"Social Characteristics of Women in Jane Austen's Emma" Studying Emma, Miss Bates and Mrs. Elton

A Woman's Society in Emma The social order of women is an extremely debated subject. Jane Austen has a clear picture of a woman's power and her ability to use that power. She feels that power is a necessary part of a male society. Emma written by Jane Austen shows her understanding of the roles of women in a social context. The Highbury society judges women by their wealth, good connections and marriage status in …showed first 75 words of 1085 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1085 total…marriage. Each has her own faults and perfections that make up this socially extensive novel of Jane Austen's Emma. Bibliography 1. Austen, Jane. Emma. Berkshire: Oxford, 1998. 2. Delany, Paul. Professing Literature. Course home page. August 1996- December 1996. Dept. of English, Simon Fraser University. 4, December 2003http://www.sfu.ca/~delany/courses pst. (it is in 322Emma link) 3. Monaghan, David. Jane Austen in A Social Context. Totowa: Barnes and Noble, 1981 4. Pinion, F.B. A Jane Austen Companion. London: Macmillan, 1973