![]() Her character, despite having money, forgets all social manners that are necessary to maintain themselves in a higher social class in society. Elton shows condescension towards Emma forgetting her place in society with “all her airs of pert pretension and under-bred finery”. This varies greatly from Emma whose family has had wealth and status for generations and can be described as old money. Elton is representative of a slave trading family that once again has transformed their wealth into pastoral privilege. The people that give the wealth and privilege is an argument for their own vulgarity. Her father is described as being a “merchant” added by “of course, he must be called” because the novel does not want to dignify a slave trader as a merchant. Elton is insufferably conceited new money and only has money because of her father’s generation and not even for the most of his lifetime. ![]() Elton not understanding entirely her social position in society. When someone violates these social norms, they are met with indignation as evidence of Mrs. ![]() The upper class are responsible for creating friendships, initiating invitations, and more importantly, being charitable to those in a lesser position. ![]()
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