The film Clueless‚ written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ a somewhat modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma examines the congruent ideas of self-knowledge and social obligation. Through the characterisation of the protagonists‚ Cher and Emma‚ who are perceived to be perfect in every way‚ possessing many virtues‚ as they are ‘handsome‚ clever and rich’. However they are only seemingly ‘perfect’‚ as we soon find out that they are flawed by a deluded sense of importance and a general lack
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How does Heckerling’s "Clueless" sustain interest in the values represented in Austen’s "Emma"? Clueless sustains interest in the patriarchal values and social stratum of Emma by manipulating the mediums for relaying information to the audience and allow them to resonate with the messages portrayed by Austen. The teenpic Clueless (1995) directed by Amy Hecklering employs the materialistic world of LA to make a multi-layered social commentary about the patriarchal values and social strata elucidated
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The Dangers of Online Predators and What Can be done to Protect Our Youth Marcos Williams CM 107: College Composition 1 Unit 9: Final Abstract This paper is to educate parents and children about the dangers of online predators. Predators are going to great links to prey on children and they are going to great links to hide their identity. Predators are hiding in cyberspace and they are lying in wait for children to go online so they
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Catch A Predator”‚ by Dateline NBC‚ Chris Hansen confronts potential child predators from all walks of life‚ and a variety of ages. Mr. Hansen reveals the tactics used by child predators‚ to manipulate young‚ teenage girls and boys. This video is one you want to turn away from‚ yet cannot stop watching. “To Catch A Predator” is truly an eye-opener for us all‚ and a must watch for parents with young children. Through watching the video “To Catch A Predator”‚ I learned that child predators are very
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dictates form and meaning as well as the values inherent in the texts. Amy Heckerling’s‚ 20th century American film‚ Clueless is a transformation of Jane Austen’s conservative Regency England‚ Emma. The use of different techniques and medium allow Emma’s themes of personal growth‚ social structure and the role of women in society to be conveyed in a more appropriate form in Clueless. The main characters‚ Emma and Cher are representational products of their society and parallels can be drawn in the
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Question Explain how visual codes in at least one of the images provided present a particular view point of the world Visual Codes portrayed in the promotional poster for ‘Clueless’ presents particular a view of the world. These codes include‚ layout‚ camera angles‚ clothing‚ props‚ facial expression‚ body language‚ symbolism‚ framing and stereotypes. The images gives the ideology that the more rich you are‚ the less you will put into school work‚ you will be more spoilt and therefore will be
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Being One-Child Parents Good morning‚ everyone. Since the Birth-Control Policy was carried out in our nation‚ people are always having argument about the hazards of being an only child. Meanwhile‚ however‚ the policy has a great influence not only on children‚ but also on parents. And doubtless‚ there are some obvious hazards of being one-child parents. One problem is that one-child parents don’t have a second chance of smoothing over their faults in raising up kids. As one-child parents‚ if they
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consequences of their actions? Even if we try the Parent Liability Childs Act will prevent parents from doing so. The Parent Liability Childs Act of 2000 in California states‚ “Parents jointly and severally liable for willful misconduct causing injury‚ death or property damage.” The Parent Liability Childs Act should be appealed because if the child isn’t punished they will commit more severe crimes‚ it is extremely unfair to poor or single parents‚ and the child may influence other children to do the same
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titled “Parents Grieving the Loss of Their Child”: from the 2008 issue of the British Journal of Psychology‚ “Interdependence in Coping‚” (Stroebe & Schut 2008). This article is a report of new research which uses a longitudinal study among bereaved parents‚ to examine relationships between parents own and their partners’ way of coping and psychological adjustments after the death of their child. There were 219 couples evaluated at 6‚ 13‚ and 20 months following the death of their child. Parents were
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According to Maria Shriver‚ "at work‚ you’re replaceable... but as a parent‚ you’re irreplaceable"; in many ways she is correct. Throughout a lifetime many bonds and relationships form between people‚ but studies show that only two biological bonds form at just eight weeks of life. These special bonds are formed with one’s mother and father‚ and sometimes this bond may get broken; this is one of the most tragic events possible to happen in a child’s life. In the United States‚ one third of American
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