“Appropriation study of texts is interesting because the changing values and attitudes of particular time periods can be observed.” Evaluate this opinion in relation to the Jane Austen’s novel, Emma, and Amy Heckerling’s film, Clueless. In your response make detailed references to both texts. 3. In comparing your TWO texts you will have become aware of how the contexts of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a comparison of the values associated with each text.
One of the many techniques Flaubert uses is color symbolism, which he uses colors to make crucial connections between characters in order to juxtapose them and emphasize certain attributes that take part in Emma’s life as well as a framework when setting up the mood and tone throughout the novel. Two of the most recurring colors in the novel are red and green. These colors are opposite in the color spectrum and consequently represent opposing ideas. When red objects appear in the book, they signal danger or the unappealing, while the green objects indicate the attractive or amiable in Emma’s point of view. In the rare instances in which these two colors appear together, they tend to signify moments of tension, confusion or prominent turning-points.
How do the connections between the two texts enrich the meaning of each text? When considered on their own, texts are constructed to create meaning and impart that meaning on a responder. However when two linked texts a considered together, their meanings are enriched as the responder can compare both texts, and take extra meaning from how the two texts differ and agree with each other, by evaluating which is more effective. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice when read in isolation can be a simple bildungsroman narrative about the maturation of a young woman. However if the responder were to read Fay Weldon’s Letters to Alice on first reading Jane Austen, the connections between the two would shape and then reshape the responder’s understanding of both texts.
Both texts explore the themes of parental hesitation and worries as well as children’s wish of pursuing their own life, though they differ in the point of view of parents and children when separation occurs. Parental hesitation and worries of letting children go is a natural part of separation. Though the process is not always easy and may include some conflicts, parents usually have the best intensions in mind. In A Private Talk with Holly the father finds it difficult to let go and imagine his life without his daughter Holly, “… Turn a back on home and walks out into the grown-up world forever.” The father conveys the separation feeling in the following words: turn a back, walks out and forever. Similarly, in the poem Wild Boy of the Road the parental hesitation is visible, “His mother is worrying about him… His mother is wishing her boy would come home.” The usage of the words worrying, boy and come home demonstrate the same feeling as in the story.
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”.
The two stories that I have chosen for my analytical essay are War Dances by Sherman Alexie and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I believe that these two stories have many similarities but also many differences. A couple of the ways they differ are that Sherman Alexie uses humor and multiple settings when telling his story and Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses sensory details about how she feels about the wallpaper and uses the house as a setting for the entire story. A couple of the ways the stories are the same are both stories do use first person view and a dynamic character as the protagonist. I will first talk about how the two stories differ.
2012 HSC Paper 1- Area of Study 1. Text One- Book Cover a) Describe how the book cover introduces aspects of belonging? The book introduces a variety of perspectives on belonging and not belonging in context of family. The grouping of images suggests belonging to groups and places and the links between the various elements of childhood experiences and relationships. There is juxtaposition in this book shown in the colours of the book as the white symbolises innocence and purity which contrasts with the red or maroon colour which symbolises pain, suffering and blood which also conveys the shifting or tenuous nature of belonging.
The comparison of the language, society and other various aspects shown in 'The Acid House', to that of the Sherlock Holmes' short story mentioned above, reveals two very different forms of history and the developments, but also degradation, of certain features included in both. An example of the changes in history between the two stories, is strongly seen in the language and dialect used by both authors. In 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band', the language and form of dialect used by the characters is typical to what we would think of English gentlemen and ladies of that era would use. The choice of words and sentence structure used by Sherlock, and the other figures in the short story, are, in itself, part of history, a way of speaking which is no longer used or carried out in today's society. For example, at the beginning of the story Sherlock is faced with a woman who is clearly afraid of the situation she is in.
The theme of conflict is prevalent in these two texts, as well as another one of Dawe’s poem “Victorian Hangman tells his love” (“Hangman”). Both composers deal with these issues in quite different manners, however, both imply that a greater understanding of our life experiences can be achieved through a sense of connection. Everyone needs to
Roger Tschida 9-12-2012 Professor Honey Response Paper #1 Literature is greatly varied in style, taste, and purpose, but a major component of the detail and often the symbolism in any story is the choice of colors for the characters and scenery. While the other four authors use some color for simple descriptions and detail, Bierce and Gilman each take a single color and focus on it to symbolize their view of the topic about which they wrote. Bierce chooses the color gray to signify the cross between fantasy and reality, and Gliman uses yellow to dig into the mind and investigate the psychological trauma she endured earlier in life. Of all the authors read so far, Willa Cather has by far written the most boring, over-detailed stories.