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Comparison of Women in Emma and Pride and Prejudice
2,264 words, approx. 8 pages
 This is a comparison of the women of Jane Austin's Emma and Pride and Prejudice. Society, behavior and expectations, including marriage and children, are discussed, emphasizing the differences between the two works.
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 Essay Grade: 83%
Discuss Austen's Presentation of Emma
2,241 words, approx. 8 pages
 In the first Volume of "Emma", Austen has portrayed a character we doth find immature and naïve, but also endearing and kind hearted. Her obsession with class status means she appears to us as snobbish and above her station, plus the fact that we do not necessarily like what she is doing to her friend Harriett, whom she seems to be misleading.
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Contextual Change in Austen's Emma and Clueless
2,068 words, approx. 7 pages
 Compares Emma, the novel by Jane Austen, to its transformation, Clueless, the film directed by Amy Heckerling. ,Examines their contexts and the way understanding of each work is developed and shaped. Concludes that while the transformation of Austen's nineteenth century novel into Heckerling's twentieth century film appears dramatic, many of the essential ideas of the original text have been retained.
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 Essay Grade: 83%
At One Point in the Novel Emma Claims She Will Never Marry.
2,054 words, approx. 7 pages
 Marriage is an essential theme in the society created by Austen, which seems mainly preoccupied with the idea of match making. Emma's claim to never want to marry shows us a lot about her character, we see her independence in the current situation she has and also see her snobbery as she originally thinks marriage is something for people who are below her class.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Victorian Society and Emma's Development in "Emma"
1,961 words, approx. 7 pages
 Jane Austen's novel "Emma" reflects the repressive Victorian England society that Austen lived in. The character of Emma is a smart, precocious women who defies society's conventions and who grows in maturity and learns from her mistakes.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Emma and Clueless: A Comparative Analysis
1,953 words, approx. 7 pages
 Provides a comparative study of Emma, written by Jane Austen and Clueless, a film written and directed by Amy Heckerling. Explores the values associated with each work. Considers to what extent the study of transformations applies to each work.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
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The Evolution of Emma into Clueless
1,743 words, approx. 6 pages
 Discusses Jane Austen's novel Emma and the film which it inspired, Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling. Describes the themes Austen included in Emma and how Heckerling managed to transform those same themes to a modern setting. Examines how the film provides new insight into the text.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Is Emma a Do Gooder?
1,695 words, approx. 6 pages
 Jane Austen's EMMA
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In chapter one of Jane Austen's Emma, Mr. Woodhouse said, "Emma never thinks of herself, if she can do good to others." Explores the truth of that quote, using chapters 1- 20 as the basis for the answer.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Comparatively Speaking - "Emma" and "Clueless"
1,642 words, approx. 6 pages
 An essay in the form of letter citing the worthiness of noting noting that Amy Heckerling's film "Clueless" in a retelling of Jane Austen's "Emma." Points out parallels and similarities as well as differences between the two works. Notes the appropriateness of Emma when transferred to a modern setting.
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 Essay Grade: 92%
Comparison of "emma" and "clueless"
1,477 words, approx. 5 pages
 The process of transformation from Jane Austen's nineteenth - century novel `Emma' to Amy Heckerling's twentieth - century film `Clueless' has been dramatic but at the same time retained the essential ideas of the original text.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Jane Austen's Emma and Clueless
1,475 words, approx. 5 pages
 Compares the film version of Jane Austen's Emma to the 20th century film Clueless. Considers how the updated time period changed the setting and modernized the themes of the story to suit the different historical and social contexts.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Heckerling and Austen: Comparing Emmas
1,334 words, approx. 4 pages
 Compares the Jane Austen novel "Emma" to the Amy Heckerling's film upon which it is based, "Clueless." Contrasts the different views of both Austen and Heckerling's portrayal of a particular scene from the work. Compares the protagonists, Cher and Emma.
