The multifaceted process of transformation implemented by Amy Heckerling, of whom created the 20th century cinematic production Clueless, required the adaptation of contemporary familiarities of society unto the thematic skeleton of Jane Austen's 18th century novel Emma. Hence the comparative analysis of these texts identifies parallels of theme, character traits, plot and human experience and likewise varying superficialities of social, historical and political contexts, highlighted throughout the respective texts. Hereby explaining the manner through which transformations simply reshape texts to drastically recontextualise its' meaning in order to provide contemporary audiences with an effective vehicle through which the creator's purpose can be engaged.

Jane Austen's ironic These texts revolve about a vane, deluded and overindulged heroine who is confined by the restraints of societal codes and expectations, of which define their aristocratic rank and to which they...