(By Aryavart International University, India)
Iman Saud Dhannoon
Vol. 15 Jan-Jun 2023
Abstract:
Before the emergence of the feminist theory during the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, women witnessed oppression, depression, and frustration in their lives. Women rights were robbed, gender was dealt with injustice, and the voice of women was very low in society. Therefore, writers, like Jane Austen managed to publish about women challenges in life and translate their publications. The aim is to raise the status of women and present their roles as equal as men. In Austen’s novels we find a skillful description to the thoughts and feelings of people, examining the English social structure depending on the analysis of the self from the inner point of view. Women are seen as completely educated, mature, having freedom to work, and able to express themselves by choosing their sharers. The focus of the research is on Austen’s Emma and the main characters in the novel. The current paper aims to identify the features and aspects of feminism found in Emma and to show the influences of feminism on the experience of the protagonists in life; marriage and social relationships.