As the novel draws toward its close, some of the plot elements develop rapidly, set free to a degree by the death of Mrs. Churchill. For Emma two opposite relationships develop. While she proves herself to George and comes to more understanding with him, she gets from Jane some comeuppance different from that which came from Augusta Elton; in this instance it comes from someone who, except in the matter of wealth, is Emma's equal but who has not really been treated as an equal by Emma.
