im by his mother, and now Emma. Charles is also blind to the real nature of Emma or to her feelings, and this blindness is also part of his assumption that the world is always the same, much like himself.
Emma seeks adventure, and Charles would not understand adventure. He does not seek it, and he cannot see that Emma does because he thinks she is as happy and contented as he is. Emma is always looking for something better than she has and even for something better than she is--she believes in high ideals and grand gestures such as she has read in romance fiction. To a degree, such a belief can be beneficial and can make one strive for something better, but it makes Emma dissatisfied, hyper-critical of her surroundings and the people she knows. The affairs she has are with men she believes to be as noble and grand as the character of fiction, but here again she is bound to be disappointed in the reality and is betrayed
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