After her incident on Box Hill, Emma takes some time to reflect and reevaluate herself. Additionally, she engages in some quick maneuvering and bold manipulating that Regency women were generally not capable of doing.
Austen uses free indirect discourse as a mode of narrating Emma’s consciousness and let readers experience life through Emma’s eyes. This technique of storytelling allows readers to see through Emma’s eyes.
What is Emma Argue?
Emma defends her position under Knightley’s watchful gaze, who challenges her to question gender binaries and the status quo. After the Box Hill incident, Emma undergoes an intensive self-evaluation; talking aloud with herself while engaging in internal dialogue that blends with those from third person narration in her mind in an effort to better comprehend herself and understand how she behaved.
Emma becomes close with Harriet Smith, a young lower-class woman staying at Mrs. Goddard’s school and thought to have no clear parents or status in society. Emma attempts to set Harriet up with Mr. Elton; unfortunately she fails to notice that Elton has more interest in himself.
As such, she attempts to help her friend by encouraging her not to pursue Robert Martin and convincing her that Mr. Elton will love her instead. By doing this, she assumes a masculine role and views her friend through his eyes as potential suitors.
Emma’s Strategy
Emma Argue with Principal Figgins disagreement is an example of the tension between individual rights and a school’s responsibility to maintain order in an educational setting, raising questions of effective conflict resolution and how policies contribute to creating healthy school environments.
After losing her class versus society argument, Emma pivots the discussion toward gender roles as an effective way of presenting her own point without losing face in front of Knightley. This brilliant move allows Emma to present her side without risking embarrassing loss of face for Knightley.
This alters Emma’s original misguided rant in a more appropriate context and shows she has learned from her errors. She realizes her pride-driven matchmaking has been wrong and promises to stop. This change of tack strengthens Emma’s character development while moving the plot in exciting directions, and reinforces Regency-era male superiority views. In addition, it showcases some real debating skills – which were often discouraged among Regency women during that era.
Emma’s Tactics
Emma stands out as an all-round fighter. She excels at both ground fighting and clinch grappling techniques and can wear down opponents through her relentless fighting style. Additionally, Emma packs a deceptive punch that often helps end fights quickly with just one blow.
Emma employs various persuasive techniques in her argumentation; these include appealing to emotions, appealing to authority and engaging in personal attacks against individuals. Furthermore, Emma utilizes fallacies such as straw man arguments and argumentum ad populum in her approach.
Emma’s actions in this scene prompt questions about the effectiveness of school administrators in responding to student concerns effectively, and highlight the necessity of effective conflict resolution within schools.
Emma’s Final Words
Emma has displayed impressive debating skills when discussing matters with Knightley, both to demonstrate them and move him away from areas where his arguments were weak. In doing so, she sidestepped pitfalls posed by an 18th century moral code while steering this conversation toward issues where she had solid ground.
In this story of two friends with unequal relationships and questionable judgment, we see Knightley’s sad disappointment versus Emma’s lively confusion as we witness their respective ways of handling things. Who would you prefer?
Emma Tig is a character from Legacies who serves as guidance counselor at Salvatore Boarding School. She holds a special place in her heart for Hope Mikaelson because of the psychology evaluation she conducted on her, believing that Salvatore Boarding School exists to offer a safe haven for people like Hope who have been mistreated in life and need relief. Emma provides comfort to both her students as well as caring deeply for those outside her immediate charge.