Emma / Clueless comparative essay – film techniques How do the film techniques help in the exploration of the themes in ‘Emma’ and ‘Clueless’? Refer to the films in detail. The directors of the films ‘Emma’ and ‘Clueless’ use a range of film techniques to highlight the themes of the texts. Diarmuid Lawrence and Amy Heckerling explore the themes of marriage and matches‚ distortion of vision‚ social and moral responsibility‚ and the importance of self-knowledge. A detailed analysis of four parallel
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Families were too different‚ perhaps too happy‚ she had decided. Families … they just weren’t what Emma wanted. Well‚ it wasn’t like she could get much she wanted; she didn’t have a house to live in‚ a warm bed to sleep in‚ healthy food to eat or clean water to drink. She didn’t even have a mother or father to love or be loved by. But she wouldn’t want to have a family of her own – for fear of what she had to endure would happen to her own children. The tympanic rhythm of Emma’s ragged‚ dirty boots
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Like all of Jane Austin’s books‚ Emma is a story about women moving up on the social ladder through marriage. In that time‚ women in England were denied the possibility of improving their social status through hard work. In order for them to move up on the social ladder‚ they had to marry someone who was considered to be of a higher class. The role of women in the nineteenth century England was to attract a husband who had a higher social status‚ thereby creating a respectable identity for themselves
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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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Apollonius of Rhodes (Author) Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis Aratus (Author) Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena. Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds‚ The Frogs‚ Lysistrata‚ old comedy‚ native Athenian‚ attacks politicians‚ harsh critic of various governments Aristoxenus (Author) music‚ science‚ wrote the Elements
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BI 111 Study Guide Exam #1: Some of Ch. 4‚ the brief discussion summarizing Ch. 6‚ and Chptrs. 5‚ 7‚ and 8 HOW TO USE THIS STUDY GUIDE: You should be able to provide fairly detailed answers to the following questions and directions… this means you will probably use more room than is provided by the small spaces between them. Some of those answers will include things I talked about in lecture‚ as well as concepts that are explained by your textbook. You may want to reformat the guide on
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CB Exam 2 Topic Guide Chapter 8 1. What are some qualities of group influence? 2. What are the types of group influence (e.g.‚ primary‚ formal‚ etc.)? 3. Distinguish between peer influence and conformity. 4. What are the types of social power (e.g.‚ legitimate) 5. What are the types of reference group influence (e.g.‚ informational‚ etc.) 6. Understand utilitarian/hedonic value and reference groups. 7. What individual differences affect susceptibility to group influence (e.g.‚ embarrassment)
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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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Exam 2 study Guide CH 6 Front Office Communications? (guest comm. (trans. File/log book (rapid response software (info. Directory (reader (board (group bk file (mail/packaging file (telecom services Transaction File/Log Book used for? Chronological journal ( list of usual events‚ guest complaints‚ request‚ & other request Shift recap( FD calls back to make sure they got what they want Unusual events( Guest complaints/requests( Information Directory contain? (Restaurant locations
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Physical Geography Exam 2 (ch 6‚7‚8‚9‚17) 1. The hydrologic cycle refers to the ________. A) flow of rivers B) groundwater flow to the surface C) unending circulation of Earth’s water supply D) latent heat of vaporization E) totality of forms of precipitation 2. Air containing all of the water vapor it can hold is ________. A) saturated B) adiabatic C) dew point D) convective E) unstable 3. The release of latent heat along from water molecules
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