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 Essay Grade: 92%
Emma's Learning Process
1,279 words, approx. 4 pages
 Personal experiences and relelations trigger the growth of "Emma" in the novel by Jane Austen. She grows from being a self-professed bachelorette who is vain and snobbish into a woman open to love and marriage and who transforms herself into a likeable character.
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 Essay Grade: 96%
Emma's Maturation in Austen's "Emma"
1,276 words, approx. 4 pages
 In Jane Austen's "Emma," Emma goes through a remarkable transformation from a vain and snobby girl to a young woman capable of true love.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Emma and Clueless
1,263 words, approx. 4 pages
 Provides a comparison of Jane Austin's novel, Emma and Amy Heckerling's film, Clueless, which is based upon the novel. Concludes that when closely examined, one can see how the two main characters in each work are exactly alike except they are matched to their own particular time periods.
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 Essay Grade: 92%
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 Essay Grade: 88%
"emma Clueless Comparitive Study"
1,225 words, approx. 4 pages
 The transformation of Jane Austen's novel `Emma' to a 20th century film entitled `Clueless' by Amy Heckerling allows for the same themes of social structure and personal growth to be universally conveyed in a modern situation. The themes associated and catalysing the transformation, including social structure, self realisation, marriage and relationships is enhanced by the techniques each of the composers use alongside satire and irony.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Context and Women's Roles in "Emma"
1,216 words, approx. 4 pages
 The context created in Jane Austen's novel "Emma" includes setting, societal context, language, character analysis and themes. The novel provides insight into the societal norms of 18th century England, especially the subserviant role of women.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Emma: Summary of the Events at Box Hill
1,200 words, approx. 4 pages
 Analyzes the novel Emma, by Jane Austen. Provides a Summary of the Events at Box Hill, when Emma notices that Frank doesn't seem himself and he soon expresses his wish to leave the country and move to Switzerland.
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 Essay Grade: 98%
Transformations: Emma and Clueless
1,172 words, approx. 4 pages
 The teen film "Clueless," directed by Amy Heckerling, borrows from Jane Austen's "Emma" written by Jane Austen to construct a story about how people can transcend society's superficial preoccupations.
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 Essay Grade: 83%
Marriage and Sotatus
1,165 words, approx. 4 pages

In Emma, by Jane Austen, reveals the importance of marriage and social status during the novel. Social status is determined by family background, reputation, and wealth. The main way for a women get, a higher social status is by marriage.
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 Essay Grade: 92%
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Emma Versus Clueless
1,125 words, approx. 4 pages
 Through her film "Clueless," Amy Heckerling successfully transformed the story in Jane Austen's novel Emma to apply to the popular high school culture of 1990s Beverly Hills. Parallels between "Clueless" and Emma exist with regard to character, themes, and plotline; but Heckerling replaced values of class, propriety, and social etiquette with those of materialism, consumerism, and the importance of self-image.
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 Essay Grade: 83%
Emma and Cluless
1,095 words, approx. 4 pages
 When we compare the characters in both Emma and Clueless we can see the there are many similarities as well as several differences. There are a number of characters that correspond with each other in both the texts, these being, Emma and Cher, Mr. Woodhouse (Emma's father) and Cher's Father, Mr. Knightly and Josh, Mr. Elton and Elton, Harriet and Tai, Mr. Martin and Travis as well as Frank Churchill and Christian.
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 Essay Grade: 81%
How Jane Austen's Emma and Amy Heckerling's Clueless Portray Women and Relationships in Society
1,029 words, approx. 3 pages
 Although the 19th-century novel Emma and the 20th-century film Clueless depict vastly different social and historical settings and societal values, the stories in both are essentially the same. Both similarly address the handling of relationships and the theme of self-growth, through humor, historical context, and characters who are ultimately endearing to their respective audiences. In this regard, both stories exhibit universal themes of relationships, maturity, and self-awareness.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Emma: Frank Churchill as a Villain
1,004 words, approx. 3 pages
 Explores Jane Austen's novel, Emma. Analyzes the character of Frank Churchill and evaluates his role as villain in the story.
