The sooner people accept that we are all human, the better. Moving on, the author’s style was unusual, criticizing, and degrading, and the tone was less than likeable. However, it was a direct approach to displaying human faults and how people turn the other way rather than acknowledge them. Lady Montagu, clearly took offense to Swift’s poem and so, wrote her own riposte to put him down for writing such an unflattering poem. She certainly did not “pass in silence without matching wits”(292) with Swift.
People who have been cheated on will start to feel sorry for Bundy because they know how it feels to have to catch the one you love in the compromising situation. She then goes into a spill on how the man must have never loved her at all. She cries out, “didn’t love me ain’t no fool”. This is very logical because any man who has ever really loved a woman could not bring himself to being unfaithful. She goes into a description of how love has let her down and she will not be strung along, this builds pathos and ethos because she gets herself out of the situation by leaving him.
Emma and clueless – - Use of an omniscient narrator to allow reader to reassess their impressions of the characters. - Occasional intrusive comments by the use of irony (mr knightley’) - Over loud, face paced, non diegetic, over bright colours - Music establishes mood and highlights the emotional states of characters - Mr knightley provides correct evaluation of the characters’ behaviours and personal worth - Emma’s lack of perception and the pain she caused Harriet was the first stage of self-awareness relinquishing by Harriet of mr elton’s memorabilia and her confession that she loves mr knightley forced emma to realise she loved him - Emma needs to accept her personal faults and demonstrate social responsibility through her actions,
In Act 4 Scene 1, Beatrice and Benedick both appear to believe that Hero is innocent and blameless. However, whilst they both have responded to Claudio's public rejection of Hero in a similar manner, their moods are dissimilar. Everyone else leaves apart from Benedick and Beatrice. Beatrice is in tears. She should cry in sadness but also express frustration and fury so that the audience knows exactly how she feels and so that they can empathize with her.
Despite the shift in context from 19th century England to late 20th century Beverly Hills, Austen’s main plot and ideas have been retained to a great degree. However, the different ways in which these ideas are portrayed in Clueless, as well as the variations from Emma’s plot, provide new insights into both contexts and hence emphasises the contextual influences that cause the changes. Through the consideration of Austen’s 19th century context we gain a deeper understanding of the impact of class attitudes on people’s behaviour and relationships. Social hierarchies are addressed through Mr Elton’s denial of Harriet and the corresponding action of Elton’s rejection of Tai. The character Mr Elton represents the class based attitudes of 19th Century England when he claims that “everyone has their own level”.
"What is Mr. Darcy to me, pray, that I should be afraid of him?" which causes Elizabeth great embarrassment in front of Mr Darcy and others shown by her response "blush and blush again with shame and vexation" demonstrating not only the embarrassment annoyance she feels towards Mrs Bennet also encourages Kitty and Lydia's bad behaviour and her attempts to push Elizabeth into an unwanted marriage with Mr. Collins which in consequence fails to cause a good result for herself or her daughters.
Emma vs. Clueless Essay 1.1 “In what way have the changing values and attitudes of different times been shown by the study of your two texts?” At different periods of time human society has been recorded to value certain qualities and behaviours over others, this is evident in art, music and literatures. By observing the similarities and differences of two novels belonging to periods, with the difference of a century’s time between them, we are given a perfect example of this alteration in values and attitudes. In Emma Jane Austen challenges the values of the Regency period’s strict social hierarchy and the attitudes of the “higher class” verses the “lower class.” She also reflects the roles of woman and their minor role in 19th century English society, when compared to men of ‘equal’ birth and wealth, and the importance of a “good match” when entering into the matrimonial state. In Hecherling’s Clueless we are also faced with a class structure, though it appears to be more fluid and easily manipulated or overcome by the use of money. In 20th century America the reasons and importance on marriage for both women and men has clearly changed and it is no longer necessary to be settled early and therefore couples are free to marry for life.
As the context is altered from Jane Austen's 19th century novel, Emma to the late 20th century film, Clueless directed by Amy Heckerling, the initial attitudes towards the existence of patriarchy in society remain of concern but adjust to their new backgrounds. Austen’s novel, through Emma’s self-improvement shows the notions of the importance of marriage, as a subjectification of women and also uses the characters of Emma to challenge society’s patriarchy and Mr. Knightley as the male archetype to whom Emma must impress, whereas Heckerling transforms these ideas to the importance of dating, and Cher’s need for Josh’s approval, with the remaining of both their requirement of improving themselves. Emma makes a statement on the notions of female independence, and subtly confronts the values of her 19th century patriarchal context. Women’s roles in society at this time were solely marital and maternal, with writers such as Rousseau stating the idea that women must be subservient, dutiful and devoted to the men in their lives. The book firmly projects the patriarchal society as the context: “A young woman, if she falls into bad hands may be teased…but one cannot comprehend a young man’s being under such restraint.” This language, although satirical reaffirms a main attitude existent in the context of Regency England.
Lady Macbeth was stronger in handling the situation, expressing almost no emotions over what her husband did. As Macbeth was expressing the faults of his responsibilities, Lady Macbeth comforts him by saying, “Consider it not so deeply.” (2.2.41) and “These deeds must not be thought / After these ways; so, it will make us mad.” (2.2.44-45), reassuring Macbeth with lack of care, not to fret over what he has done. Macbeth cannot bare what he had just done, however, showing clear signs of anxiety and guilt, as he says, “Methought, I heard a voice cry, “Sleep no more! / Macbeth does murder sleep” –the innocent sleep”
He is very open about his sexism and ignorantly acts on it. It is arguable that even if Creon was not the king, he would still have felt strongly about his aforementioned quote. He says that he shall not be ordered when he says “while I live, shall order me,” but he displays his sexist mindset when he says “no woman,” making him very rigid in his opinion about females being inferior to males. Creon’s characterization of a sexist man causes him to compare women to very negative things. Creon compares