Amy Heckerling's film Clueless is an appropriation of Jane Austen's Emma, closely paralleling the story in terms of plot and characterisation. ... During the Regency period, the social order for Jane Austen's society was very rigid and immobile, and social status was determined through birth class, one's marriage, connections and professional success. ... It is after Cher sees her own pride and her egocentric values, reflected off Tai (who insensitively says "a virgin who can't drive" that Cher is able to realise her folly. ... Heckerling shows that it is one's ow...

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