... both cheers of approval and howls of outrage upon its publication, and continues to fascinate modern literary critics and film makers. Is she a romantic idealist, striving for perfect love and beauty in dull bourgeois society? Is she a willful and selfish woman whose pursuit ... of the good life brings about her own destruction and that of her family? Or is she, like Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and Nora Helmer, a rebel against the repressive, patriarchal society in which she finds herself? Is she, perhaps, a bit of all three? Two prominent modern ... as Flaubert enters periodically to explain ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... where she would form new opinions and gain the manners and customs appropriate for a woman of Emma's social status. Harriet Smith is neither a clever or bright person, Harriet is therefore perfect material for Emma to mould. In Clueless, like Emma, Cher sets out to improve Tai, the new girl at school and the equivalent to Harriet Smith in Emma. Like Harriet ... Fairfax, Miss Bates and her deaf grandmother Mrs. bates weren't in the film. The part of Christian in the film was gay because I think they wanted to have a modern version. Maybe it was to difficult to place the Bates family into...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... their context may vary vastly. The attitude towards certain values such as marriage, social status and education in both texts are reinforced by each other. Is the film just another "modern" remake of a great novel? Perhaps not, lets have a closer look. Even though now Emma is considered a canonical text, during the time of first publication it would have been perceived the ... education. Nevertheless, in Clueless certain skills such as negotiation and communication are valued just as in Emma where artistic abilities are valued and are shown through the accomplished Jane Fairfax. A perf...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate