Amy Heckerling's film Clueless is an appropriation of Jane Austen's Emma, closely paralleling the story in terms of plot and characterisation. ... Emma believes Harriet is the daughter of "somebody" and through this delusion she embarks to make Harriet part of her society as she believes Harriet's "soft blue eyes should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury and its connections". ... Cher's popularity arises from her affluent father and her fashion sense. ... A perfect example of this is when Cher has persuaded and negotiated with her teachers to change her grade...

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An unmarried woman without a substantial amount of savings to rely on upon her father's death, however, risked falling into poverty. ... Mrs Bennet's determination to marry her daughters is a direct result of financial concerns. ... "5 Once an attraction has formed between Bingley and the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Mrs Bennet manipulates the situation and sends Jane to Netherfield on horseback during a storm, hoping she will catch a cold. ...

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit deals with the relationship breakdown between mother and daughter. ... She does not hate her but she is unable to show her any feelings, not the conventional mother-daughter relationship one would imagine. ... For example Jeanette describes an event in which they sing hymns together, she says her 'Mother sang the tune and [she] put in the harmonies' Although this is true literally, this could also be interpreted metaphorically in that without one another they are not complete, the tune would not be complete without the harmonies as a daughter is not c...

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Heckerling's Clueless is indeed a clever film, transforming a 200-year-old story and making it relevant to today for a modern screen audience, despite radical social changes. ... They are also both manipulative as seen in both characters' desire to control such as Emma's manipulation of her doting febrile father and Harriet, parallel to Cher manipulating Tai and Mel through affection. ... In Emma, Mr Woodhouse is a fussy invalid who is obsessively concerned with his and others' health while Mel Horowitz loves fattening food, is indolent and aggressive when he wants to be,...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate