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Jane Austen’s Humor in ‘Emma’ - Book vs. Film Review

Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse in 'Emma. (2020)'

The 2020 adaptation of Emma directed by Autumn de Wilde might just be the most precise when it comes to showcasing Jane Austen’s humor. It is often that when one mentions Jane Austen, they might think of words like “melodramatic” or “tragic”, when really if you’ve read the books you’d know that Austen’s works are considered moreover humorous with a touch of romance.

‘Emma’ is not only a part of my list of comfort films because it stars Anya Taylor-Joy, but because, unlike most classic adaptations, the film was able to feel light and not as if it were made with the intention of being overly sophisticated and serious.

Emma Woodhouse and Johnny Flynn as George Knightley

LOVE & HATE

My annotations on the book alone greatly prove how much of a love and hate relationship Mr. Knightley and Emma have, being that it is only filled with the colors red for conflict and pink for romance.

How could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates? How could you be so insolent in your wit to a woman of her character, age, and situation? – Emma, I had not thought it possible.

Page 364 of 'Emma' by Jane Austen

The “hating” part of their relationship feels natural and reasonable unlike some that may seem superficial if set outside of the fantasy genre.

It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr. Knightley must marry no one but herself!

Page 396 of 'Emma' by Jane Austen

While the heated arguments between Emma and Mr. Knightley had me re-enacting them and looking manically in my bedroom as I read, their signs of affection for each other were also consistent and displayed in several actions, letting there be a perfect balance of loathing and love all throughout and not only near the end when one finally confesses of their likeness.

MR KNIGHTLEY

What I love most about Austen’s writing is how her men are deemed attractive for their personalities and wit rather than for their physical appearances, and this is something that I might say almost every film adaptation has made sure to succeed in making clear.

“As a friend!” – repeated Mr Knightley. – “Emma, that I fear is a word. – No, I have no wish. – Stay, yes, why should I hesitate? – I have gone too far already for concealment. – Emma, I accept your offer – Extraordinary as it may seem, I accept it, and refer myself to you as my friend. – Tell me, then, have I no chance of ever succeeding?”

Page 416 of 'Emma' by Jane Austen

There were many things that the film was able to visualize better and re-envisioned than I could ever have just from reading between Austen’s lines. Aside from the humor that I sometimes find hard to decipher, Autumn de Wilde directed what I consider one of the most tension-filled dances I’ve yet to find in period cinema, and it will continually haunt me as the reason why I may forever remain uninvolved in romance due to highly set expectations.

Although there were pages that seemed awfully prolonged which I would have enjoyed more if worded much shorter, ‘Emma’ is one of the most exciting classic reads I’ve ever encountered and is one the books that doesn’t have you itching your mind almost every few pages for what the hell this sentence might mean.

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by Isobelle Cruz, 11/06/2022

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I was rewatching British movies whole weekend.

JANE x MR.ROCHESTER

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Anya Taylor-Joy wearing a Gabriela Hearst dress and Manolo Blahnik heels, shot by Frederike Helwig for Harper’s Bazaar ♡

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