Family relationships
It is debatable whether family relationships are central to the novel
‘Emma’ and are indeed the foundations on which Highbury is built.
Families may be viewed as objects of satire, as those featured are a source of financial rather than emotional support. Throughout the novel, status is built upon class position, material possession and finance, its characters eager to display such ‘qualities’. This essay shall demonstrate the emphasis placed upon wealth and social status, identify and interpret corresponding family units, as well as explore the use of match-making and marital agreements.
The large proportion of families, contradict the perception that family relationships are the core of the novel and …show more content…
The discontinuation of the family name is an extremely strong suggestion that they cannot be deemed a family at all. For the two rarely come into contact; very much satirized in the novel and a subject of irony. Frank had never visited his father in his home and it is heavily suggested that Frank’s later residence is only because of the convenient location of his lover, Jane Fairfax, who is also situated in Highbury.
The evident weakness of family relationships within the discussed families can be used in contrast to some others, although the minority. The Bates’ for example, on the one hand struggle to regain their previous superior social status in Highbury. However on the other hand, demonstrate the close family unit that many financially superior family’s lack. For, the relationship between mother and daughter is clearly of great importance and the family have great admiration for their niece, bought up in caring, close, even though adoptive circumstances. The use of contrast between families in different financial situations is an example of Austen’s ridicule of the upper class. For, although they possess the common love of material possessions and money, they do not share the same intensity for love or their family relationships.
The emphasis placed upon material acquisition wealth and status- the true foundations of the Highbury society, can be found in the use of
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It is debatable whether family relationships are central to the novel
‘Emma’ and are indeed the foundations on which Highbury is built.
Families may be viewed as objects of satire, as those featured are a source of financial rather than emotional support. Throughout the novel, status is built upon class position, material possession and finance, its characters eager to display such ‘qualities’. This essay shall demonstrate the emphasis placed upon wealth and social status, identify and interpret corresponding family units, as well as explore the use of match-making and marital agreements.
The large proportion of families, contradict the perception that family relationships are the core of the novel and …show more content…
The discontinuation of the family name is an extremely strong suggestion that they cannot be deemed a family at all. For the two rarely come into contact; very much satirized in the novel and a subject of irony. Frank had never visited his father in his home and it is heavily suggested that Frank’s later residence is only because of the convenient location of his lover, Jane Fairfax, who is also situated in Highbury.
The evident weakness of family relationships within the discussed families can be used in contrast to some others, although the minority. The Bates’ for example, on the one hand struggle to regain their previous superior social status in Highbury. However on the other hand, demonstrate the close family unit that many financially superior family’s lack. For, the relationship between mother and daughter is clearly of great importance and the family have great admiration for their niece, bought up in caring, close, even though adoptive circumstances. The use of contrast between families in different financial situations is an example of Austen’s ridicule of the upper class. For, although they possess the common love of material possessions and money, they do not share the same intensity for love or their family relationships.
The emphasis placed upon material acquisition wealth and status- the true foundations of the Highbury society, can be found in the use of
social