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In Jane Austen’s novel Emma, the protagonist Emma is a young woman with high social status, a know-it-all attitude and little vexations. Much like the main character Cher in the film clueless, she acts to serve her own interests and … Continue reading →

  One decision that the director of the film made that I feel is very important to point out is the interpretation of Frank Churchill as Christian Stovitz. He became the love interest of Cher in the movie. She went … Continue reading →

Clueless is as entertaining as the novel, even though it is not completely faithful to the original source. The decision that really interested me was the portrayal of Emma’s self-indulgence with her powers of match making. In the novel, Austen … Continue reading →

What is the real story of the elusive Frank Churchill? In the movie version, Churchill, aka Christian is portrayed as gay and the clueless Cher still doesn’t get it. A few questions about Churchill, in the novel are left to … Continue reading →

After watching the film, you’ll know that there are several ways (in this case, quite clear ways!) in which this adaptation departs from Austen’s novel. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, of course. Adaptations needn’t always be entirely faithful to … Continue reading →

When reading the novel Mansfield Park, I pictured Henry Crawford as an overly flirtatious and somewhat villainous character. He finds Maria more favorable of the sisters but knows he’s expected to capture Julia’s attention. In the novel he is portrayed … Continue reading →

The focal point, to me, was the ushering in of slavery to the foreground.  In the novel, that topic was delicately, but firmly, positioned into the background.  The movie found a way to both address it and even use it … Continue reading →

One interesting change that the movie makes in regard to the novel is the conversation between Sir Thomas and Edmund about Edmund choosing well. Sir Thomas states that he is happy with Edmund’s choice and that the people are respectable … Continue reading →

The novel and film differ in many ways not only because they different depictions of the same story but because of the novel’s length, the film had to cut out many parts. One part that was vital in the novel … Continue reading →

Tom Bertram gives the audience a graphic pictorial of slavery in the film version of Mansfield Park. He has drawn pictures of rape, lynching and Sir Thomas having a sex act performed on himself. One could only wonder why Sir … Continue reading →