1. Emma and Clueless Clueless begins as (opening scene) * Scene I- Cher’s House * Soundtrack over: “Kids in America” by The Muffs (A variety of shots of girls having fun- opening montage) * Cher’s voice-over- “So OK‚ you’re probably thinking‚ “Is this‚ like‚ a Noxzema (popular skin cleanser brand among females as a facial cleanser or make-up remover) commercial‚ or what?” But seriously‚ I actually have a way normal life for a teenage girl. I mean I get up‚ I brush my teeth‚ and I pick
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How has the change in context of Emma and clueless shaped the values conveyed in the two texts? In Amy Heckerlings 1995 film clueless we see the deep transformation of Jane Austin’s more conservative 19th century classic Emma. In clueless we see the values and themes of high culture literature combined with the modern context of teenage society in the 20th century. The transformation of Jane Austen’s novel Emma to the 20th century film Clueless by Amy Heckerling allows for the same themes of social
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Emma by Jane Austen Cultural context The novel I have studied is Emma by Jane Austen. The cultural context to which we are introduced in the novel ’Emma ’ by Jane Austen‚ is the world of the middle classes in the nineteenth century. In this essay I will look‚ firstly‚ at the role of women in this world. I will examine the very limited opportunities a woman had in terms of education and finding a career which would allow her to live an independent life in the world of the novel. Secondly‚ I will
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Analysis of Emma Knight Author Stud Terkel was a writer‚ who represented class conflicts in a deceptive style‚ allowing the facts and people he interviewed to speak for themselves. Previously‚ he acted on stage and television‚ hosted a radio program and compiled several books. In Miss U.S.A‚ Terkel writes the story of Emma Knight using irony. If the modeling agency would not have convinced Emma to join the beauty pageant‚ then she would not have gained more confidence in herself. In
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Emma / Clueless comparative essay – film techniques How do the film techniques help in the exploration of the themes in ‘Emma’ and ‘Clueless’? Refer to the films in detail. The directors of the films ‘Emma’ and ‘Clueless’ use a range of film techniques to highlight the themes of the texts. Diarmuid Lawrence and Amy Heckerling explore the themes of marriage and matches‚ distortion of vision‚ social and moral responsibility‚ and the importance of self-knowledge. A detailed analysis of four parallel
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Families were too different‚ perhaps too happy‚ she had decided. Families … they just weren’t what Emma wanted. Well‚ it wasn’t like she could get much she wanted; she didn’t have a house to live in‚ a warm bed to sleep in‚ healthy food to eat or clean water to drink. She didn’t even have a mother or father to love or be loved by. But she wouldn’t want to have a family of her own – for fear of what she had to endure would happen to her own children. The tympanic rhythm of Emma’s ragged‚ dirty boots
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Like all of Jane Austin’s books‚ Emma is a story about women moving up on the social ladder through marriage. In that time‚ women in England were denied the possibility of improving their social status through hard work. In order for them to move up on the social ladder‚ they had to marry someone who was considered to be of a higher class. The role of women in the nineteenth century England was to attract a husband who had a higher social status‚ thereby creating a respectable identity for themselves
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using intercalary chapters. Every other chapter of the novel is plot‚ while the other half is a descriptive exposition of the lives of farmers during the great depression and the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck incorporates a great use of diction such as parallelism and strong syntax. In chapter five‚ he truly engages these skills to almost set the tone of the novel‚ which appears to be antagonistic and desperate. Steinbeck achieves his purpose of expressing a desolate ambiance by constantly using personification
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“Sonnet CXXX” is a spoof of the typical love sonnets written by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. It ridicules the senseless depictions that poets gave their lovers whereas in comparison the speaker in “Sonnet CXXX‚” illustrates his mistress with honest comments. These remarks declare her “true” character and show the speaker’s absolute and total adoration for her because of it. As the poem opens‚ in the first quatrain‚ we are introduced to the narrator’s‚ “I”‚ “mistress.” This term however‚ is not
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is a novel that depicts Jay Gatsby chasing his American Dream. Although Gatsby did it by illegal means‚ Fitzgerald honors Gatsby for the effort he put forth in trying to achieve his American Dream of winning Daisy back. With the use of symbolism‚ syntax to create a respectful tone towards Gatsby‚ and a mood of honor‚ Fitzgerald admires Gatsby for chasing an unattainable American Dream and almost succeeding. Symbolism is a major key to Fitzgerald’s novel and he uses it to represent how unattainable
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