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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pertain to the story in several different ways. This simile also reveals that Emma wants to be noticed‚ that particular look happened to be "the hit style" of the time. Chapter 3 page 108: "It ran silently‚ swift and cold looking; long fine grasses bent with the current‚ like masses of loose green hair streaming in its limpid depths." The simile in this particular quote reveals how Emma feels about this man. Emma is portrayed as the hair and Leon as the wind. It seems that she is open to this
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Would you be able to handle not seeing the outside world for five years? In this story‚ Room written by Emma Donoghue a mother got kidnapped when she was getting out of her car when she was leaving her college campus. She was put in a room ‚ ended up pregnant and giving birth to a baby boy‚ which now in the book is five years old. Throughout the story she describes the living conditions and follows to tell you the drastic things they do throughout the story when they finally choose to try escape
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The Moment of Recognition in “Macbeth” and “Hedda Gabler” The drive to succeed‚ to have power‚ and to be in control are forceful things. So powerful that they can blind people – corrupt one’s ambitions and morals‚ and make them walk straight off the path of success they planned for themselves. As seen in “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare‚ and “Hedda Gabler” by Henrick Ibsen the urge for power‚ control‚ and success can overcome one’s better judgement. The two plays tell a tragic story about the
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