ipl-logo

The Similarities Between Emma And Clueless By Amy Heckerling

1790 Words8 Pages

Keisy Trinidad
Professor Wear
English 231
November 16, 2017

Emma & clueless
Although fashion, rank, and status is portrayed differently A connection between Emma’ by Jane Austen and clueless by Amy Heckerling is made. Emma is an overachiever who lives with her father; she’s the “it” girl in her small town. Emma, growing up with a perfect life and admired and envied by all,faces her first setbacks when she involves herself in matchmaking, something she is not good at but she imagines otherwise. There are a lot of similarities between Emma and Clueless, despite their different time periods they are still pretty close. Emma is well known and loved by her family and her community, where everyone is easily manipulated by her, a flaw that comes …show more content…

Harriet is an outsider because she is lower class, and Tai is the new kid in school which makes her an outcast as well. While both of them don’t really listen to there so called mentors, they ultimately know what’s best for themselves. Both Josh and Knightley start off as brother figures before becoming love interests. Both are older than their Emma and Cher, with a slightly weird kind of nasty prior familial relationship. Cher/Emma initially try to set up Tai/Harriet with Elton but totally overlooking the fact that Elton didn’t want Tai he wanted Emma/Cher he was in love with her. In Emma, Emma paints a picture of Harriet for Elton, while in the book Cher takes a picture of Tai that Elton puts in his locker and cherishes. It makes more sense that Elton would want a painting by Emma because she actually put some thought into it and actually did it herself rather than just a picture a camera that she was holding took, but either way, the guy isn’t any good for her. Love at first sight, Christian wasn’t right for Cher because he is gay, while Frank was bad for Emma because he was engaged to another woman. Travis Birkenstock/Robert Martin Both were a no go because one was portrayed as a stoner

Show More
Related
440 Words | 2 Pages

Libby Peppers, born on August 31, 1988 in Virginia Beach, VA, to Kathy and Jerome Peppers, loves life to the fullest. She is the second oldest of four children, three girls and one boy. Her siblings include Darcy, Jenna and JJ (Jerome Jr.); all two years apart. Although, Libby’s parents use to be free spirits in their youth, they have promise to raise their children in a strict, uptight, and Godly home. Her parents strongly believe that this strict environment is the best way to protect them from outside influences and peer pressure of today's society.

Read More
1519 Words | 7 Pages

“What book are you reading this week?” I asked my new friend, Emma. “Oh, I’m just reading Harry Potter,” she replied, not lifting her head up to look at me. With the start of middle school, I had few friends on top of transferring to a new school. So when I spotted Emma on the first day of school, reading a book amongst a vast sea of white polo shirts and navy blue shorts and skirts, I knew she was going to be one of my new friends.

Read More
575 Words | 3 Pages

The book I am reading is called Trading Faces by Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy. This book is about twins named Emma and Payton. Emma is the kind of girl who is studious, smart and never gets a bad grade, on the other hand Payton is a “fashionista” as written in the blurb. The genre of this book is realistic fiction.

Read More
224 Words | 1 Pages

For starters, the movies are years apart from each other and we can clearly see that Clueless is more modern and targets different age groups. Another difference is that Emma’s was made in London while Clueless in America. Both movies are similar in the sense that both Emma and Cher come from wealthy families and live with their fathers after their mother has passed away. Both women become matchmakers and just like Emma made Harriet Smith her project, Cher made Tai hers.

Read More
541 Words | 3 Pages

Kade has a conflict about the fact that he loves Emma and isn’t allowed to because her aunt doesn’t want any of the boys hitting on her. Alaine Gray is Emma’s aunt but is really Emma’s birth mom .

Read More
1266 Words | 6 Pages

Point of view shot and zooming is used in an uncut scene of female teachers to indicate exclusive involvement and emphasise on the minute details that contribute to the match-making criterion, which highlights the gravity of social status and compatibility. Swift panning to different teachers and Cher’s repulsed tone in her narration displays her dismissive attitude towards disreputable teachers through the rapid introductions of teachers. Elements of Heckerling’s match-making scene and Austen’s quintessential couple of Emma and Mr Knightley differ, such as Cher’s inclusion of details and profession in her dubious criterion, compared to overbearing importance of affluence in Austen’s blatantly compatible couple.

