Book Review US History 1302 Dr. Ross-Nazzal April 29‚2012 Winning the West for Women: The Life of Suffragist Emma Smith DeVoe. By Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal (Seattle: University of Washington Press‚ 2011). xv + 256 pp. Reviewed by Zeeshan Ali‚ April 29‚2012. Life of Emma Smith DeVoe In early American history‚ the right to vote was considered as an important part of liberty‚ but only men had that power. On the other side women consider as second-class citizen‚ who has no rights and
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The Social Evolution of Emma Woodhouse As the saying goes‚ one cannot judge a book by its cover. This is especially true in the novel Emma by Jane Austen. The novel pertains to this saying‚ but beyond that the characters do as well. Emma Woodhouse‚ the shallow heroine cannot see behind looks and what the reasoning is through people’s actions. She is so aloof to what is happening outside of her perspective that many people’s actions in the novel‚ which are predictable many times to the reader‚ end
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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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transformation of Emma revealed the changes in context and values? Heckerling’s transformation of Emma reveals the changes in context and values through sharing its ideas but altering some features. By keeping the ideas the same‚ Heckerling is able to display the contextual differences. Emma‚ a novel written by Jane Austen‚ follows the life of a wealthy woman living in Regency England‚ 1816. Clueless‚ a film created by Amy Heckerling‚ similarly follows the life of a wealthy woman‚ however unlike Emma‚ it is
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Comparative studies‚ Emma and Sive IMPORTANCE OF MONEY ‘Emma’ is set in England in the early nineteenth century. Jane Austen succeeds in communicating the values of her culture and society. Money is highly valued in this society. People are judged by their wealth and material possessions. In some ways the cultural context of ‘Sive’ is utterly different to that of ‘Emma’. It too is set in a stable rural society of families and neighbours‚ but quite unlike the novel‚ the main characters lead
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Emma Tremaine “No matter how your heart is grieving‚ if you keep on believing‚ the dreams that you wish will come true”-Cinderella; Is this statement always true? Emma was an evil seamstress from a small village and there she bossed around her two sisters Anastasia and Drizella. Emma was their mother’s favorite and they were treated like servants. Their father had recently died and their mother was unaffected‚ but they carried a weight in their hearts. They felt as though they only had half a heart
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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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Parallels are drawn between the values and attitudes of post-modern and regency society in Emma ’s carriage incident and Clueless ’ car scene. In Emma‚ Mr Elton displays complete disgust and outrage at the notion of marrying the socially inferior Harriet‚ exclaiming ’Good heaven! What can be the meaning of this? ’ This segregation and incompatibility of differing social classes is also portrayed in Clueless through Elton ’s outburst of ’Don ’t you even know who my father is? ’ revealing the transcending
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Ideas about the human condition can transcend time and expressed through different contexts while reflecting society’s changing values. Emma‚ written by Jane Austen reaffirms and challenges the conservative society of 19th century England‚ where moral growth is a result of strict social etiquettes and rigid class structure. However‚ Heckerling has taken similar ideas that speak powerfully about human nature to the different context of 20th century America‚ within the world of Clueless where a much
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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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