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    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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    Emma‚ by Jane Austen‚ is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels‚ Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel‚ Austen wrote‚ "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like."[1] In the very first sentence she introduces the title character

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    Scholarship concerning Jane Austen’s views and use of children within her novels has not received as much attention as other aspects of her writing in spite of the intense interest in all other aspects of her life and writing over the last two centuries. It was long assumed that‚ since she never married‚ she did not like children and that what she wrote about them shows children in a negative light. Scholarly investigations of her letters and family documentation concerning her life and times describing

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    The Historical Context of Performance‚ Dance. In this essay I have been researching and will be discussing the different contexts of west side story. This will help me to critically comment on the portrayal of Romeo and Juliet through the use of dance. West Side Story is a modern-day version of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ west side story however is set in the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between two teenage rival street gangs of different ethnic and

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    values in ‘clueless’ support‚ or challenge the values of ‘Emma’” The novel ‘Emma’ was first published in December 1815. This novel is based around a central protagonist ‘Emma’; the narrator describes Emma as “handsome‚ clever‚ and rich‚ with a happy disposition”. The novel’s focus seems to be set around Emma’s fear of love‚ and her misguided attempts and confidence as a ‘match maker’. We see one of the main themes in Emma as a growth of self-understanding. Throughout the book‚ we see Emma grow morally

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    World War II is considered by many people as the worst global confrontation since time began. The war was started by radical nationalism and individual egos; the very thing Adolf Hitler and the Japanese believed was the root of most problems in the world. The sources in the textbook had similar aggression against westernization. In the first source‚ Hitler’s Mein Kampf detailed a concept of “survival of the fittest.” The jailed World War I veteran describes a racial war—with his Aryan race as 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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    novel Emma by Jane Austen exemplifies the strict values within Regency England society whilst Amy Heckerling’s film Clueless illustrates the transformation of these values within Beverly Hills. The values of social status and pride and vanity are explored through the inflexible Regency England society in comparison to the more fluid postmodern society of Beverly Hills. The use of various language and film techniques enhances the observation of the parallel values displayed within both contexts. Wealth

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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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    ENN203J: Jane Austen 28/02/2013 ASSIGNMENT 01: Emma STUDENT NUMBER: 51004623 The misunderstandings with regard to perception and deception in Jane Austen’s novel Emma undeniably suggest something sinister about human nature‚ given the negative effects it has on those that fall prey to such conjecture. However‚ the misunderstandings may also render the novel comedic to a certain extent because of the ironic amusement throughout‚ which involves complete misunderstandings from characters on

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