the novel Emma‚ by Jane Austen and the film Clueless by Amy Heckerling‚ we discover that both texts are influenced by‚ and reflect the values of their respective contexts. Emma is set in the isolated‚ rural town of Highbury‚ England in the early 1800’s‚ at a time where society had placed value on social hierarchy. This distinction between classes was largely determined by family lines and inheritance. It is in the upper class of society that Jane Austen places her protagonist‚ Emma‚ “handsome
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In the short story‚ “Emma Zunz”‚ by Jorge Luis Borges‚ Emma’s living conditions and behaviour reflects that she lives as part of the proletariat society. She and her family would live in smaller areas because “she recalled the family’s little house in Lanus” (Borges‚ 215). Their surroundings and proximity suggests that they are of lower class citizens. Emma spends most of her time working in the mill. That being said‚ her regular day would be a “a day of work‚ bustle‚ and trivia” (Borges‚ 216).
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and Direct Discourse in Jane Austen’s‚ Emma Jane Austen is often considered to have one of the most compelling narrative voices in literature. Blurring the line between third and first person‚ Austen often combines the thoughts of the narrator with the feelings and muses of the focalized character. Emma is perhaps her most prominent example of free indirect discourse‚ where the narrator’s voice is often diffused into that of the characters. In the following passage‚ Emma takes on her role at match-maker
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Facebook‚ SMS og E-mails. Spørgsmålet er så‚ er dette en positiv udvikling? Bliver vi bedre til at føre en samtale med disse elektroniske hjælpemidler? Eller er det hele blevet meget upersonligt? Tænker man ”Takt og Tone” så tænker man straks på Emma Gad‚ som‚ om nogen‚ var den førende indenfor takt og tone i sin levetid. I 1918 udgav hun bogen ”Takt og Tone” en bog‚ hvis indflydelse stadig er utroligt mærkbar‚ den dag i dag. I et uddrag fra denne bog‚ beskriver hun hvorledes man skal indlede og
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PB: In brief Michael‚ Emma has preserved its appeal through Austen’s exploration of values and attitudes‚ attuned to modern audiences. These values and attitudes in turn parallel with that of readers in a modern context‚ providing the novel with a sense of universality. MC: Fascinating observation Paula‚ can you specify what values and attitudes still pervade in a contemporary context? PB: The values and attitudes that Austen has chosen to explore in Emma address the strict nature of social classes
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Emma by Jane Austen Journal entry 1 The beginning of ’Emma’ is set in a small imaginary country village called Highbury‚ in around 1814 and the mood is playful and happy. The main characters in this scene are Emma Woodhouse the persona‚ Mr Woodhouse‚ Ms Taylor and Mr Knightly. Emma Woodhouse is described as ’Handsome‚ clever‚ and rich’ and happy because she ’had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ The writer portrays how she is used to having
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a very accomplished book because of Austen’s clever and successful use of literary techniques. Literary techniques refer to the deliberate construction of language to further the story whether that be to develop character‚ plot‚ suspense or to create an enjoyable humorous novel. Jane Austen applies many literary techniques such as point of view‚ dialogue‚ letters and irony to tell the story of Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is told in third person
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Emma Levine employs structure‚ sentence length‚ vocabulary‚ and other literary features to portray a sense of passing time in this excerpt from “A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat‚” where the author experiences a donkey race with Karachi locals. Levine utilizes sentence length to create a sense of passing time. She describes the impending conclusion to the race with a long‚ descriptive sentence followed by “the race is over‚” a four word sentence. The employment of a long sentence followed by a
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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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general notes on Jane Austen’s works 1.1 English novelist - Jane Austen 1.2 Artistic and genre peculiarities of J. Austen ’s works 2. Practical part II. J. Austen’s literary art and its role in English realism 2.1 The "Defense of the Novel" 2.2 Jane Austen ’s Limitations 2.3 Jane Austen ’s literary reputation Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Topicality: English writer‚ who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life. Although Austen was widely read
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