Character Analysis of Emma in the Film Clueless
Character Analysis of Emma in the Film "Clueless"
Amy Heckerlings 'Clueless' is a very entertaining film which can be viewed from a number of different aspects. It can be seen as an entertaining teenpic about the life of a typical American teenager or as a very clever adaption of Jane Austens well-known book 'Emma'. With an understanding of 'Emma', the viewer of 'Clueless would be able to reveal parallels between the two texts and also be able to recognise various similarities and differences between them. To that extent, an understanding of 'Emma would add a further level of enjoyment and analysis to 'Clueless'.
On its own, 'Clueless' can be seen as your everyday typical American teenpic. It would be very entertaining and would be enjoyed by most teenagers of today. As the film is a teenpic, it deals with everyday problems that todays teenagers deal with. Also, the music and fashion in 'Clueless' is appealing to these people an it is mainly contempory and 'in'. They would enjoy and relate to it. Many people who have seen Amy Heckerlings film 'Clueless' have no idea that it is an adaption of Jane Austens classic book 'Emma' and yet they are still able to enjoy it for its content. Although they still appreciate the film woithout an understanding of 'Emma', they would probably enjoy is more if they had a prior understanding of 'Emma'.
Amy Heckerling has been able to cleverly transform 'Emma', and early nineteenth century book into 'Clueless', a popular film produced in the late twentieth century. She was able to do this by altering the book so that it is in a modern context and then presenting it in the form of a film. One fantastic example of this is when in 'Emma', the incident of the portrait occured. That is when Emma painted the portrait of Harriet and then Mr. Elton took it in order fo it to be framed. In 'Clueless' a similar incident occured except this time the picture was in the form of a more modern photograph, not a painting. Another great example of this was whenin 'Emma', Emma got a ride home in the carraige with Mr. Elton where he declared his love for her. In the parallel to this incident in 'Clueless', the ride home was in a car, which obviously is due to the more modern context of the twentieth century.
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