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Is the narrator sympathetic to Emma, or critical?
- What is the significance of class in Emma?
- Is Mr Knightley seen as without fault? How does he compare in person and action to Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and Captain Wentworth in Persuasion?
- Is Emma’s treatment of Harriet always well-intended, or are there darker undercurrents at play?
- Could Emma be considered a feminist work? If so, in what ways?
- In what ways does Austen employ satire and humour in Emma, and is it always harmless?
- Are the frequent parties in Emma merely displays of social interaction, or do they represent significant character development?
- Do you really think Emma is a changed person at the end of the novel? Do we want her to change? Discuss
- Do the characters of Miss Bates and Mr Elton add any substance to the novel, or are they merely comic agents?
- Is Emma more endearing and human for her faults? Should the heroine of a romance be perfect?
- ‘3 or 4 families in a Country Village is the very thing to work on’ was the advice Jane Austen gave to a niece with literary aspirations. Is Emma an accurate portrait of tight provincial life?
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