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How does Austen portray Emma's character in Volume One of the novel?

Jane Austen, the author of Emma uses volume one to present to the reader the main character of the novel, Emma. To achieve this, she uses a full range of techniques to convey her physical and mental description of Emma to the reader. She therefore presents Emma in a very pejorative way, except in a few rare conditions. She is portrayed as selfish and having an extremely high opinion of herself but also as being manipulative and dominant over most of the characters in her entourage. She presents these different facets of Emma's character through a very specific choice of language. To see these different aspects of Emma's character, we will first study how Emma presents herself to the reader through her behaviour toward the society around her, her actions, but also what she says and the way in which he does it. We will then depict Emma's character through the other character of volume one, how the achieve to......

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