In the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ the importance of social status is a value that is represented in both texts. It is represented through a number of techniques which all reflect the changing contexts and values between Jane Austen’s time‚ and the 20th century. Social status was something that was important in the 19th century. People wouldn’t mix if they weren’t of the same class‚ and it was considered a large thing if they did. This is
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Today’s discussion will lead us back to the early 19th century‚ a time where women weren ’t treated as they are today. One of the most influential novels of that time was none other than Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen. Also‚ I am going to discuss one of her other novels Emma. During the 19th Century women were treated similar to slaves‚ being controlled by men their entire lives. They were controlled originally by their father‚ then by their husband if they were to marry. However‚ it
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Friday 28 July 2013 Dear Year 11 Advanced English students‚ ALL WORK DUE TUESDAY JULY 30‚ 2013 Over the holidays you need to complete: 1 Read the article‚ Jane Austen: A love story by Jennifer Frey and answer the questions which follow. 2 Complete Emma essay question (1000 words) How do you feel Emma is received by the modern day audience? Do you feel the subtleties of the text are lost on them‚ or are they more aware of human nature and therefore more appreciative of the failings
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English Long Book Report Chan Hiu Tung Christie 4C (2) Title: Emma Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Pearson Education Limited What is love? How can we do to catch our own true love? I found the answer after reading the book‚ Emma. Emma‚ which talked about Emma Woodhouse‚ who is a beautiful‚ clever but with little spoiled girl. She is rich and she loves arrange marriage between her friends and neighbours in a village called Highbury. Unfortunately‚ she makes a lot of
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‘code’ of behavior and standards that are to be maintained by the middle and upper classes of society. Austen realistically mirrors this ‘code’ through the characters and plots of her novels while showing that social flexibility was narrow and class boundaries were strict. The topics of class stringency and social mobility are important areas in Jane Austen’s literature. We begin to see that Austen is not a revolutionary as she supports and preserves the morals and customs of societies hierarchy.
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http://www.biography.com/people/jane-austen-9192819#synopsis&awesm=~oErUoMS5bEp9C9 The seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen‚ Jane Austen was born on December 16‚ 1775‚ in Steventon‚ Hampshire‚ England. Jane’s parents were well-respected community members. Her father served as the Oxford-educated rector for a nearby Anglican parish. The family was close and the children grew up in an environment that stressed learning and creative thinking. When Jane was young‚ she and her siblings
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http://bridgetarchive.altervista.org/contextualizing.htm When Bridget Jones ’s Diary was published in 1996‚ Helen Fielding was praised by masses of readers and reviewers for the authenticity of the narrative voice. However‚ not everyone was willing to accept the hapless comic heroine as the typical thirty-something single woman of the 1990s‚ and more demanding critics noted the ways in which Bridget ’s character and her story are problematic‚ particularly from a feminist point of view. Bridget
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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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an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. It closely parallels the story in terms of characterization and actions. Both of the main characters‚ Cher and Emma‚ are spoiled‚ high class snobs who‚ after undergoing a crisis brought on by their own pride and repression of their feelings‚ are transformed from callowness to mental and emotional maturity. However‚ the film also diverges from the original story in that it eliminates a key character and events that have an effect on Emma Woodhouse’s psychological
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Book Report on Pride and Prejudice The author of Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen who was born in Steventon‚ Hampshire‚ in the south of England‚ in 1775 and died at the age of 41. She began writing at the age of fourteen as entertainment for her family. Austen’s early writing often made gentle fun of popular fiction of the time. Love and Friendship‚ her first book (completed in 1790)‚ was not very kind to those writers who scorned emotional self-control. Northanger Abbey was written at the
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