A hundred and seventy years apart‚ yet Jane Austen’s novel and Amy Heckerling’s film both explore the themes of marriage‚ money and social status. The values and techniques of the composers are demonstrated by the final chapter of Emma and Scene Three of Clueless‚ at the school walkway. On the one hand‚ we have the small‚ traditional English village of Highbury. On the other‚ Beverly Hills‚ icon of consumerism‚ globalisation and change. Both are experiencing escalating social fluidity as wealth
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composer of Clueless use film techniques to transform the social‚ historical and environmental context of Jane Austen’s Emma to the modern context of Clueless? Amy Heckerling’s Clueless involves a storyline‚ which closely follows the text of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. However‚ there are some key points of difference in the transformation that has taken place. This is due to the individual context of the nineteenth century prose text and that of the modern appropriated film text. The context can be
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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
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CLUELESS VS. EMMA Adaptations of Jane Austen’s‚ Emma‚ are usually period pieces diligent in capturing and replicating the manners‚ dress‚ language and values of the original text. Clueless‚ written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ deviates drastically from the norm‚ as the film is not a period piece. While Emma is set in the early nineteenth century in the country village of Highbury‚ sixteen miles out of London‚ England‚ Clueless is set in Bronson Alcott High School almost two hundred years later
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classic novel Emma‚ by Jane Austen. However‚ have you ever considered that Emma is Clueless? Yes‚ Amy Heckling’s 1995 movie‚ Clueless‚ can be related to the novel Emma‚ published in 1816. There is no doubt that Clueless substantially derives‚ and is adapted from Emma. However‚ apart from similarities‚ there are differences and adaptations from Emma to Clueless. These are necessary as a result of the disparity in values and attitudes between the early 19th century England of Emma and late 20th
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the novel Emma‚ by Jane Austen and the film Clueless by Amy Heckerling‚ we discover that both texts are influenced by‚ and reflect the values of their respective contexts. Emma is set in the isolated‚ rural town of Highbury‚ England in the early 1800’s‚ at a time where society had placed value on social hierarchy. This distinction between classes was largely determined by family lines and inheritance. It is in the upper class of society that Jane Austen places her protagonist‚ Emma‚ “handsome
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transformation of Emma revealed the changes in context and values? Heckerling’s transformation of Emma reveals the changes in context and values through sharing its ideas but altering some features. By keeping the ideas the same‚ Heckerling is able to display the contextual differences. Emma‚ a novel written by Jane Austen‚ follows the life of a wealthy woman living in Regency England‚ 1816. Clueless‚ a film created by Amy Heckerling‚ similarly follows the life of a wealthy woman‚ however unlike Emma‚ it is
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Emma Essay How has the changing contexts influenced the representations of main issues from Emma to Clueless? Amy Heckerling’s Clueless is a cinematic reconstruction of Jane Austen’s 19th century classic Emma and perfectly encapsulates the idea that the issues of a time‚ change and adapt with the changing of context. The contemporary text Clueless takes the rustic values placed on courtship‚ dating and ultimately marriage as well as the social/class distinctions in Regency England and successfully
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PB: In brief Michael‚ Emma has preserved its appeal through Austen’s exploration of values and attitudes‚ attuned to modern audiences. These values and attitudes in turn parallel with that of readers in a modern context‚ providing the novel with a sense of universality. MC: Fascinating observation Paula‚ can you specify what values and attitudes still pervade in a contemporary context? PB: The values and attitudes that Austen has chosen to explore in Emma address the strict nature of social classes
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Parallels are drawn between the values and attitudes of post-modern and regency society in Emma ’s carriage incident and Clueless ’ car scene. In Emma‚ Mr Elton displays complete disgust and outrage at the notion of marrying the socially inferior Harriet‚ exclaiming ’Good heaven! What can be the meaning of this? ’ This segregation and incompatibility of differing social classes is also portrayed in Clueless through Elton ’s outburst of ’Don ’t you even know who my father is? ’ revealing the transcending
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