Emma characters

Emma Woodhouse

Emma Woodhouse is a well-educated, wealthy woman with nice appearance. It is how we can see the main character and heroine of the novel Emma by Jane Austen. For now, Emma seems to be very simply structured and is therefore initially unsuitable as a heroine, as it seems to discourage the...

Mr. George Knightley

Mr. Knightley, a sensible gentleman of approximately thirty-seven years old. He was not only an old and close friend of the Woodhouse family but even had a relationship with them. He lived a mile from Highbury and was a frequent visitor who was always welcomed. He is a longtime friend and reliable...

Jane Fairfax

Jane Fairfax is the main character in the novel. She is the only person who envies Emmy Woodhouse for her success and beauty. She married Frank Churchill after a long and secret engagement. Jane Fairfax is the orphan who grew up with her aunt, Miss Bates, and Grandma Mrs. Bates, but she was always...

Frank Churchill

Emma thought that knowing so many flattering words has been said in his favor. The young man was very handsome: his height, posture, manners were immaculate, his expression was the same inspiration and vivacity as his father had in his eyes and insight. “Your amiable young man is a very...

Mr. Woodhouse

In the novel, the majority of characters are serious about judgment and decency. Some characters are wrong, some have ambiguity in their behavior, and most characters experience change or growth throughout the story. Mr. Woodhouse is not one of those characters. Reading the novel, we can notice...