The transformation process redefines a story to make it accessible to the culture and values of a contemporary context. The manipulation of medium‚ genre‚ setting‚ characters and plot enables the transformed text to be understood and connect with a new audience. Amy Heckerling’s post-modern film transformation Clueless (1995) is derived from Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma (1816) with both texts comparable as they use satire to address similar values. The shift in context enables the texts to reinforce
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In the story “Seventh Grade‚” Victor‚ the main character‚ learns that persevering to achieve something can lead to embarrassing moments that can at first make you feel like a fool‚ but later on it can become something great through his embarrassing moments. The author illustrates this point when he states‚ Mr. Bueller asked if anyone knew French. Victor raised his hand‚ wanting to impress Teresa. The teacher beamed and said‚ “Tres bien. Parlez-vous francais?” Victor didn’t know what to say. Victor
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The commercial “My Dad is a Liar!” by MetLife‚ a global insurance company‚ displays the emotional and awe-inspiring sacrifices “Daddy” has to do for his young daughter. The young girl and her father are walking towards school meanwhile Daddy is reading what his daughter wrote about him‚ potentially‚ a school assignment. The commercial implies the common people’s reality in order to have and provide a decent lifestyle and education for their children through the usage of ethos‚ pathos‚ and manipulation
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The Great Gatsby articulates how materialism restricts human desire and behaviour. Materialism in this context is defined as a “preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects‚ comforts‚ and considerations‚ with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual‚ intellectual‚ or cultural values” according to; dictonary.reference.com - the psychology behind this is that materialism restricts a person’s ability to function as a social being to their full potential. We see this is the characters of Daisy
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In the passage‚ The Pupil‚ by Henry James‚ he depicted three contrasting characters (Morgan Moreen‚ Mrs. Moreen‚ and Pemberton). Through the interaction of the characters‚ he developed the relationship between them by using poetic devices such as tone and point of view. James started the passage by comparing Pemberton‚ “a poor young man” (1)‚ and Mrs. Moreen‚ “a person who spoke only of feelings and…aristocracy” (4) that has “fat‚ jeweled hand” (10). Pemberton was depicted as quiet and knowledgeable
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Harper Lee wasn’t popular in her early life. She did however become very popular and well known when one of her books‚ To Kill a Mockingbird got published. Once the book was published‚ she gained lots of money and fame. She didn’t use the money that she gained from the book to live in high class society. So she avoided the spotlight by living as a middle class person and dressing as one. There weren’t any fancy clothes‚ living conditions and she didn’t use her money to become famous. (Listland 1)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God discusses the central question of “Does marriage mean love?”. This question is played throughout the novel as a whole and changes how readers understand the story. The entire novel as one answers the question by saying no‚ marriage does not mean love. Janie’s life allows readers to wonder if marriage leads to love. In Janie’s first two marriages she expects to to grow from them. The first one in particular shows that the person must love the person before you decide
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According to the feminist writer Fay Weldon‚ “Men are irrelevant.” “Women are happy or unhappy‚ fulfilled or unfulfilled‚ and it has nothing to do with men.” Why then do traditional fairy tales portray women who judge their self worth upon whether or not a handsome Prince wants to marry them? Why are the Prince’s in these tales only concerned with women’s beauty and not their wit or intellect? Traditional nineteenth century gothic fiction stereotyped
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The Expectation of “True Ladies” in Middle and Upper Class Societies in the 19th Century England is a theme Jane Austen is alluding to her novel Northanger Abbey. There are many key characteristics that exemplified a true lady of European culture in the 18th and 19th century such as being attractive‚ but also being polite and respectful. Most of these features were taught to help the young lady on the marriage market. Catherine Morland‚ a blossoming young lady‚ is educated about the “true lady” characteristics
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“Bonaparte hardly ever writes. He dictates” (Méneval). This is a statement made by Napoleon Bonaparte’s secretary in a note to one his colleagues. These simple words completely encapsulate the man that Bonaparte was. Every aspect of his life was meticulously accomplished the way Bonaparte wanted it to be. His method to maintain such control was to alter his tone with each person he spoke to. It is apparent through the letters he wrote‚ how quickly Bonaparte could shift from a loving father to the
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