Is Mr. Woodhouse a Hypochondriac? Alina Belousova College

Fear as a negative emotion refers to one of the strongest preventers of a joyful life. Naturally, it becomes the seed of a number of obstacles a person faces. For instance, one may not be willing to move to an opportunistic big city because of the conviction that he or she is not ready for such scales, workload, heavy traffic or other different reasons. In other words, a man is afraid of changes. Regarding another example, someone’s health seems to be poor and vulnerable before any unpleasant circumstance that factually is not as threatening as imagined. Consequently, having the illusory vision of the world as a dangerous place to inhabit requires constant watchfulness and depletes the energy levels, leading to a true immune system weakening. Regarding Mr. Woodhouse, the lovable, welcoming and gallant character of Jane Austen’s book Emma, it is effortless to trace the same tendency in his behaviour. Speaking more specifically, changes and personal health can be confidently called his main concerns: His spirits required support. He was a nervous man, easily depressed; fond of every body that he was used to, and hating to part with them; hating change of every kind. Matrimony, as the origin of change, was always disagreeable; and...