History Heartwarming / Emma

** Just before that Mr. Knightley has another rather sweet moment when he notices Jane is getting tired from singing and tells her to stop, even when the others plead for one last song. Miss Bates, anxious for her niece, is very grateful.

* Mr Knightley's opinion of Harriet starts off as rather low; he considered her a simple-minded flatterer and a very wrong sort of friend for the clever, self-assured Emma. However, after they dance together, he makes an effort to become acquaintances with her and later at Donwell Emma finds the two of them in pleasant conversation as he tells her about the agriculture of the estate. When he brings Emma the news that she and Martin are engaged, he describes her warmly as "an artless, amiable girl" with both good notions and good principles, and expresses his confidence that she will make a good wife for Mr. Martin.

* Mr Knightley's opinion of Harriet at that point is rather low; he considered her an ignorant flatterer and a very wrong sort of friend for the clever, self-assured Emma. However, after they dance together, he makes an effort to become acquaintances with her and later at Donwell Emma finds the two of them in pleasant conversation as he tells her about the agriculture of the estate. When he brings Emma the news that she and Martin are engaged, he describes her warmly as "an artless, amiable girl" with both good notions and good principles, and expresses his confidence that she will make a good wife for Mr. Martin.

* The alfresco strawberry picking party at Donwell Abbey. It radiates heart-warmth. Mr. Knightley's estate is a paradise in England. The abundance of strawberries and orchard trees in bloom -- oddly unseasonal for June -- but it fits to the idea of pastoral countryside.

* Mr. Knightley playing with his nieces and nephews. He's a fun uncle who adores them and they love him in turn. Similarly, Emma is a great and loving aunt. The line about her telling her nephews John and Henry a story about Harriet and gypsies and how they corrected her every time she deviated from her original account is very sweet and very accurate. Children always correct the narrators if their stories vary even in the slightest.

* Emma caring for her father. You'd think a spirited, energetic young woman would resent having to structure her life around taking care of a hypochondriac father, but Emma loves him absolutely and actually enjoys spending time with him and keeping him happy. [[spoiler: Even when she's engaged to Mr. Knightley, she utterly refuses to marry him if it means leaving her father. He decides to move in with her instead so that they can both take care of Mr. Woodhouse.]]
* Mr. Knightley's comment to Emma during the ball that she would have picked a better wife for Mr. Elton than he had picked for himself, partially vindicating Emma's attachment to Harriet in the process.
* Despite professing a dislike of dancing, and having privately expressed his doubts of Harriet Smith, Mr. Knightley asks her to dance after seeing Mr. Elton publicly snub her. In the 2009 version, he very pointedly crosses the room to do so. This act completely wins over Emma, who was becoming quite distressed at her friend's sitting alone despite being caught up in a very energetic dance.
* Emma and Knightley's conversation after this, where she says his "secret" has been revealed and asks him to ask her to dance the next.
* While Miss Bates's situation is a tearjerker, her response to it is this trope; she's an almost absurdly happy woman who considers herself perfectly contended and fortunate to have her mother, her niece, and her many, many friends and acquaintances. She's easily the worst-off character in the book, but she's also probably the most cheerful.
* After all his fickleness and deception earlier in the novel, it's very sweet to see Frank absolutely ''gushing'' over [[spoiler: Jane Fairfax]] after their secret is revealed, reassuring the reader that, despite all his faults, he's honestly crazy about her.

* The alfresco strawberry picking party at Donwell Abbey. It radiates heart-warmth. Mr Knightley's estate is a paradise in England. The abundance of strawberries and orchard trees in bloom -- oddly unseasonal for June -- but it fits to the idea of pastoral countryside.

* Mr Knightley playing with his nieces and nephews. He's a fun uncle who adores them and they love him in turn. Similarly, Emma is a great and loving aunt. The line about her telling her nephews John and Henry a story about Harriet and gypsies and how they corrected her every time she deviated from her original account is very sweet and very accurate. Children always correct the narrators if their stories vary even in the slightest.

* Emma's caring for her father. You'd think a spirited, energetic young woman would resent having to structure her life around taking care of a hypochondriac father, but Emma loves him absolutely and actually enjoys spending time with him and keeping him happy. [[spoiler: Even when she's engaged with Mr. Knightly, she utterly refuses to marry him if it means leaving her father. He decides to move in with her instead so that they can both take care of Mr. Woodhouse.]]
* Mr. Knightly's comment to Emma during the ball that she would have picked a better wife for Mr. Elton than he had picked for himself, partially vindicating Emma's attachment to Harriet in the process.
* While Miss Bate's situation is a tearjerker, her response to it is this trope; she's an almost absurdly happy woman who considers herself perfectly contended and fortunate to have her mother, her niece, and her many, many friends and acquaintances. She's easily the worst-off character in the book, but she's also probably the most cheerful.

* Mr. Knightly's comment to Emma during the ball that she would have picked a better wife for Mr. Elton than he had picked for himself.

* All of Emma and Jane's interactions near the end of the book. They may not have a chance to be the friends they ought to have been, but they make as good a beginning as possible.

* Emma's caring for her father. You'd think a spirited, energetic young woman would resent having to structure her life around taking care of a hypochondriac father, but Emma loves him absolutely and actually enjoys spending time with him and keeping him happy. [[spoiler: Even when she's engaged with Mr. Knightly, she utterly refuses to marry him if it means leaving her father. He decides to move in with her instead so that they can both take care of Mr. Wodhouse.]]

* Mr Knightley playing with his nieces and nephews. e's a fun uncle who adores them and they love him in turn. Similarly, Emma is a great and loving aunt. The line about her telling her nephews John and Henry a story about Harriet and gypsies and how they corrected her every time she deviated from her original account is very sweet and very accurate. Children always correct the narrators if their stories vary even in the slightest.

* Mr Knightley playing with his nieces and nephews. e's a fun uncle who adores them and they love him in turn. Similarly, Emma is a great and loving aunt. The line about her telling her nephews John and Henry a story about Harriet and gypsies and how they corrected her every time she deviated from her original account is very sweet and very accurate. Children always correct the narrators if their stories vary even in the slighttest.

-->'''Emma''': There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. There is nothing to be compared to it. Warmth and tenderness of heart, with an affectionate, open manner, will beat all the clearness of head in the world, for attraction, I am sure it will. It is tenderness of heart which makes my dear father so generally beloved -- which gives Isabella all her popularity. -- I have it not --but I know how to prize and respect it. Harriet is my superior in all the charm and all the felicity it gives. Dear Harriet! I would not change you for the clearest-headed, longest-sighted, best-judging female breathing. Oh! the coldness of a Jane Fairfax! Harriet is worth a hundred such -- And for a wife -- a sensible man's wife -- it is invaluable. I mention no names; but happy the man who changes Emma for Harriet!

* The alfresco strawberry picking party at Donwell Abbey. It radiates heart-warmth.

* The alfresco strawberry picking party at Donwell Abbey. It radiates heart-warmth.