As we follow Emma’s Journey throughout Jane Austen’s novel, we see Emma as a matchmaker and then as herself. “Beautiful, clever and wealthy she fancies herself a master-matchmaker and sets in motion a laundry list of schemes to pair off Highbury residents.” (McGill 1) Emma is a beautiful young woman, but she is careless when it comes to finding love. She is more concerned with matching up people who she believes should be together. Emma hurts many people when she plays the role of a matchmaker. In Tave’s article he compares Emma to a lonely astronomer who thought he controlled the weather. (Tave 11) Emma does not think she controls the weather, but she does believe that she controls the people of Highbury. She does not only believe she controls the people, but Emma also thinks she controls their relationships. Emma does not appear a true matchmaker because she is pairing up people who she thinks should be together. In Austenesque Review, it shows that Emma is not talented matchmaker. It also shows that she makes frequent mistakes and does not understand the people around her. “Emma’s joy in being first is part of what makes her such an exhilaratin...
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