CLUELESS VS. EMMA Adaptations of Jane Austen’s‚ Emma‚ are usually period pieces diligent in capturing and replicating the manners‚ dress‚ language and values of the original text. Clueless‚ written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ deviates drastically from the norm‚ as the film is not a period piece. While Emma is set in the early nineteenth century in the country village of Highbury‚ sixteen miles out of London‚ England‚ Clueless is set in Bronson Alcott High School almost two hundred years later
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emma watson fashion and modelling Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson born 15 April 1990 is an English actress and model who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger‚ one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine‚ having previously acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2010‚ she starred in seven Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint; she will return for the final installment: the second part of Harry Potter and
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In Anarchism: What it Really Stands For‚ Emma Goldman writes‚ “With human nature caged in a narrow space‚ whipped daily into submission‚ how can we speak of its potentialities?” (21). Here‚ Goldman hints at the inherent problem in characterizing human nature through empirical observation: human behavior is skewed by the influence of society and authority. Therefore‚ conceptions of human nature must be made through reason alone. Though the task is fraught with difficulties‚ assumptions of human nature
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Emma‚ authored by Jane Austen‚ tells a story of a wealthy young woman ’s schemes to match up her new‚ and much more poor‚ friend with the town ’s unsuspecting bachelors. What is revealed‚ however‚ is not Emma ’s skills in match-making‚ but her inability to see the true feelings of those around her‚ as well as her own heart. Emma took place in a small town called Highbury‚ in 18th century England. During the time period‚ there was a definite social rank. Almost all of the scenes in the book take
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Are you expected to go to school‚ university‚ church or a temple and why? The notion of control in Emma is explored through an examination of contextual values and ideologies that confine and limit the characters. Control is an essential feature of life. It orders society and defines social expectations within the diegesis of Emma. This is mimetic of Jane Austen’s own context and our own. Women in Emma were controlled through the social construct of ‘propriety’. Additionally‚ marriage controlled a
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Company Analysis and Prognosis: Goldman Sachs Nic Wilson MGMT 498 John Pepper 1 November 2012 Table of Contents Introduction-1 Background-2 Organizational Definition-3 Company Organization and Structure-3 Institutional Client Services-3 Investment Management-4 Investment Banking-4 Investing and Lending-4 Revenue‚ Expense‚ and Net Income-5 Assets-6 Return on Assets and Equity-7 Position in the Industry-8 Stock Market Performance-9 VRIO Analysis-9 SWOT Analysis-10 Strengths-10
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various circumstances involving different composers‚ whether they are social‚ cultural or historical‚ influences vastly on the thematic concerns of every text. The author‚ Jane Austen’s context‚ the Regency Era‚ profoundly shapes the canonical text‚ Emma. In her novel‚ Austen continually explores aspects of the patriarchal society of her time‚ its rigid social structure‚ the value of birthright and wealth‚ as well as the great worth of marriage to women. From the beginning‚ the concept of male supremacy
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only one bad one to lose it.” (Ben Franklin). Goldman Sachs was the most prestigious investment bank with over one hundred years of good business history and on September 21st‚ 2008 it reorganized itself as a bank holding company. As a bank holding company‚ it engaged in global investment management‚ investment banking‚ securities‚ and other financial services. An unfortunate series of scandals had put its good reputation in a downward spiral. Goldman engaged in a series of scandals from the collapsed
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In July‚ 2007‚ because of the American subprime mortgage crisis. U.S had a Financial Storm. At the beginning‚ the five largest U.S investment banks were showing despite the subprime challenges. But then‚ to be accompanied by one of the five largest investment banks in U.S which is Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. The other investment banks suffered the storm. Even though the Goldman Sachs had also been buffeted by the Financial Storm. But “Goldman was still rewarding the firm’s CEO that named
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