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 Essay Grade: 92%
Values - Emma and Clueless Cher
951 words, approx. 3 pages
 Essay explains the values displayed in Jane Austen's novel "Emma" and Amy Heckerling's film "Clueless."
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 Essay Grade: 83%
Social Status in "Emma"
933 words, approx. 3 pages
 Jane Austen's novel "Emma" portrays the highly stratified class structure of early 19th century England. Although these class barriers are not nearly as rigid, they still can be seen in U.S. society.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Emma: An Analysis of Mrs. Elton
922 words, approx. 3 pages
 Examines the Jane Austen's novel "Emma." Provides a character sketch of Augusta Hawkins Elton. Argues that that she is unquestionably the most distinct persona in the novel.
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 Essay Grade: 92%
The Values of 19t Century England in Jane Austen's Emma
878 words, approx. 3 pages
 How does Jane Austen convey her themes and the values of the time in Emma? Austen uses Emma as a tool, an example of a wealthy young woman of her day. The views she expresses about society and the importance of social values and society structure accurately reflect both the time and place of the novel. Austen's special interest was the attitude to marriage and to the place of women in society.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
The Presentation of Marriage in "Emma"
839 words, approx. 3 pages
 Jane Austen's "Emma" is less about marriage and more about the necessary preparations and preconditions for marriage. Marriage is explored in relation to the social context of the novel's era.
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 Essay Grade: 87%
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 Essay Grade: 88%
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 Essay Grade: 83%
Marriage and Social Status in "Emma"
749 words, approx. 3 pages
 "Emma's" structure is centred around several marriages, some of which are realized, others merely anticipated. These marriages are defined and evaluated with the context of the social standing of each participant, a complex factor in Jane Austen's time which was calculated as a combination of family background and wealth.
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 Essay Grade: 86%
Emma and Clueless
743 words, approx. 3 pages
 Describes the similarities and differences between Amy Heckerling's `Clueless' and Jane Austen's novel `Emma,' upon which the film is based. Explores connections between the plot, characters and inevitable human nature.
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 Essay Grade: 78%
Emma/clueless
737 words, approx. 3 pages
 Clueless the movie directed by Amy Heckling, is based on the Classic Emma by Jane Austen. The film changes the original context, from a 19th C, middle class home, to the wealthy and privileged playground of L.A. teens, the movie simplifies the complex narrative that is Emma, Amy Heckling makes a valiant effort to embrace Austen's style in her different medium, and reflects many of the values represented in the original texts.
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 Essay Grade: 90%
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Emma: A Character Study
651 words, approx. 2 pages
 Provides a character analysis of Emma Woodhouse, the title character of the Jane Austen novel. Describes her as a growing individual because she thankfully learns from her mistakes.
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 Essay Grade: 75%
The Significance of Mr. Dixon in Emma
638 words, approx. 2 pages
 The ways people perceive others offer an inside look at their character. In Jane Austen's novel Emma, this plays a particularly large role. In the novel the protagonist, Emma Woodhouse, passes judgment on every person that she encounters.
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 Essay Grade: 96%
Emma: The Typical Jane Austen Novel
580 words, approx. 2 pages
 Plot summary of Jane Austen's "Emma" and how the novel typifies Austen's work of writing about only what she has experienced in her life in England's Romantic Age.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
Wit and Irony in Chapter 12 of "Emma"
580 words, approx. 2 pages
 In Chapter 12 of Jane Austen's "Emma," the author uses humor, from the subtle to the absurd, to describe the holiday party attended by the Knightlys and the Woodhouses. The scene reveals the characters' personalities and motivations.
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 Essay Grade: 88%
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Emma
356 words, approx. 1 pages
 Essay provides a negative review of the character and book entitled "Emma" by Jane Austen.
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