Emma (novel)/Characters

Emma Woodhouse

Break the Haughty: It turns out she's not the romance expert she thought she was.
Daddy's Girl
Deadpan Snarker.
Green-Eyed Monster: Becomes this when the beautiful and accomplished Jane Fairfax comes for a visit.
Happily Married: To Mr. Knightley, in the end.
Hazel Eyes: Pointed out frequently by Mrs. Weston.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
May-December Romance: With Mr. Knightley.
Missing Mom
Oblivious to Love: Big time. She doesn't catch on to Mr. Elton's feelings for her until it's too late, and then it takes her the second half of the book to realize that Mr. Knightley is deeply in love with her.
Odd Friendship: With Harriet.
Ojou
The Matchmaker
Rich Bitch
Shipper on Deck: Trying to set up Harriet with Mr. Elton. It doesn't end well.
Ted Baxter: Her supposed matchmaking skills.

Deadpan Snarker
Gentleman Snarker
Happily Married: To Emma, in the end.
May-December Romance: With Emma. He's about sixteen years older than her.
Meaningful Name: Mr. George Knightley
Only Sane Man
Shipper on Deck: To a much lesser extent than Emma. He supports Robert Martin's courtship of Harriet, while Emma roots for Harriet/Elton.

Blue Eyes
Hair of Gold
Happily Married: She ends up marrying her first crush Robert Martin.
Heartwarming Orphan
Odd Friendship: With Emma.
Parental Abandonment: There's no knowledge about her background, leaving it open for guessing. Emma's theory is that she might be from a rich family. To be fair, it's a good guess, since it's revealed that someone's been paying for her boarding school tuition.
- She does eventually find her biological father just before she marries. He's a businessman who has done well; pretty much Robert Martin's urban counterpart.
Smitten Teenage Girl: She (in turns) has three infatuations in total. First is Robert Martin who she eventually marries, second is Mr. Elton, and third is Mr. Knightley.
What Beautiful Eyes!: Her most striking feature, according to Emma.

Cool Teacher: Before she married Mr. Weston, she was a caring and supportive governess to both Emma and Isabella.
Happily Married
Only Sane Woman
Parental Substitute: To Emma, and to Isabella before she got married.
Second Love: She's Mr. Weston's second wife.
Shipper on Deck: For a short while she supported Mr. Knightley/Jane Fairfax. It doesn't even come close to actually happening.

Anguished Declaration of Love: Gives a rather unexpected one to Emma when they are alone in a carriage after the Christmas party. Needless to say, it's completely one-sided. Though the anguish he suffers is more social and economic than emotional, as Emma clearly sees his passion to be for her money and position rather than her person.
Gold Digger
Hopeless Suitor: To Emma. Special emphasis on hopeless.
Henpecked Husband: Ends up marrying the rich but domineering Augusta Hawkins.
Jerkass

Chick Magnet
Romantic False Lead: Has a bit of a strong flirtation with Emma when he first arrives on the scene.
Handsome Lech
Happily Adopted: Averted.
Secret Relationship: With Jane Fairfax. They'd been secretly engaged for months.

Ill Girl
Happily Adopted: Subverted in that it's unclear how happy she's been with the Campbell family.
Orphan's Ordeal
Proper Lady
Secret Relationship: With Frank Churchhill.
Stop Helping Me!: Her general attitude towards Mrs. Elton who tries to take her under her wing.

The Caretaker: She's this for her mother Mrs. Bates.
Doting Parent: She's this for her niece Jane.
Maiden Aunt
Motor Mouth
Penny Among Diamonds: She used to be rich, but lost her money before the novel begins. Despite being poor, she is generally welcomed into higher social circles because people seem to appreciate her good nature and honesty.
Walls of Text: Pretty much most of her dialogue.
The Woobie: She's pretty annoying for most of the book, but you want to give her a big hug after Emma insults her.

Deadpan Snarker: Just like his brother, though naturally a bit less mature about it.
Happily Married

Cool Big Sis: Somewhat averted, in that she's basically a female, younger version of her illness-petrified father, while Emma, though eight or so years younger, actually fills the role better.
- Emma seems to admire her for making such a happy and advantageous marriage, though.
Daddy's Girl
Doting Parent
Happily Married
Missing Mom

Cheerful Children
Children Are Innocent
Morality Pets: Emma is at her best playing the loving aunt to her nieces and nephews.

The Mentor: Subverted. She attempts to be this for Jane Fairfax, but Jane doesn't reciprocate.
Jerkass
Rich Bitch: With far less social tact than Emma.

Nice Guy
First Guy Wins.
Happily Married: He eventually marries Harriet, whom he was in love with since the beginning of the book.
Odd Friendship: With Mr. Knightley.

Impoverished Patrician: She used to be wealthy, but lost pretty much everything after the late Mr. Bates died.
Widow Woman