Emma and Clueless Essay

Emma Lou did her best to change the subject, eventually forcing Mrs. Blake to give up her inquiries about college. She then began to talk about employment, revealing an almost brutal truth to Emma Lou: business men had certain ideas of what the women they hired should be, and they would not hire anybody else. She suggested that Emma Lou go to Teacher’s College and get a job in the public school system. Emma Lou left the lunch unsure of what to do. She did not want to return home to her smelly building, but much of the day remained. She walked along Seventh Avenue, one of her favorite places to walk, and began to think of John. She paused outside a window, using her reflection to try to rid herself of the shine on her nose. When a few young men walked by, they were talking about her. Before walking away, laughing, one man said, "There’s a girl for you ‘Fats.’" Fats replied "Man, you know I don’t haul no coal."[1]

Woodhouse “a most affectionate, indulgent father” (3) contributes to Emma’s self-esteem and sense of superiority by heralding her as perfect in every respect, as, for instance, after Emma has unveiled her drawing of Harriet: “So prettily done! Just as your drawings always are, my dear. I do not know any body who draws so well as you do” (56). Mr. Woodhouse praises Emma’s drawing skill, even though she has admitted herself, their limitation. Hence, as far as love is concerned, Emma realizes that her relationship with her father is exceptional in his admiration of her, providing her independence as the true mistress of Hartfield, while being always beloved and important

Composers often appropriate classic texts in order to put significant stories and social themes into a new context. Amy Heckerling exemplifies this notion as she brings forth the social issues and concerns of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ into a modern context within her 20th century film, ‘Clueless’. Heckerling has transformed ‘Emma’ through her use of modern language, setting, targeted audience and props in ‘Clueless’ illustrating how Austen’s ideals and social themes are still relevant and affective to a contemporary audience. Heckerling investigates the dichotomy and similarities of the two contexts, by reinvigorating themes like the role of women in a patriarchal society, the role of marriage in society, the nature of true friendship and the universality and timelessness of folly.

The circularity of her thought signals a dreamy, admiring tone such as is employed when someone has an elementary crush on another person. Despite taking on an opinion contrary to her own, Emma still proves to be too impressed with Frank.

To start with Sutton had a much more fabulous life than Emma ever did. She was the “It Girl” at school, having a group of friends who were just as fabulous as her, and being able to get away with pretty much anything. Sutton’s family itself was also perfect: 2 loving parents, a little sister who copy Sutton’s every move, even a big house and a dog. It wasn’t until Sutton “stepped out” and Emma “stepped in” that Sutton got to see how flawed her family really was.

Mr. Knightley is a kind and compassionate person who plays an important part in the novel, a high played character and in contrast to Emma's still growing up character. In one of the scences, which displays this is his disappointment when he sees Emma abuse Miss Bates. Mr. Knightley's astonishments of Emma for this contempt also demonstrates his own affection and esteem for her as a friend. Whereas on the other hand, there's another incident which shows his quality is his anger with Emma for persuading Harriet Smith to refuse Mr. Martin's proposal of marriage, Martin being in Knightley's eyes an extremly suitable match for Harriet. Mr. Knightly has said that to Emma, where at the same time, Emma's mind was most busy and with all the wonderful

Emma lived a semi-normal life as a foster kid. Sure she moved around from family to family never truly having a place to call home. She kept sain by keeping little note books labelled “things I should of said” and the newspaper “The Emma Daily” where she made up newspaper headlines to advertise what was happening to her. Her life did a flip when she finds out about her twin sister Sutton, and even more when she learns that Sutton was murdered. With Sutton killer after her, Emma has to play the part of her twin, while finding out who killed her.

Even after the death of his father, she becomes annoyed by him and his mother. During this section, the reader does not see Charles much because of the fact that Emma is always with or talking about Léon. This has never changed. Emma is always complaining about Charles, she attempts to distract herself with other lovers and people. The reader discovers that the more time Emma is with Charles the more irritated she becomes. Though Charles has always stood by his dissatisfied wife, Emma is unhappy with his attempts to make her happy. In the course of the novel and in time Emma has neglected Charles even when he needs her the most. Time cannot and has not changed Emma’s selfish way and her deep hatred for

How has the change in context of Emma and clueless shaped the values conveyed in the two texts?

A similar flaw between Tom and Emma is the fact that both are impulsive with their actions. This happens multiple times in Emma, especially when she tries to play matchmaker. This is partially due to the fact that she is unable to see reality clearly, which is what happens during her attempt at bringing Harriet and Mr. Elton together. After finding a love note, Emma excitedly tells Harriet:

Jane Austen deliberately confined herself to the realistic portrayal of a segment of contemporary English life-upper middle-class society. The heroine, Emma Woodhouse, lives on her father's estate at Hartfield which is in effect an adjunct of the village of Highbury 'in spite of its separate lawns and shrubberies'. Mr. Weston's estate of Randals is in the parish of Highbury, and Mr. Knightley's Donwell Abbey is situated in the neighbouring parish, within comfortable walking distance. Here life is concentrated within itself and separated from London which although only sixteen miles away was 'much beyond...daily reach'. Significantly, Emma has never visited London, never been to the seaside, never visited

Emma Bovary allows herself to be destroyed by the people she encounters and her obsession with falling in love. Emma is not happy with herself and her relationship so she looks for other people to fill the void. Emma never really realizes that she is the root of all of the troubles in her life. If she were more in touch with reality, she would realize that she needs to work on herself before blaming her love interests for not being like the men that she has read about in the past. Emma has a very unrealistic perception of love. Emma is unable to fall in love with anyone because she will always be dissatisfied. She destroyed her own marriage before it even started because of her preconceived idea of love. Charles is absolutely in love with Emma and would do anything for her but she does not feel the same way about him due to her fairytale idea of love. It seems as if she is not capable of separating her real life romances from the romance novels that she read when during her time at the convent.

that Mr. Elton would be a decent match for Harriet. After Mr. Elton's flight, Emma is compelled to break

described in that manner because of Emma's affairs. When Charles is staring at her in her

I Rashmi Priya student of B.A (Hons.) English of Amity Institute of English Studies and Research , Amity University Uttar Pradesh , hereby declare that I have completed the Term Paper in English 1 on 'Emma by Jane Austen ' in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of B.A (Hons.)English.