emma

in her novel, Jane Austen employs the timelessly effectivecharacterisation agents of dialogue, action, and point of view to cleverly manipulate readers' emotions towards the characters. Austen is so successful in applying characterisation techniques that her story line and her influence on the reader's opinions, Austen's Mr. Elton In Emma, we esteem Mr. Elton to be highly respected and well established in the upper social circles ofHighbury because of his station as the vicar and his …

…at so much at a loss" (Austen151 Even in the movie Emma, the viewer observes that Mr. Elton conducts himself in comparable manner to the literaryMr. Elton and possibly in a more effective manner due to his snobbish attitude that can be expressed by the emphatic action of his body language. Jane Austen's superior use of dialogue and character action are reflected in the insightful understanding that the reader acquires about Mr. Elton. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**