Adaptation is not a new phenomenon. Taking a literary classic and transforming it into a completely different medium has been the choice of many directors, artists other authors and so on, for a great many years. Whilst there is nothing quite like ... medium, the most offensive of all adaptive techniques. The Jane Campion film Portrait of a Lady is the perfect example of an enormously diverse response to a cinematic adaptation of a very popular, classic novel. Campion herself is a very well respected director, so it is by no surprise that she thought she could afford to attach her own perce...

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Jane Austen's 1815 classic novel 'Emma' appropriated into Amy Heckerling's 1995 film 'Clueless', provides an insight on the drastic changes in societal values shaped by their changing contexts. Austen challenges Regency society's ... ...

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... the issue of love. Such characters as Mr Collins and Charlotte Lucas and Wickham and Lydia represent marriage for superficial purposes, which can never result in happiness. The traditional and classic 19thC attitudes to love and marriage are held up to the light and shown to not lead to lasting happiness. The selfknowledge and awareness of Elizabeth and Darcy through their ... ...

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... integral to serving the themes of the novel, and to the style and characterization employed by Austen. These facets form a large part of Pride and Prejudice, ensuring its standing as a classic. ...

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... culture. An understanding of the humour in Emma unmasks other such humours in film which are reinforced by visual, slapstick and verbal comedy such as one-liners "Isn't my house classic? The columns date all the way back to 1972-, gags, "Do you like Billie Holiday?- "I love him!- and repartee "Would you say I'm selfish?- "No, not to your face- that portray ... ...

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... exception to this rule. Take the most obvious examples of Elizabeth and Jane Bennet. On a first glance, these women marry for love and for happiness - "Pride And Prejudice" is clearly a classic romance novel. However, constantly bubbling away on the backburner is the undeniable reality of the Bennets" impending impoverishment, should they fail to secure rich husbands. Effectively disinherited by the fine ... ...

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