Emma Woodhouse is a rich young lady who is of a high situation in her household being the mistress of Highbury from an early age. This is because her mother ... that she should follow what Emma tells her to do. Emma uses this factor to manipulate Harriet's ideas and actions because she senses Harriet's utter respect for her. "This letter was from him, from Mr Martin, and contained a direct proposal of marriage . . . she was come as fast as she could to ask Miss Woodhouse what she should do." Harriet ... also represents the effects of social class in marriage because of the Mrs Smith/Mr Elton...

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... in the novel and the film. From the very beginning of both the novel and film, there are similarities between the two main characters. Emma Woodhouse, the leading role in Emma, is part of the rich, expensive civilization of a large and heavily populated village called Highbury, in nineteenth century England, while Cher Horowitz lives ... But with these compliments and cash comes a certain amount of snobbishness and maybe it is the fathers greed in their daughters that has caused this. Both Emma and Cher have the habit of getting rather too much their own way and a nature to think a little...

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... film is easily accessible and in many cases more understandable than the written word; this is the extra dimension that Heckerling has successfully added. In Emma, Austen observes the cultural norms of her time and uses satire and irony to ridicule what she saw as shameful and superficial. These narrative ... Austens authorial comment have given her the ability to exploit the same. The film is set in Beverley Hills, transforming the social classes of Emma's time into social groups at Bronson Alcott High School. As Cher points out to her protege Tai, the loadies, the crew and the ... i...

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