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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EXTENDED RESPONSE Emma/ Clueless- Love and Marriage The novel Emma by Jane Austen is a comedy of manners set in the early nineteenth century. The context of this time placed a particular emphasis on how‚ who one married. Subsequently the novel Emma which‚ deals with the everyday lives and concerns of people‚ reveals many insights into the idea of love and marriage. One particular idea presented is notion that marriage is very much determined by one’s social class and making a match below
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The 1993 hit film Clueless ’‚ written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ exemplifies how popular culture re-appropriates Austen ’s 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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2018 Emma Gonzalez was a normal 18 year old bisexual cuban. When she went to school the next day‚ she became a new person. She became an activist. On February 14‚ Nikolas Cruz used an AR-15 to kill 17 of her teachers and friends. How would you feel‚ and what would you do? Emma decided to have make her voice heard and has come expressed herselfout on Social Media. She has also given numerous speeches about this horrific event and what we should do to make a change. INSPIRATION/BACKGROUND Emma was
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A Survivor from the school shooting that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on february 14th 2018‚ Emma Gonzalez shares her views about the gun control laws in a speech‚ in which she says‚ “ it’s time for victims to be the change that we need to see. Since the Founding Fathers added the Second Amendment to the Constitution‚ our guns have developed at a rate that leaves me dizzy. The guns have changed but our laws have not.” School shooting occur too often for a difference
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Ambassador Emma Watson delivered an ardent speech addressing the dispute about gender inequality in the world. Her intention was to raise awareness of the struggles that women and men face throughout their life regarding this issue. During this speech‚ Watson uses numerous strategies to engage her audience’s absorption of the subject along with the three major elements of the speech; her introduction was striking‚ the body was sympathetic‚ and the conclusion reached the main goal of the speech. Watson
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Oladapo Ebenezer Mr. Adrian DelMornte Eng 4U1 July 7‚ 2015 Emma Watson’s HeforShe Speech Analysis The purpose of Emma Watson’s speech at the UN headquarters in New York was to launch the HeforShe campaign and to outline what the true meaning of feminism is supposed to be. The campaign was to strive to build a world where men and women have equal rights also taking away the notion that gender inequality is a problem only faced by women. In the course of convincing the audience‚ and showing
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“How has Amy Heckerling used film techniques to portray the transformation of ‘Cher’ in her film‚ ‘Clueless’?” In the hit film of 1995 -Clueless‚ director Amy Heckerling effectively uses film techniques to further portray the deep meaning of the story. The film tells the story of a selfish teenage girl who transforms into a responsible woman. In the beginning of the story‚ the main protagonist‚ Cher‚ is depicted as a narrow-minded‚ extravagant teenager. Heckerling uses vivid colour and extremity
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Emma Watson is a well-known actress that she gained her popularity as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film collections. She gave a thirteen minutes’ speech on gender inequality for the UN Women‚ or The United Nations Entity for gender equality and the Empowerment of Women‚ on September 2014. This speech uses emotions to connect with audiences‚ establishes her credibility‚ and lists out different facts and statistic that reignite the feminist movement successfully. In this speech‚ Emma uses
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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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