Line #28 Funny/Emma


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3	For the wrestler, see [[Funny/TenilleDashwood here]].
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5	!!The Novel
6	* Mr. Perry, an apothecary of Highbury, acknowledges to Mr. Woodhouse that wedding-cake can be too heavy to be eaten and might disagree with many, though it seems rather against his bias of inclination. Mr. Woodhouse takes it for granted that Mr Perry himself would not touch it, yet this follows:
7	--> There was a strange rumour in Highbury of all the little Perrys being seen with a slice of Mrs. Weston's wedding-cake in their hands: but Mr. Woodhouse would never believe it.
8	* Emma feels the Coles have been getting too confident lately, considering themselves on equal footing with the first families in town. She finally feels they've crossed the line when she hears of their plans to host a party, and she cannot stand the thought of being insulted with the expectation she would attend, so she plans to put them in their place by refusing their invitation. Well, the invitations go out... and she doesn't get one. [[note]]Yes, she eventually gets one later, but that does not detract from the preceding comedy over her initial reaction.[[/note]]
9	* When Emma hosts a party for Mrs. Elton, Mr. John Knightley is also present because he has just happened to bring his two eldest sons to stay with their grandpapa and Aunt Emma. Mr. John Knightley is concerned that they might be too much for her, and then there is a hilarious exchange between Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Mr. John Knightley, which amuses Mr. Knightley a great deal. However, narrator's sly comment at the end of the chapter takes the cake:
10	-->''Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.''
11	* Emma pays a visit to Mrs. and Miss Bates, during which [[MotorMouth Miss Bates]] eagerly insists on reading her a letter from Jane Fairfax. Miss Bates spends so long ''describing'' the contents of the letter that she never gets to the actual ''reading'' of it.
12	* There's a subtle hint early on that Mrs. Bates' deafness might be just a little selective when Miss Bates says that she sometimes has to repeat herself two or three times, but Mrs. Bates can always hear Jane just fine.
13	* When Emma goes to visit the Bateses after being blindsided by Mr. Elton's proposal, she finds that even Miss Bates could see that he was after her and not Harriet. Her mental face-palm is almost palpable.
14	* At the climax, Mr. Knightley's emotions are expressed this way: Emma is low and dejected. ("Frank Churchill is a villain!") Emma never felt anything for Frank. ("Frank Churchill is not so bad.") Emma loves Mr. Knightley. ("Can't think of Frank Churchill right now, but he's probably a very good sort of fellow.")
15	* The LemonyNarrator gets in some good snark. For instance, when Emma meditates on Harriet's good heart and thinks that "to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness could be more for her own welfare than all that genius and intelligence could do," the narration quickly disperses the idea:
16	-->'''Narrator:''' "It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant..."
17	* Mr. Weston and Mrs. Elton get into a conversation at one point. It consists largely of them wrestling the subject back to their own pet interests whenever it's their turn to talk--as soon as Mr. Weston speaks he starts talking about his son, and Mrs. Elton always brings it back to her rich sister.
18	* After spending a day in London on business, Mr. Weston stops at Hartfield to join the card-party before going home. The introverted John Knightley observes this in shock, silently but absolutely scandalized that a man could have social obligations all day and then ''voluntarily continue to socialize'' after the obligations are done.
19	--> "[to himself] I could not have believed it even of ''him.''"
20	* Mrs. Weston says that Mr. Knightley's way of dealing with Miss Bates' chatter would probably be just to keep talking over it in a a louder voice. Later on, we see him pay a call to the Bates' home, and this is exactly what he does.
21	* Harriet, believing herself in love with Mr. Knightley, happily confides several instances between them which she believes as proof of his requited feelings for her - to ''Emma''.
22	--> “I never should have presumed to think of it at first,” said she, “but for you. [[InnocentlyInsensitive You told me to observe him carefully, and let his behaviour be the rule of mine — and so I have.]] But now I seem to feel that I may deserve him; and that if he does chuse me, it will not be any thing so very wonderful.”
23	--> The bitter feelings occasioned by this speech, the many bitter feelings, made the utmost exertion necessary on Emma’s side, to enable her to say on reply,
24	--> “Harriet, I will only venture to declare, [[ExactWords that Mr. Knightley is the last man in the world, who would intentionally give any woman the idea of his feeling for her more than he really does.”]]
