Emma - Adaptation in the Movie Clueless

Amy Heckerlings post- innovative film, Clueless, appropriates the timeless ideas and value presented in Jane Austens Emma, appealing to coeval audiences. Through the appropriation, Heckerling juxtaposes the societies, drawing perplexity to the differences and at the same time, criticising her get society. Heckerling successfully transforms the universal values of brotherhood, social hierarchy and sex activity roles, modifying them to suit a modern audience.\nHeckerling adapts the nineteenth century contextual boundting of, Emma, to appeal to present-day(a) audiences. Jane Austens novel Emma is set in the village of Highbury, reflecting the slow-paced modus vivendi of her time. The vastness of status and wealth during the era is established by dint of the description of Emma as, handsome, clever and rich. Clueless, however, underscores the importance of consumerism and materialism, depicted through the open up montage. The fast camera movements and the soundtrack Kids in Ame rica further underscore the fast paced consumerist lifestyle of the twentieth century. Through the contextual novelty of Emma, Heckerling exemplifies the similarities between the two eras: the positive values do non change, regardless of the change in context.\nMarriage and births in Austens time has been altered to provide for modern perspectives on love. In, Emma, marriage was predominantly based on social and financial status. This is explored through Mr Eltons desire to except aggrandise himself by e genuinely taking Emma or, if not, try for swing Somebody Else. Furthermore, it was considered unacceptable for a couple to marry extracurricular of their social classes. Emmas ambition to Harriets interest in Mr Knightley is spurred on by her precept that it would be unlikely for, a man of first-rate abilities to be captivated by very inferior powers. In addition, she believes that their relationship would be an, ...