Emma | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Miss Bates - This character is a comic but sympathetic character whose loquacious, hopelessly indiscreet ramblings are the source of much unspoken amusement and disgust.

Mrs. Bates - This character is the old and much-respected widow of a former vicar of Highbury.

Colonel Campbell - This character is the benefactor of another character.

Frank Churchill - This character was adopted by an uncle and aunt who have given him a position in society his own father could not provide.

Mr. Churchill - This character is a person of privilege who is condescending toward...
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