Character List Emma Woodhouse: Emma Woodhouse is the heroine of the novel. She is twenty-one years old and "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition" (Austen 1). One would expect her to be somewhat mature, because she has been the head of the household since her mother died long ago and her sister Isabella had been married. Nevertheless, only when taking care of her father she truly appears grown-up, since she is …showed first 75 words of 1518 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1518 total…seem distressed at all once Emma breaks the news to Harriet that Mr. Knightley, Harriet's new love, will soon marry Emma. As both women decide to not meet each other anymore as often, it is probably the best decision that Harriet has made so far in her still young life. Thrown into the independence of the real world, she finally finds true happiness as she marries Mr. Martin, who had proposed to her again.