Emma And Clueless Analysis

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How do the connections between Emma and clueless illuminate how the key values, and concerns have endured over time and/ or have been transformed or reshaped? Amy Heckerling director of clueless reflects values of the American version of Emma by Jane Austen. The values in Emma and clueless are relevant and recurring through the society the difference is the change in cultural perspectives. (Emma Ch. 1 and clueless first scenes), and (Emma Ch. 39 clueless sequence 13) both present similar connections in values and concerns such as marriage, status, and wealth and signify the moral realisation and miscommunication between characters indicating the concerns within our present 20th-century society. Both text demonstrate that throughout the centuries there is a transformation within culture. Society have reshaped some values such as the role of women, there …show more content…

However the change in societies values has remained the same and unchanged Emma and clueless both represent common key values and concerns of social hierarchy. With similar values being carried from the 18th towards the 20th century such as the social hierarchy that has been emphasised, in Emma's values of marriage. Jane Austen introduces Emma the protagonist as “Emma woodhouse, handsome, clever, rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” clarifying Emma's high social status, wealth and intelligence. This is conveyed in the “rich, clever” signifying the high social status of Emma. Emma presents the concerns of the social status and values in society “Although very little to distress or vex her” demonstrates foreshadowing to convey tribulation or