25	* Emma contemplating Mr. Elton's AssholeVictim status InUniverse, as it allows her not to feel too bad over rejecting him.
26	--> It was a great consolation that Mr. Elton should not be really in love with her, or so particularly amiable as to make it shocking to disappoint him.
27	* Emma, after learning the truth of Frank Churchill (who she believes Harriet loves) and his being engaged to Jane Fairfax is angry with herself for her jumping to the wrong conclusion. "If she could not have been angry with Frank Churchill too, it would have been dreadful."
28	* Mr Knightley politely and definitely rejecting Mrs. Elton's offers of assistance when he invites them to Donwell.
29	--> '''Mrs. Elton:''' Pray be sincere, Knightley. If you wish me to talk to Mrs. Hodges, or to inspect anything—
30	--> '''Mr. Knightley:''' I have not the least wish for it, I thank you.
31	* Mrs Elton is very happy to lead the way at Donwell, and the conversation. The narration (talking from Emma's perspective) lets her go on and on, only paying attention to the occasional word or phrase. Mrs. Elton starts off insisting she loves strawberries and is never tired of gathering them - only to rather lose her vigour as the morning wears on and it gets hotter and hotter and finally come to an end with, "glaring sun — tired to death — could bear it no longer — must go and sit in the shade.”
32	* When Emma and Mr Knightley are joking around, and he says it must be better for Mrs Weston to have only one to please rather than two. Emma in jest agrees - "Especially when one of those two is such a fanciful, troublesome creature!" She's talking about herself but her father assumes she means him and agrees that he is sometimes very fanciful and troublesome.
33	* The entire MistakenForRomancefiasco surrounding Mr. Knightley and Jane Fairfax. Mrs. Weston first brings it up to Emma at the Coles', and Emma is horrified by the possibility because... then her nephew wouldn't inherit Donwelll! (Readers: {{facepalm}}) Emma seizes an opportunity to probe Mr. Knightley himself on the subject several chapters later, and he turns bright red (while being very focused on buttoning his gaiters) but wonders what took her so long when Mr. Cole came to the same conclusion 6 weeks ago. Mrs. Weston gives Emma the foot-nudge-under-the-table move, but she doesn't need to say anything else anyway because Mr. Knightley wants to make it ''very'' clear to Emma that there is NOTHING between him and Jane Fairfax. Mrs. Weston's conclusion? His denial is proof that he's in love with Jane Fairfax! (Readers: INeedAFreakingDrink...)
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35	!!1996 film
36	* The archery scene: "Try not to kill my dogs."
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38	!!2009 series
39	* Emma's reaction to Mr. Elton's complimenting Harriet's (extremely sloppy) painting:
40	-->'''Emma:''' "Oh, my. He really must be in love!"
41	* Mr. Knightley remarks that Mr. Elton is so full of himself it's a wonder he can stay on the horse.
42	* Emma's long rant over Mrs. Elton upon first meeting her. She walks from home, through the town, and back, muttering angrily to herself all the while:
43	-->'''Emma:''' "Knightley! She calls him 'Knightley'! I've known him all my life and ''I'' don't call him that!"
44	* The general reaction to old Mrs. Churchill's death. John Knightley coldly but accurately points out that nobody liked her while she was alive, and he doesn't know why they should have to be sad; his wife makes a token disagreement but says it is very ''interesting''. The Westons and Emma, meanwhile, try very hard to react properly and fail utterly.
45	-->'''Emma:''' I am so very happy at this... dreadful news!
46	* Just one scene after she ecstatically accepts his proposal, Emma bursts into Knightley's office, sobbing that she can never marry him in spite of her feelings, and runs away, leaving him bewildered.
47	* This GilliganCut:
48	-->'''Emma:''' (discussing the Box Hill party) "It shall be an intimate gathering and we shall only invite people we like!"
49	-->''Cut to:''
50	-->'''[[{{Jerkass}} Mrs. Elton:]]''' "Box Hill! What marvelous idea!"
51	* When Harriet melodramatically declares that she resolves never to marry, Emma offers this wry observation:
52	-->'''Emma:''' "Oh! This is a new philosophy."
53	* After Mr. Elton reveals that he never loved Harriet, who does he marry? [[DramaticIrony Someone who looks]] ''[[ReplacementGoldfish exactly like her]]''.

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