The Opening: Quotations Flashcards
1
Q
What are two quotes that embody Emma’s initial egotistical nature?
A
“Miss Taylor married.”
“How was she to bear the change?”
2
Q
What is the first line of the novel?
A
“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich”
3
Q
What, regarding Hartfield, makes Emma powerful?
A
‘mistress of his house’
4
Q
What is the first bit of subtle foreshadowing included by Austen?
A
“ seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence”
5
Q
What are Emma’s flaws described as by Austen?
A
“real evils”
6
Q
What are Emma’s two flaws?
A
“and a disposition to think a little too well of herself”
“ too much her own way”
