Emma vs. Clueless Emma and Clueless‚ are two movies that illustrate Jane Austen’s novel entitled "Emma". The stories illustrate the importance of self-development and personal growth by using the theme of social status and moral worth. The protagonists‚ Emma and Cher‚ are bound to transform from callow young adults to mentally and emotionally mature women‚ given their similar situations. The major difference between Emma and Clueless is the way situations in the plot of the story are illustrated
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ane Austen’s comedy of manners novel Emma and Amy Heckerling’s ‘teenpic’Clueless‚ as profound and satirical reflections of Regency England and postmodern America respectively‚ show how the transformation process can shape and enhance textual‚ intertextual and contextual meaning. By adapting the genteel‚ idyllic country society of Highbury to the upper- fast-paced microcosm of modern Beverley Hills‚ insight is given into the realignment of social values and attitudes towards class‚ marriage and gender
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EXTENDED RESPONSE Emma/ Clueless- Love and Marriage The novel Emma by Jane Austen is a comedy of manners set in the early nineteenth century. The context of this time placed a particular emphasis on how‚ who one married. Subsequently the novel Emma which‚ deals with the everyday lives and concerns of people‚ reveals many insights into the idea of love and marriage. One particular idea presented is notion that marriage is very much determined by one’s social class and making a match below
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“How has Amy Heckerling used film techniques to portray the transformation of ‘Cher’ in her film‚ ‘Clueless’?” In the hit film of 1995 -Clueless‚ director Amy Heckerling effectively uses film techniques to further portray the deep meaning of the story. The film tells the story of a selfish teenage girl who transforms into a responsible woman. In the beginning of the story‚ the main protagonist‚ Cher‚ is depicted as a narrow-minded‚ extravagant teenager. Heckerling uses vivid colour and extremity
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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 more popular. This higher society is presented through the negative attitudes and values of the girls in the poster and the overall
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Clueless was an iconic release‚ written and directed by Amy Heckerling that dramatized the life and struggles of Cher Horowitz; your typical‚ American rich girl. Cher comes from an wealthy home‚ her story is set in Beverly Hills‚ CA where she lives and attends high school. Her mother passed away early in her life and so she lives with her father who is a lawyer. Cher is privileged by her affluence and social status‚ which also makes her popular amongst her peers. Her main concerns are mostly superficial
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Emma/Clueless • Amy Heckerling’s teenpic comedy Clueless resonates the ideas‚ values and cultural assumptions evident in Jane Austen’s Emma • Through the transformation of Austen’s text‚ several elements have been transformed and contemporised in the Heckerling’s Clueless ▪ Make-over/transformation ▪ Role of women in patriarchal society ▪ Struggles of social classes: the mobility and fluidity of the class structure ▪ Societal commentary
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Amy Heckerling’s Clueless sustains interest in the values represented in Jane Austen’s Emma by the modernization of the initial text through the medium of novel to film. Additionally‚ Heckerling transforms the ideas of marriage‚ social class and gender roles from Austen’s early Nineteenth century context‚ to a late twentieth century context through an examination of relationships‚ high school cliques and the changing notion of gender roles. Emma embodies the value of social class by the determination
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Clueless was directed by Amy Heckerling and released in 1995. 2. The main character in Clueless is a blonde haired‚ blue eyed girl named Cher Horowitz. Cher’s father is a litigator‚ which is “the scariest kind of lawyer‚” according to Cher. Judging by her father’s job and her brand new white jeep with “four-wheel drive‚ dual side airbags‚ and a monster sound system‚” one can assume Cher belongs to the upper class. She lives in Beverly Hills in a huge mansion with columns at the front. Not only
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Clueless About Stereotypes? This day and age people look at media differently‚ civilians give media producers and directors the right to generalize the population into categories. Not only do filmmakers and directors stereotype races by modifying their existence but also think it is perfectly acceptable. Why is it tolerable for people of different races to be looked down upon because of the ways media portrays them? Every movie makes its way to the top by some how standing out amongst the rest
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