Emma and Clueless Essay

In comparing two texts you will have become aware of how the contexts of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is the comparison of values associated with each ext. to what extent has this point of view been your experience in your study of Emma and Clueless

The transformation of Jane Austen's novel 1816 novel, Emma, by Amy Heckerling in her 1995 film Clueless, has presented new ideas since values have extremely changed over the last hundred years, many values back in Austen's time are very outdated compared to the values we live by, however analysing each of the values and their context within that time frame, a greater understanding of both the social contexts of Austen's world and Heckerling's world is achieved. Through comparison of the themes marriage, social status and self realization in each text, a...