Read More
902 Words | 4 Pages

The reinforced idea of class by "Clueless" presents the idea that values in the context of "Clueless" are similar, and if not the same as "Emma" despite the contextual difference. Appearance in both Jane Austen's 'Emma' and Amy Heckerling's 'Clueless' has great importance placed on it and this value of appearance

Read More
1263 Words | 6 Pages

In her writing, Jane Austen used literary techniques to display her character’s integrity, poise, grace and charm, or lack thereof. Throughout most of Austen’s works, a common theme is women and their behavior. In Emma, Jane Austen weaves a story between the differences of society through the actions of a young woman, Emma Woodhouse. The strongest literary technique in Jane Austen’s Emma is the use of a foil.

Read More
499 Words | 2 Pages

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons is a heartwarming and emotionally intense novel. After Ellen’s mother’s intentional suicide, Ellen is lost in the world. She wants to become part of a family that will truly care for her. Her father is an alcoholic who constantly beats her; this treatment is the cause of Ellen’s disappearance from her own home. Many family members take her in but no one actually accepts her.

Read More
769 Words | 4 Pages

‘Flash Dance’(1983) dir. Adrian Lynn follows the story of Alex Owens, a young 18 year old welder who dreams of one day being able to join an elite group of ballet dancers. In comparison to, ‘West Side Story’ the narrative of ‘Flash Dance’ is one that concentrates on the women and how they control their bodies, the plot focuses on the passion and lustfulness in a relationship compared to previously mentioned filmed which concentrates on the love aspect of romance. ‘Flash Dance’ challenges the patriarchal system that Alex, as a woman, finds herself in.

Read More
1828 Words | 8 Pages

1.4 Literature overview At the end of the nineteen century, was published a book, for the first time, concerning Jane Austen’s literary work. Exactly in 1890, the writer Godwin Smith gave for printing Life of Jane Austen, and from then he started a new era which values the author’s literary legacy, so others begun to write critics; thus, this moment marked the first step of the authorized criticism, focused on Austen’s writing style. In conformity with B.C. Southam Critical Heritage, the criticism attributed to Jane had increased after 1870 and became formal and organized. Therefore, “we see the novels praised for their elegance of form and their surface ‘finish’; for the realism of their fictional world, the variety and vitality of their characters;

Read More
685 Words | 3 Pages

“RAH!” I yelled and jumped on her back. She screamed and fell over. “Sophie!” She yelled and playfully hit me.

Read More
1515 Words | 7 Pages

The path to self discovery is the most terrifying, yet the most rewarding journey a person can experience. Jane Austen portrays this journey throughout her novel Pride and Prejudice. All through the novel the reader gets to endure the ups and downs of this journey with Elizabeth Bennet. She begins off the book very prideful on the fact that she is different than her society. As well, she prides herself on knowing people and being able to read them very easily, unlike her older sister Jane.

Read More
101 Words | 1 Pages

Intelligence is always powerful. In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Charlotte Lucas and Elizabeth Bennet are close friends in late 18th century England. Because they both have no fortunes finding a husband is not an easy task for either of them. Instead of bemoaning their fates, both Charlotte and Elizabeth use their positive traits to thrive in unpleasant circumstances. Charlotte uses her intelligence to snag Mr. Collins and Elizabeth uses her sense of humor to remain positive in the face of her mother 's constant nagging.

Read More
1014 Words | 5 Pages

Diction takes a great part when analyzing Jane Austen 's use of language in Emma. The level of words used in the novel are not extremely high; yet, complex sentence structures with extensive uses of commas, semicolons, parenthesis, and dashes add some complexity to the book 's diction overall. Austen applies varying styles of diction depending on the character being discussed or talking in each section. The overall diction in the novel is formal, largely because the time of the novel is set at a period when manners were highly valued.

Read More

More about The Similarities Between Emma And Clueless By Amy Heckerling

Related Topics

Open Document