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    How has Heckerling’s 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

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    The 1993 hit film ‘Clueless ’‚ written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ exemplifies how popular culture re-appropriates Austens novel‚ ‘Emma ’ to serve updated agendas. ‘Clueless ’ involves a storyline‚ which closely follows the text of ‘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 19th Century prose text and that of a modern appropriated film text. The context can be divided into three focal categories:

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    post-modern and regency society in Emmas 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 importance of family background and social connections

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    Response – Emma and Clueless Both Emma and Clueless have almost identical values. Life for women during Emma was all about who you married‚ what family you came from and the amount of wealth you and your family had. Clueless highlights some of the values that Cher and her friends have‚ including who you go out with‚ the amount of money you had and could spend on items‚ and for Cher in particular the importance of family. The context of the novel and the film are completely different. Emma was written

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    Transformations often involve using the same storyline of a text and changing its context in order to suit the environment‚ culture or society. In terms of highlighting the themes in a transformed text‚ it also indicates that the issues that were apparent in the past are still relevant to the current society. The director of the filmClueless”‚ Amy Heckerling‚ has accomplished this through convenient transformation of Jane Austen’s novel “Emma”. Heckerling has supported Austen’s novel in a positive way‚ however

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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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    Jane Austen in the 20th Century – A Comparison between Emma and Clueless Generally one would assume that our society has changed considerably since Jane Austen’s times and I do not want to argue the opposite. In some ways‚ however‚ we are still concerned with similar problems. Especially coming of age is a topic which has not lost any of its currency. This can nicely be seen in the 1995 Hollywood remake of Jane Austen’s Emma – Clueless. Director Amy Heckerling transferred the story originally

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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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    Comparative Essay of “Emma” and “Clueless” “Emma” and “Clueless” explore similar values but the method is very different. How has the later text of “Clueless” drawn on the value system of the earlier text in order to express its ideas? How has each composer produced a text that is reflective of different contexts? Jane Austen’s "Emma" and Amy Heckerling’s "Clueless" are presented in two very different forms. "Emma" is a fictional novel based on the context of 19th Century England. "Clueless" is a Hollywood

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    to be relevant to a modern day society. However‚ the transformation is usually apparent and thus a link can be established between the original and the new. The transformation can give the audience a better understanding of societal values and attitudes present in the texts. Jane Austen’s book Emma(1816)‚ relevant to society in Regency England‚ is relived in a modern day context relevant to the 20th century American society in Amy Heckerling’s “teen flick” Clueless(1995). Social status plays a crucial

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