Emma and Clueless Notes
Emma/Clueless speech
Draft thesis: The ideas of appearance vs reality, development of maturity and love are ideas explored through techniques,
Appearance vs reality
-blindness to truth Emma | Clueless | * Manipulating reality to suit perception of it * Resulting self-deception, confusion, misunderstanding * Dramatic irony empowering us to see through human flaws and social failings of Emma. This often has unexpected results:-Mr Elton’s proposal “she could have been so deceived...she supposed, and made everything bend to it.”-Frank Churchill is flirty and appears to society to be interested in Emma but in fact secretly making visits to the Bates to visit Jane. Also at Coles dinner party Chapter 26, Frank asks Emma for a dance, and admits he’s glad dancing didn’t go on for much logner or else he would have to ask Jane. This appears to be Frank disinterested in Jane and interested in emma to everyone, as dancing is a sign of affection, but isn’t true.-At the Crown Inn Ball, clues are given to see that Frank is interested in Jane when he rushes out to help her and Miss Bates when they arrive late, and restless to see who has arrived the whole night.- when Elton appears to be interested in Harriet with the painting but in fact is courting Emmaseen through Emma’s account, however, reader’s views are tainted because she’s blinded by the truth and her perceptions of what is right * [Austen’s observations are limited by her experience of the world. This parallels with Emma???-->author’s influence on protagonist or conveying her message through protagonist?] * Blind from truth especially in scene with Mr Elton when she misreads the signs when he offers to deliver the portrait to London for framing, and thinks that he likes the painting of Harriet * Scene where ‘Mr Elton makes violent love to her’-use of exaggeration * Dinner at randalls where Mr Elton’s forced company on Emma and courting her shows his interest, which Emma overlooks even after Mr
Draft thesis: The ideas of appearance vs reality, development of maturity and love are ideas explored through techniques,
Appearance vs reality
-blindness to truth Emma | Clueless | * Manipulating reality to suit perception of it * Resulting self-deception, confusion, misunderstanding * Dramatic irony empowering us to see through human flaws and social failings of Emma. This often has unexpected results:-Mr Elton’s proposal “she could have been so deceived...she supposed, and made everything bend to it.”-Frank Churchill is flirty and appears to society to be interested in Emma but in fact secretly making visits to the Bates to visit Jane. Also at Coles dinner party Chapter 26, Frank asks Emma for a dance, and admits he’s glad dancing didn’t go on for much logner or else he would have to ask Jane. This appears to be Frank disinterested in Jane and interested in emma to everyone, as dancing is a sign of affection, but isn’t true.-At the Crown Inn Ball, clues are given to see that Frank is interested in Jane when he rushes out to help her and Miss Bates when they arrive late, and restless to see who has arrived the whole night.- when Elton appears to be interested in Harriet with the painting but in fact is courting Emmaseen through Emma’s account, however, reader’s views are tainted because she’s blinded by the truth and her perceptions of what is right * [Austen’s observations are limited by her experience of the world. This parallels with Emma???-->author’s influence on protagonist or conveying her message through protagonist?] * Blind from truth especially in scene with Mr Elton when she misreads the signs when he offers to deliver the portrait to London for framing, and thinks that he likes the painting of Harriet * Scene where ‘Mr Elton makes violent love to her’-use of exaggeration * Dinner at randalls where Mr Elton’s forced company on Emma and courting her shows his interest, which Emma overlooks even after Mr