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Abstract：When Austen began her literary creation, the early feminist tradition was under way in English novels. Austen inherits what is good in female writing and also abandons what is bad. Her keen observation results in her profound thoughts about the problems women are faced with. This is well presented in her novel Emma. The first part briefly introduces Jane Austen’s literary achievements and Emma. The second part discusses feminist ideas in the novel, including her assertion of women’s intellectual power and her radical views on marriage. This paper aims to analyze feminist ideas in the novel by examining the personality of the heroine- Emma and marriage life of other female characters. Readers can know more about feminist ideas in Emma.

Key words：Emma , Feminism , personality , marriage

摘要：在奥斯汀开始文学创作时，英国小说中的女性主义传统已经初现端倪。奥斯汀对女性作家的创作既有继承，也有摒弃。她敏锐的观察力使她对妇女面临的问题有着深刻的感受，并在她的作品《爱玛》中得到深刻体现。第一部分简要介绍奥斯汀生平、文学成就及《爱玛》的内容。第二部分论述了《爱玛》中的女性主义观点，它主要包含两个方面。首先，奥斯汀坚持女性具有和男性同样的智力:其次，奥斯汀持有复杂而又激进的婚姻观。本文旨在通过对女主人公爱玛的不同性格特征以及其他女性人物婚姻生活的分析来论述女性主义在本作品中的体现，使读者更了解本书中女性主义思想的体现。

关键词：《爱玛》，女性主义 ， 性格 ， 婚姻

1. Introduction
Jane Austen was the youngest daughter of George Austen, rector of the village of Steventon in Hampshire, Where she was born in 1775. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801.After her father death in 1805, she moved around with her mother. In 1809, they settled in Clawton. In 1817, Austen was ill. She moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. After two months, she died. Austen never married in her life. Austin never went to regular school. She was educated at home and began to write at an early age .At the age of nine, she was sent to her elder sister’s school with reading. Her elder sister Cassandra is her best friend in her all life. However, Austen’s father has more influence on her education. She was very fond of reading and writing. She began to write as pleasures when she was teens. She wrote her now famous novels on a little table in the family sitting-room. When a visitor entered, she would throw a sheet of paper or a piece of sewing over her work .She read what people in general were reading, that is, the current novels and poems. But whatever she read, she turned to good account. Living a quiet life in the countryside, she kept her eyes steadily upon the people and incidents about her, and wrote about the small world she lived in. She herself compared her work to a fine engraving made upon a little piece of ivory only two inches square. The comparison is true. The ivory surface is small enough, but the woman who made drawings of human life on it is a real artist. Though she was never in touch with professional writes or critics, Jane Austen’s compensations were almost unique.