Yea, brothers and sisters! I hear you!

(But I do not say 'Amen,' which means 'so be it.' *chuckles*)

I, from my superior placement (where are the sarcasm brackets on this keyboard, anyway?) in the twenty-first century, also see that Emma (and Harriet) is (are) fully of their time. Emma, brilliant though she thinks herself, never wonders if she could be an artist or a writer, and takes little interest in 'improving' Hartfield. Harriet is satisfied to collect charades, and wait for a man to propose. Naturally, Harriet also has classism to limit her behavior, while classism tends to work in Emma's favour.