【正文】 1 Introduction to Jane Austen and Emma1 Literature Review3 2. Emma’s major character flaws4 Selfish and Snobbish4 2 2 Conservative and Subjective5 Conceited and Meddling6 Lazy and Jealous6 3. The cause of Emma’s character flaws7 Family reasons7 A type of conservative lifestyle7 The people around her8 Some phenomena of the society8 4. Conclusion9 Referencesiii Acknowledgementsiv i Abstract Emma is the heroine of one of the novels written by Jane Austen (17751817) who is among the most widely read writers in English literature. In the novel, also named Emma, Austen portrayed Emma as a young, pretty and smart gentlewoman, yet she was not a perfect or flawless character. She dose not seem to have any sense of her own limitations. Her selfconceit , meddling,subjective and selfish nature are her most fatal character flaws. In this article, we will give a detailed analysis of Emma39。對本論文所涉及的研究工作做出貢獻(xiàn)的其他個人和集體，均已在文中以明確的方式標(biāo)明。 論文初稿 外國語學(xué)院 092 班 白怡玲 聯(lián)系電話： 18993088223 BACHELOR’S DEGREE THESIS OF LAN ZHOU CITY UNICITY An Analysis of Emma’s Character Flaws College : School of Foreign Languages Subject : English Name : Bai Yiling Directed by : Luo Guibao Professor June 2020 鄭 重 聲 明 本人呈交的學(xué)位論文，是在導(dǎo)師的指導(dǎo)下，獨(dú)立進(jìn)行研究工作所取得的成果，所有數(shù)據(jù)、圖片資料真實(shí)可靠。盡我所知，除文中已經(jīng)注明引用的內(nèi)容外，本學(xué)位論文的研究成果不包含他人享有著作權(quán)的內(nèi)容。本學(xué)位論文的知識產(chǎn)權(quán)歸屬于培養(yǎng)單位。s flaws supported by various incidents as the novel progresses. We will also find out the major factors that contribute to develop these character flaws, which are the negative effects caused on her by people very close to her,the conservative lifestyle and also the society of her time. Key words: Jane Austen,Emma,character flaws ii 摘要 簡奧斯丁 (17751817)所寫的小說中的愛瑪是小說中的女主角之一，在英國文學(xué)中，她的作品最受歡迎同時也被人們廣泛閱讀。但她并不具有完美的性格。她的自負(fù)，好管閑事，主觀和自私的本性是她最致命的性格缺陷。正是我們所指出的愛瑪是受她身邊的人，保守的生活方式以及她所生活的社會 因素的負(fù)面影響，從而進(jìn)一步促成了她性格缺陷的形成和發(fā)展。s a gentleman. Emma soon dismisses Frank as a potential suitor and imagines him as a match for ,Frank loves Jane. Emma worries that Harriet will be crushed, but she soon discovers that it is Knightley, not Frank, who is the object of Harriet’s affection. But Emma finds herself upset by Harriet’s revelation, and her distress forces her to realize that she is in love with Knightley. Emma expects Knightley to tell her he loves Harriet, but, to her delight, Knightley declares his love for Emma. Harriet is soon forted by a second proposal from Robert Martin, which she accepts. The novel ends with the marriage of Harriet and Mr. Martin and that of Emma and Mr. Knightley, resolving the question of who loves 3 whom after all. Emma Woodhouse, the protagonist of the story, is a beautiful, highspirited, intelligent, and 39。 spoiled young woman of the age of twenty. Her mother died when she was very young, and she has been mistress of the house ever since, certainly since her older sister got married. Although intelligent, she lacks the necessary discipline to practice or study anything in depth. She is portrayed as very passionate to the poor, but at the same time has a strong sense of class. Her affection for and patience towards her hypochondriac father are also noteworthy. While she is in many ways mature for her age, Emma makes some serious mistakes, mainly due to her conviction that she is always right and her lack of real world experience. Although she has vowed she will never ever marry, she delights in making matches for others. She seems unable to fall in love, until jealousy makes her realize that she has loved Mr. Knightley all along. Although Emma is widely regarded as a beautiful, intelligent, highlyspirited and rich young woman, but the readers can also discover her numerous character flaws along the way. She is also considered as a selfish, snobbish and selfconceited person in some ways. A bination of these characters makes Emma as vivid and realistic as an ordinary person living around us today. This article will analyze four main factors that contribute to Emma39。s six novels and claims that Emma is the most plex and the best of them. In modern times, the novel is still studied by many scholars, and they mainly focus on