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Situational Irony
Chapter 30
Explanation and Analysis:
Emma is written in the third-person omniscient point of view, meaning the narrator knows various characters' thoughts and feelings, though they spend the most time with Emma (and, to a much lesser extent, Knightley). Throughout the novel, Austen uses a technique called “free indirect discourse,” whereby Emma’s thoughts and the third person omniscient narrator’s commentary tend to merge, such as in the following passage from Chapter 30 when Emma reflects on Frank’s feelings for her:
He stopt again, rose again, and seemed quite embarrassed.—He was more in love with her than Emma had supposed; and who can say how it might have ended, if his father had not made his appearance? Mr. Woodhouse soon followed; and the necessity of exertion made him composed.
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Chapter 53
Explanation and Analysis:
Emma is written in the third-person omniscient point of view, meaning the narrator knows various characters' thoughts and feelings, though they spend the most time with Emma (and, to a much lesser extent, Knightley). Throughout the novel, Austen uses a technique called “free indirect discourse,” whereby Emma’s thoughts and the third person omniscient narrator’s commentary tend to merge, such as in the following passage from Chapter 30 when Emma reflects on Frank’s feelings for her:
Unlock with LitCharts A+He stopt again, rose again, and seemed quite embarrassed.—He was more in love with her than Emma had supposed; and who can say how it might have ended, if his father had not made his appearance? Mr. Woodhouse soon followed; and the necessity of exertion made him composed.
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