Emily Monroe Norton Kane was Charles Foster Kane's first wife, whom he later is divorced to, having cheated on her with his future second wife. Emily is a dignified and sophisticated woman, who happens to be the niece of the President. Several years after having discovered that Kane was was having an affair with the "singer", Susan Alexander, Emily and her son (Kane's son) pass away in a tragic car accident. Previous to her death, Emily seemed powerless in her marriage. Kane was clearly consumed with his own obsessions of making himself more and more powerful, and Emily was forced to keep to herself. I believe that Emily eventually fell out of love with Kane. It seems to me that, during the scene in the film where Kane is found out (his affair), Emily is emotionally detached from Kane. Emily has already been emotionally betrayed by Kane; simply by ignoring her and being completely preoccupied with his own reputation and social status, Kane impaired his and Emily's marriage more than he could possibly have known or, rather, cared. Emily, although not the most verbal female character in this particular "talkie", Emily is closer still to a "real" woman than our own--near and dear--Annabelle Lee in The General.
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