Jane Austen And Tom Jones

In today 's society, marriage is a significant bond that must be on the basis of love and understanding. Marriage is a relationship described as more for love and emotion rather than convenience or money. Through the experience of Lydia and Wickham, Charlotte and Collins, and Elizabeth and Darcy, Austen criticizes marriages based on infatuation, convenience and money, and emphasizes that marriage can only be successful if they are founded on mutual love.

Jane Austen begins the novel Emma by stating, “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence, and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her” (1) immediately giving readers the impression that Emma is a young woman whom the readers should respect and grow to love throughout the novel. As we continue reading, however, we learn that while Emma has a good reputation and a circle of people who love her and want the best for her, she is extremely flawed. In the article, The Darkness in Emma, Anita Soloway states, “for Emma, beauty, cleverness, and wealth prove to be mixed blessings at best, for they foster the conceit of arrogance that lead her to hurt others and threaten her own happiness” (86) which ties into my argument that Emma’s good reputation is not necessarily based on her character, but instead, the lifestyle she lives, which is a similar concept for Tom in Tom Jones.

Through the use of complex and dynamic characters, Austen brings to life the harmful nature of a quick judgemental mindset and steadfast pride. This novel also illustrates the struggle that women have faced as they move toward social equality. As this novel ages through the years, it shows the history of social ranking based on connections. Furthermore, while its characters may age, the values and lessons of equality and graciousness do

As the novel progresses, Tom transforms from this selfish nature to become a caring person. Several examples of this transformation are seen throughout various chapters. When the Joads are traveling west to California with the Wilson’s, Tom offers to help them when their car breaks down. “Tom said nervously, ‘Look Al. I done my time, an’ now it’s done… Let’s jus’ try an’ get a con-rod an’ the hell with the res’ of it.’” Tom is showing a little more care for other people’s problems, however, he still has a selfish side because he still does not regret killing a man. He knew he had to pay for it by going to prison, but he still believes he did nothing wrong by taking a man’s life. By offering to help out with the Wilson’s’ car, he is on his way to becoming a less selfish person. As the book draws to a close, Tom stumbles upon Jim Casy again, who is murdered in front of his own eyes. As a result, he is thrown into a silent rage and kills another man which causes him to hide in the forest. He realizes that he is a danger to his family, so he sacrifices his safety in order for his family to be safe. ‘“Ya can’t do that, Ma. I tell you I’m jus’ a danger to ya,”’ (391). There is a clear transition from Tom acting selfish at the beginning of the book to him acting completely selfless at the end. This selflessness also contributed to him being a figure committed to bettering the

In the novel, Jane Austen also states that "The real evils indeed of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself."

At the beginning of the book Tom has just been released from prison after being in there for killing a man in a fight. Tom feels he was just defending himself. He is in denial, because he feels he did nothing wrong, and he would do it again if he came in contact with the same problem again. His morals made him feel the killing was justified and not unreasonable in any way what so ever. Those morals were imprinted on him by his family.

He’s always playing hooky. However, he’s also saving lives, such as Muff Potter’s. He tries to teach Huck the ways of robbers and pirates, all the while trying to get him to go back to the Widow’s and live in society. Most readers are familiar with his mischievous deeds, though we shouldn’t forget about when Becky rips the teacher’s anatomy book. Tom took accountability for tearing it when Ms. Dobbins’ urged the culprit to come clean. Though this brings more uncertainty, as there are some hints that Tom was still getting pleasure from taking the blame, such as when the book states that the adoration in Becky’s eyes is so valuable that it is worth one thousand floggings from Ms. Dobbins. These examples are some of the main reasons for the disarray in Tom’s

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, she has specific criteria that her characters follow when choosing their mates. In today’s society, most couples still follow these criteria and more when choosing their ideal mate. What are these important criteria that Austen’s characters consider when choosing a mate? For Austen, the important criteria that she has for choosing a mate are that couples are personally compatible, they are in love with each other, and they must have a good moral character.

Emma, is the story of the education and growth process of Emma. Throughout majority of the novel, Emma involves herself in bad situations in which she misconstrues facts and blinds herself from the truth, at the expense of others. After Emma has discovered that she has been terribly wrong about Mr. Elton, and she was mistaken to encourage Harriet's affection of him, Emma says, "It was foolish, it was wrong to take so active a part in bringing two people together, it was adventuring too far, assuming too much, making light of what ought to be serious- a trick of what ought to be simple!." Emma

Emma acting as a patroness to Harriet is of itself not unusual, since women’s patronage to women was common. However, Emma oversteps her authority by breaching the carefully maintained class structure in presuming Harriet to be of a higher social rank than she truly is “There can be no doubt of your being a gentleman’s daughter, and

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her” (Austen 3). The opening words of Jane Austen’s Emma served to highlight the rest of the novel’s themes concerning social class rankings. As the heroine of the story, Emma Woodhouse represented all the benefits that came with her high social standing. In nineteenth-century England, the issue of social status and rank pervaded everyday life and determined almost everything about a person. Social status in regards to marriage greatly affected one’s options, and society only deemed marriages within one’s social class as “suitable.” In her novel Emma, Jane Austen illustrated the nature of nineteenth-century social classes by introducing diverse characters and used Emma’s errors in judgement to satirize preoccupation with social class.

Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby are two very intresting novels which are very eye opening to one about how society is and the main message I got especially from Jane Eyre is that money is not always the answer to personal happiness and love. Both novels believed in moral convinction where you believe in one viewbook and it does not change for the better or worse.

Jane Austen, a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels once said, “there is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” I would have to completely agree with Austen. We should love our true friends and do anything for them. No matter the size of the messes is that they make.

After this has occurred, Emma now undertakes to consider seriously what she has done to Harriet her friend. She regrets having talked Harriet into being attached to Mr. Elton because she does not think Harriet would ever have considered getting married to him were it not for her persuading her to accept his proposal. She now realizes the results of her attempting to connect the two. She concludes that it is not the best thing to do to take such a great effort in trying to bring two people together. She had adventured too far, assumed too much and taken lightly a matter that required seriousness. She had made tricky something simple. She had a deep concern and shame and she resolved never to do such a thing again. It is significant how the attitude of Emma towards match-making changes as she tries as the novel begins, she considers match-making to be one of the greatest amusements in the world, taking it as a

Benjamin Disraeliance once said, "Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed". This quote exemplifies that viewpoints can always have a sudden shift at any point of time, but a persons moral qualities must be established over time. In Jane Austen 's novel, Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet is the main character who is a lady in the Regency Era. Elizabeth lives in Longbourn with her parents, Mr and Mrs Bennet and her four sisters. In the beginning of the novel, Elizabeth 's prejudice mindset and strong opinion blinds her from realizations happening around her. Soon, Elizabeth 's prejudice disappears allowing her to open up and fall in love. Throughout Jane Austen 's novel, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth