thus a link can be established between the original and the new. The transformation can give the audience a better understanding of societal values and attitudes present in the texts. Jane Austen’s book Emma(1816)‚ relevant to society in Regency England‚ is relived in a modern day context relevant to the 20th century American society in Amy Heckerling’s “teen flick” Clueless(1995). Social status plays a crucial part in both texts. “Emma Woodhouse‚ handsome‚ clever‚ and rich‚ with a comfortable
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thesis project of a Columbia University senior‚ Emma Sulkowicz. Her performance is a superb artifact because it displays colleges’ lack of protection for rape victims‚ the need for better laws against rape‚ and the detrimental effects of letting an accused walk free. Emma Sulkowicz was allegedly raped in 2012 and reported it in 2013. Her alleged rape has lead to national attention because of her thesis project “Carry That Weight”. In this project Emma Sulkowicz carries the mattress as symbolic to
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cards life deals him‚ but once they are in hand‚ he alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. In the short story “Emma” written by Carolyn Cole‚ Emma is one of the main characters who is friendly and caring towards her loved ones. If Emma would have only known how to play the game of life and be smarter‚ she would have won the game. Emma and Mrs. Robinson are two women with different personality traits‚ physical features and life experiences. Role models play a huge part in
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is best for themselves and those who follow. When I’m not being a quirky goofball Emma Jean Bouie‚ I’m being sophisticated‚ empowered woman little miss Nadia Moffet. Ever since I met Nadia Moffet‚ C.E.O of The Queens Foundation and Miss North Carolina 2010‚ she has instilled something spiritually and mentally inside of me that has helped shape the young leader I am today. From the age of 13‚ I was no longer just Emma Jean Bouie‚ I slowly became‚ “a beautiful‚ powerful and strong beyond measure woman
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“Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives” A.Sachs Explore the preoccupation with death in “Edge” and “Lady Lazarus”. Death is very much a universal theme and one present in numerous poems written by Sylvia Plath. The subject of death‚ and consequently Plath’s work‚ can therefore relate to everyone as it is relevant to all humanity‚ nobody is exempt. It can be seen that Plath had a preoccupation with death‚ it has been said that she was attracted to it like
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In poems of Sylvia Plath‚ entitled “Lady Lazarus” and “Daddy” some elements are similar‚ including used hostile imagery‚ gloomy atmosphere as well as recurring theme of suicide‚ but the poems differ in respect of the speaker’s point of view and attitude towards addressed person or unfavorable surroundings. These elements are employed by Plath in order to intensify the impact on her audience and convey all extreme emotions. Another issue that is considered to be worthy of thinking over is the question
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society we determine that a persons below the age of 18 are lacking sufficient autonomy for a range of publically significant decisions unless proven otherwise. In the case of Emma Odgen‚ the decision is not as clear cut. The first step in evaluating this ethical problem involves identifying what exactly needs to be solved. Emma is an extremely intelligent 12 year old and has expressed her wishes in a comprehensive
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actions of those around her. Emma does not appear to have an especially caring father and years of marriage troubles have split her parents so they no longer work together effectively to help combat her emotional outbursts. Emma’s social circles include her school and her peers right now when she
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Emma Watson is a well-known actress that she gained her popularity as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film collections. She gave a thirteen minutes’ speech on gender inequality for the UN Women‚ or The United Nations Entity for gender equality and the Empowerment of Women‚ on September 2014. This speech uses emotions to connect with audiences‚ establishes her credibility‚ and lists out different facts and statistic that reignite the feminist movement successfully. In this speech‚ Emma uses
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Emma final commentary Jane Austen’s writing style includes short and sweet sentences however they are packed with a lot of information‚ including metaphors and motifs. Personally‚ I found it hard to follow Austen’s writing because in order to understand her subtle messages in between the lines‚ one would have to be super alert and read every word and the connotation that of every word. Also‚ one writing tool that Austen uses well is free-indirect discourse. Free indirect discourse is when the
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