I think you can look to chapter 1 for some very clear
examples. First, Emma is introduced as "clever, handsome, and rich, with a comfortable
home and happy disposition." She is 21 years old and has had, so far in life, "very
little to distress or vex her." Essentially, she's smart, pretty, rich, happy, and has
lived a fairly easy life.
The narrator goes on to say,
however, that Emma possess "the power of having rather too much her own way, and a
disposition to think a little too well of herself." In other words, she's spoiled and
selfish.
Combine this introduction with her
short-sightedness in dealing with other characters throughout the story, and Emma
certainly comes across as a bit of a snob.
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