Comparative Analysis of Point of View of Joseph Andrews...

Comparative Analysis of Point of View of Joseph Andrews and Emma Point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers â€Å"hear† and â€Å"see† what takes place in a story. In this essay, the point of view of Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding and Emma by Jane Austen will be analyzed in comparison to one another. The comparison will be made on each aspect of the point of view, such as subjective/objective, partial/impartial narration and the perspectives through which the point of views are presented. The point of view of Joseph Andrews is third person omniscient. In Third person omniscient narration the narrator lies outside the plot and knows everything about the characters, their emotions and feelings and various†¦show more content†¦As Stephanie Chen writes in her article â€Å"Austen’s narrative perspectives and the problem of interpretation in Emma and Persuasion† â€Å"a kind of third person close narration that forces the reader to see the narrators and characters perspective simultaneously† (32). The reader is told about the characters and events both by the narrator and Emma’s thoughts e.g. â€Å"[Jane] was, besides, which was the worst of all, so cold, so cautious! There was no getting at her real opinion. Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing. She was disgustingly, was suspiciously reserved† (Austen 175). Here the reader gets to know about the reserve nature of Jane thorough narratives per spective but is told through Emma’s perspective that she was disgustingly and suspiciously reserved to such an extent that there was no way to get along her. â€Å"We can identify Emma as the narrative equivalent of speaker† (Dry 99). The point of few of Emma is both subjective and objective, point of view is subjective when the narrator makes commentary on the characters, their feeling, emotions and actions whereas, is objective when the characters and their feelings and actions are only described. This can be explained from the above mentioned excerpt from the novel where Jane is described reserve by the narrator but judged to be disgustingly and suspiciously reserved through Emma’s point of view. The point of view of