Is Jane Austen concerned with morals in her novels. Do the main characters have to make choices and do they have responsibilities and obligations? If so, to whom? What part does religion play in her novels?
I think Jane Austen is only a little bit concerned with morals in her novel Emma. It seems as if morals were different back then, such as marrying within your class would be a moral thing to do. Another moral from the story is to treat everyone with respect, no matter who they are or what their past is. Today’s philosophy of that nature seems more like the golden rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – which may not always be the best thing if it turns out to be negative. Jane Austen doesn’t have too many obvious morals in Emma.
In any story, characters have to make choices about their daily lives. Emma is no different. Many of the main characters in the novel have to make choices about whom they like and who they spend their time with. Several make the choice to propose or get married. They have responsibilities and obligations in the house, with their friends, and to their social class. In the early 19th century it was important for one to marry within their social class, and that obligation was rarely broken.
I do not think religion played a big part in Emma. There were hardly any (if any at all) mentions of church or religion.
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I think Jane Austen is only a little bit concerned with morals in her novel Emma. It seems as if morals were different back then, such as marrying within your class would be a moral thing to do. Another moral from the story is to treat everyone with respect, no matter who they are or what their past is. Today’s philosophy of that nature seems more like the golden rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – which may not always be the best thing if it turns out to be negative. Jane Austen doesn’t have too many obvious morals in Emma.
In any story, characters have to make choices about their daily lives. Emma is no different. Many of the main characters in the novel have to make choices about whom they like and who they spend their time with. Several make the choice to propose or get married. They have responsibilities and obligations in the house, with their friends, and to their social class. In the early 19th century it was important for one to marry within their social class, and that obligation was rarely broken.
I do not think religion played a big part in Emma. There were hardly any (if any at all) mentions of church or religion.
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