Bennet's second daughter. ... Bingley and Jane, the oldest Bennet daughter, meet they hit it of immediately. ... Darcy's godson, he was supposed to inherit a position in the curch but after Darcy's fathers death Darcy decided that Wickam didn't deserve anything. ... She is one of five daughters from a well-respected family. ... The story is engaging at every stage. ...
This is a particularly sensitive matter in the Bennet household, where five daughters need to find husbands before the passing of their own father to avoid being left homeless due to the rules of entail in 19th century England. ... Elizabeth is the fiery second daughter of Mr. ... This is where Darcy really proves himself the hero of this story. ... When the story started, as a reader I found myself agreeing with Elizabeth that Darcy probably was a snob looking prejudicially down towards Elizabeth. By the end of the story, it becomes clear that Darcy is indeed a good man and that it is ...
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...
Her father, the Rev. ... The story is somewhat unsatisfying because Marianne's change of heart is hastily discussed in a paragraph at the end of the novel. ... Dashwood and her daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, are cruelly deprived of their home and inheritance on the death of the girls' father. ... She said the song was her late father's favorite. Later on in the story, Marianne kept on nagging Elinor for not sharing her feelings. ...
These are the two main characters in the book, Jane 22 and Elizabeth, the heroine of the story, 22. ... This seems rather pathetic of their mother, wanting her daughters to marry a man just because he has money, but it is soon revealed that the Bennet's are rather poor and if Mr Bennet were to die they would loose the house and be left destitute. ... Elizabeth is a sharp and perceptive person, she "has a quickness- which makes her stand out form her other sisters and makes her father's favourite daughter. ...
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,...
