), with the widowed Mr. Weston, Emma seems unable to think of anything else except matchmaking. However, once Miss Taylor leaves, Emma seeks a new companion; “she decides to notice this girl and carry out a friendly arrangement” (Minma 50). She focuses on finding her new friend and companion an eligible match. Emma is convinced that Harriet deserves a gentleman as a husband, someone far better then Robert Martin, a farmer who is “good humored
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Consequently, they are held in contempt for their "low origin" and regarded as "only moderately genteel"; whereas the Weston’s, the avowed admirers of Emma, are counted among the "regular and best families" in Highbury and so considered on an equal footing with the Knightley’s and the Woodhouse’s (207). In the case of Elton, Emma 's estimate drastically changes. At first Elton is also included, together with Mr. Knightley and the Weston’s, among "the chosen and the best" (20); indeed, during the period when he earns Emma 's favor by his obsequious attentions, he is described as "quite the gentleman himself ... without low connections" (35). After showing "presumption" by his courtship of Emma herself, however, he is relegated to being a nobody (Minma 55, qtd. Austen 166, 207, 20,
Consequently, they are held in contempt for their "low origin" and regarded as "only moderately genteel"; whereas the Weston’s, the avowed admirers of Emma, are counted among the "regular and best families" in Highbury and so considered on an equal footing with the Knightley’s and the Woodhouse’s (207). In the case of Elton, Emma 's estimate drastically changes. At first Elton is also included, together with Mr. Knightley and the Weston’s, among "the chosen and the best" (20); indeed, during the period when he earns Emma 's favor by his obsequious attentions, he is described as "quite the gentleman himself ... without low connections" (35). After showing "presumption" by his courtship of Emma herself, however, he is relegated to being a nobody (Minma 55, qtd. Austen 166, 207, 20,