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actress, Emma Watson. Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was always bursting with talent. She studied at Dragon School and trained extensively on becoming an actress. At age ten she was acting in Stagecoach performances, and in 1999, she made her big break, landing the role Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movie franchise. Emma Watson definitely deserves a spot in House 8-1 Hall of Fame. She has a very successful acting career at only age twenty-six. Emma is also

Transformation. What is a transformation? It is when the plot structure and focus of both texts remains intact, but the issues, values and setting are altered. Amy Heckerling’s Clueless transforms Jane Austen’s Emma by humorously depicting modern values. Emma is set during the Regency period, where it was a time of political and social change, with old rural-based values facing challenge from the new urban middle class whereas Clueless is portrayed in a post-industrial, consumer-driven society. Both

Max Ayotte Katherine Miner AP English 12 Friday, April 10th, 2015 Pride and Prejudice In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, she uses satire to demonstrate the irony, hypocrisy, greed, and other moral faults that the characters in her novel demonstrate. The main theme is, conveniently, the title of the book. Pride lies in both Elizabeth and Darcy, providing a constant barrier to overcome. Austen appears to show prejudice in the class divisions of the novel demonstrating what it was like for

a highly literate family. Austen's father was an Oxford educated clergyman and her mother was an aristocratic woman (PBS). Jane was an author best known for her social commentary in novels including, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Austen's gained popularity after 1869 and her reputation and fame escalate in the 20th century. Her novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, are considered literary classics. Jane’s novels link the gap between romance and realism

November 13, 1815, Jane Austen met future King George IV and was encouraged by the prince’s Chaplain to dedicate her next novel to the future king. Some may be ecstatic, but Austen was reluctant to do so because she disliked him. Finally, her novel, Emma, was published on December 16, 1815, Austen’s fortieth birthday, and was dedicated “To His Royal Highness The Prince Regent . . .” (Swisher 29, 30; Austen). Even though Austen eventually

who existed amongst other writers such as Henry Fielding (author of Tom Jones) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein), in a time called the Georgian Era. Jane Austen works include Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Juvenilia, Mansfield Park, Emma and Sense and Sensibility. Although Jane Austen has gifted to the world many great works, it is recorded on Bio.com that “her work did not become popular until after 1869 and during her life her works were published anonymously" (see Bio.com ; http://www

they can. In her novel Emma, she describes the social and romantic ventures of the titular heroine. Full of entertaining misunderstandings, the story can be passed off as a simple romantic comedy, and yet a complex and dynamic character can be found in the main protagonist, Emma Woodhouse. Over the course of the book, Emma changes significantly, eventually developing into a more responsible and mature young woman. These changes can be seen in the beginning of the book, when Emma is portrayed as spoiled

In the creation of the heroine in the novel, she uses ironic humor. Emma, who is the heroine in this novel, represents the view that is held by both the author and the women of middle class. Austen identifies a social problem and then solves it from the women`s point of view. She draws a lot of attention from her spectators to the heroine of her novel Emma and makes her to be seen as a highly important woman in Highbury. According to Bowen, Austen has depicted

convinced that she has to use her popularity in order to make the world a better place. Just as Emma Woodhouse, the protagonist of Emma, who is rich, clever, beautiful and whose passion is to match make others. After having paired off her sister with Mr. John Knightly as well as governess, (former Miss Taylor) with Mr. Weston; however her father rejects to her wish to find a new target to prove her talent (Emma, p.13) Cher likewise finds amusement in such matters, her first target was her debates teacher

The protagonist is called, Emma Woodhouse. The first sentence of the novel describes her as a “handsome, clever, and rich girl, with a comfortable home and happy disposition”, a sentence that I immediately associated with the snobbish societies that were common in that period. That’s why I wasn’t looking forward to reading the rest of the story. And my presumption was met in the first chapter where she only seemed to care about herself. She seemed to be a classic example of a “menefreghista” as