Augusta Elton (née Hawkins)
The new wife of Mr. Elton, a self-important and pretentious woman from Bath.
Core Belief
"Mrs. Elton believes in the importance of social status, wealth, and fashionable accomplishments. She values appearances and seeks to elevate herself in the eyes of others through displays of superiority and social connections."
Worldview
Mrs. Elton sees the world as a social hierarchy where individuals are judged by their wealth, connections, and accomplishments. She strives to climb the social ladder and seeks to impress others with her own importance.
Personality
Mrs. Elton is vain, boastful, and condescending, with a strong sense of her own importance and a desire to impress others. She is fond of displaying her accomplishments and social connections, often in a vulgar and insensitive manner.
In Their Own Words
"“What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it."
"“This man is almost too gallant to be in love,” thought Emma. “I should say so, but that I suppose there may be a hundred different ways of being in love. He is an excellent young man, and will suit Harriet exactly; it will be an ‘Exactly so,’ as he says himself; but he does sigh and languish, and study for compliments rather more than I could endure as a principal. I come in for a pretty good share as a second. But it is his gratitude on Harriet’s account.”"
"“I do not know what your opinion may be, Mrs. Weston,” said Mr. Knightley, “of this great intimacy between Emma and Harriet Smith, but I think it a bad thing.”"
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