the position of Austen as the narrator and Emma’s limited view of the world can be clearly observed. This is comparable to Cher‚ who also cannot distinguish between her own perception of the world and reality. Not only does Heckerling adapt this idea from Emma‚ she also criticises the material values and attitudes of modern day society‚ where the initial characterisation of Cher based upon
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a social inferior‚ offering a satirical insight into the shallowness and inflexibility of Regency class doctrine. Elton conveys similar class consciousness in his rhetorical questions towards Cher: “Why Tai!? Why Tai!? Do you know who my father is?” A far shot of a blinking neon sign of a clown dwarfs Cher as she is abandoned in the carpark by Elton‚ symbolising society’s mockery and disapproval of her attempts to undermine a defined systems of classes and cliques. Further inflexibility in class
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many of them go home and ask their parents for advices. The character Tai in Clueless was a newly transferred student to the school‚ geeky-looking and was somewhat a "loner" because she was still new to the school and hasnt made any friends yet. Cher was nice enough to accept Tai in to her group and made Tai feel that she belongs with them‚ the popular girls. Who wouldnt like to be known as one of the girls from the popular group‚ right? With Tai being apart of Cher’s group‚ everyone in the
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protagonist Emma and in her daily actions and interactions with the rest of the characters‚ and Austen’s use of free indirect discourse. The high school’s social structure is similarly presented in Clueless but through Heckerling’s female protagonist Cher and Heckerling’s use of the voiceover. Highbury and Broson Alcott high school are both small self-contained societies that exhibit varying but rigid hierarchy’s which have great impact on the
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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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considered lower class because they are involved in trade. So‚ Emma was slightly offended when she got an invitation because it disregarded the social rules of her time. This value is also shown in Clueless when Cher tries to pair Tai with Elton. When Cher and Tai first meet‚ Cher tries to transform Tai into someone of higher status by giving her new clothes and a makeover and convinces her to turn down any dates from Travis. After this‚ she then proceeds to pair Tai with Elton because she thinks
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class woman’s existence at that time. The song “Kids in America” juxtaposed to the moving clips of Cher’s extravagant lifestyle in the opening scene implies that all kids in America live like this. The image is further satirised by Heckerling when Cher states that she leads a “... way normal life for a teenage girl.” The irony in this statement is
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conservative Regency England‚ Emma. The use of different techniques and medium allow Emma’s themes of personal growth‚ social structure and the role of women in society to be conveyed in a more appropriate form in Clueless. The main characters‚ Emma and Cher are representational products of their society and parallels can be drawn in the opening scenes‚ particularly in relation to self-knowledge. The Bildungsroman progression from delusion to social awareness is a universal value in both texts despite
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With changes in time and culture comes changes in the way humans relate to each other and their larger society. Clueless‚ by Amy Heckerling‚ appropriates Emma‚ by Jane Austen‚ and contains similar values‚ however‚ it is set over two hundred years later and therefore the cultural differences are quite prominent. This means the way the characters relate to each other is different because of the varied contexts. Heckerling has kept some values and changed others because of the new genre it is aimed
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attention to your mouth is good." (Clueless) Even after she realizes that she is actually interested in her former step brother‚ Josh‚ Cher changes herself so that they can have more in common. Although the changes she makes are better for the world around her‚ she still only decided to do it so that Josh is able to see her in a different light. If we compare the character of Cher to one of the 21st century we are able to see that the rise of feminism has made Hollywood come out with stronger women. The Hunger
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