How does Heckerling’s Clueless sustain interest in the values represented in Austen’s Emma? 7. How does a comparative study of Emma and Clueless bring to the fore ideas about the quality of relationships in society?In your response make detailed reference to your TWO prescribed texts. Year 11 English Extension 1 Emma & Clueless Appropriation Sample Essay Questions 1. You have studied two texts composed at different times.
The theme of love is shown as both love between a family as well as individual relationships. This sense of love between a family is presented early on in the novel, hooking the audience into the characters continual representation of this love and the changing nature of it. There are many individual relationships in the novel, these include, Stan and Becca, Gemma and Aron etc. Sexuality is another them explored in Briar rose and is done so through the character of Josef. Sexuality is a largely debated topic in recent society; this engages the audience as they are intrigued to see the implications and general representation of sexuality in the novel.
Sexuality and Physical Empowerment In A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams uses sexuality, physical empowerment, and setting to depict the strong presence of gender roles throughout his play. As the play progresses several different relationships begin to develop. For example, the sibling bond between Blanche and Stella, the spousal relationship of Stanley and Stella, and finally the romantic connection between Blanche and Mitch. These ties create many gender specific issues during the play. The gender roles of which the characters portray are very apparent through their actions and dialogue.
That is, men and women, as well as boys and girls, are more alike than they are different” (Hyde, 2005, p. 581). To prove her hypothesis she focused on specific categories for possible similarities such as, cognitive variables, nonverbal and verbal communication, social and personality variables, psychological well-being, motor behaviors, and moral reasoning. My opinion of gender, prior to reading the article, men and women are far more different than others tend to want to believe. Women tend to be more driven by their emotions whereas men are driven more on their skills to problem solve and physical capabilities. That is not to say that there is not a sense of equality, but based on my personal observations a female has the tendency to be more capable of carrying out and following through with tasks more than a man.
(ACA, 2005: AMHCA. 2010). The writer reviewed various assessment instruments and decided to select two instruments that evaluated the level of distress among relationship of couples, both married and unmarried. Based on this criterion, the writer selected the Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI-R) and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) as an assessment instruments likely to be used in the
In reading the article “Can We Talk”, self-disclosure in a relationship means a lot to both men and women when communicating and interacting with each other. I’ve been married twice- not to the same person twice and being self-disclosed to them was a nightmare. Things that I would share with them would get told to their friends, my family or strangers in general. I cannot say I had a good experience being self-disclosed. The article talks about the gender role between men and women role during intimacy and how affectionate they can become.
ENGL 1101 1 June 2012 Discussion of “Sex, Lies, and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen In my opinion, “Sex, Lies, and Conversation,” author Deborah Tannen is trying to convey that men and women have different communication styles. She states “Most wives want their husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.” I agree with Tannen on this because I have often found myself saying those exact words “Why aren’t you listening to me?” to my fiancé. This is even a repeated discussion amongst my girlfriends who also seem to feel the same way in their relationships. In my relationship, whenever my fiancé and I are having a conversation I give him my undivided attention when he’s talking; however, when I’m talking it seems as if he’s has A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder).
Some actions might be dictated by our hormones acting up or the we are raised to treat other and ourselves but our own personal emotions are the causes of our reactions. In the end, males will use logic while females would use intuition. Works Cited: 1) Blum, Deborah. "The Gender Blur." Utne Reader.
Our minds have created justifications to alter these guidelines when they our actions do not measure up to the social norms. Susan Bordo’s essay, “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body” focuses on the gender roles society has created while revealing the way the mind justifies a particular sexual way of life. Laura Kipnis’s essay, “Love’s Labors” addresses love and adultery. Kipnis addresses the common way of thinking of why and how cheating is so prevalent in today’s culture. Kipnis goes into detail about the impact love has on our way of thinking.
Both men and women hold a great responsibility within the relationship or ties one another hold. Together, they hold a bond which can lead to a good or bad thing. But ever since the gender wars followed through, there’s a thing called the “Battle of the Sexes” running about. It’s mainly a war showing which gender is more dominant, male or female. “The War on Men” by Susan Venker explains how women feel about men, and what they think about them.