Examine the roles played by Harriet and Jane Fairfax in Emma
Jane Austen Emma has a wide range
of women characters. From the intelligent but deluded Emma to the simple,
garrulous, foolish but kind hearted Miss Beats, Jane Austen covers a wide
spectrum. Among women characters, Emma Wood house comes first and next come
Harriet Smith and Jane Fairfax act as foils in some way highlighting the
characters of the central figure Emma, either through comparison or contrast.
Never the less each of them is sympathetically portrayed and each has separate
existence an identity of her own.
Harriet Smith:
Jane Austen’s portrayal of
Harriet Smith as a simple pretty and somewhat stupid woman serve to highlight
Emma’s superior intelligence and also her high- handedness in taking control of
Harriet’s life. The circumstances of Harriet’s life her illegitimacy and her
lack of any real accomplishments leave her no option but to be happy in the
very sensible and appropriate match with Mr. Robert Martin. But sweet, docile
and timed Harriet consider it a great favour to be patronized by Emma and her
anxiety to please Emma, she sets aside her own inclinations and refuses Robert
Martin’s proposal at Emma’s behest.
Emma’s snobbery, her conceit, her
patronizing and interfacing attitude are all revealed in her relationship with
Harriet. Encouraged by Emma to have nations above her, Harriet has to face the
disappointment of losing both Elton and Mr. Knightly as prospective husbands
and eventually without the domineering influence of Emma is able her assent to
Robert Martin’s proposal. She is passive and docile and does not stand up to
Emma’s interference but this may be forgiven in view of her background.
Jane Austen portrays Harriet
Smith sympathetically and even Emma praises Harriet Smiths “true tendness of heart” which prevent her from blaming Emma for
any of her own disappointment. Harriet Smith is a realistic portrayal of the
simple, docile and somewhat stupid woman of poor circumstances and yet she
functions as a fail too. It is through her that much of Emma’s cleverness,
capacity to delude herself, high- handedness and snobbery are revealed................................................
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