Imagine entering an enormous, narrow hall, one side totally covered with mirrors, the other a plain white wall reflecting nothing but the light. Chairs are set up along the mirrored side, therefore when you sit down you are facing the white wall. Just think how many of you would take a seat and how many of you would prefer to stand and groom yourself in the mirror before entering the exhibition? I guarantee, majority would prefer to be able to take the opportunity of the mirrors to reapply lip colour, apply mascara, or alter a hairstyle. Believe it or not, the world is forever becoming more obsessed with appearance and I chose the mirror affect as an introduction to my exhibition titled ?Vanity?.
When people are the center of attention and feel they are important, they often succumb to vanity. In both Emma and Clueless this is certainly the case.
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English: "The sight of Harriet's tears" - Emma tel...Emma?s indulgent father, her status in society, and her own self-importance has meant that she succumbs easily to the flattery of others. But Emma is not the only one, Frank Churchill is convinced that his charm will overshadow his deception and Mrs. Elton is sure her status as a married woman makes her a superior human being.
In the case of Clueless, Cher feels that her beauty and wealth makes her a special person and her indulgent father?s praise of her persuasive powers of getting her own way only increases her sense of her own value. Christian too has obvious pride in his suave manners and good looks.
I believe that vanity is a major theme throughout Emma and Clueless, however it is even more essential and fore grounded in Clueless than Emma. We all know that Vanity existed in both texts, and comparisons can be made, however vanity really...
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not that good i'm afraid... your in yr 11 so it's okay, but for year 12... thats gonna get u 7/20... The reason being, you have to talk more about the structure, the symbols present. The two texts are in a totally different context, you can't compare them so directly. Ill set you off... compare the first page of emma to the first 5 shots of clueless (up till the mirror/hari grooming scene). You will find that the ideas are soooo close it's scary. Look at the jeep, the significance of the jeep as a mode of transport is overwhelming. Think back to emma, how important is the horse and carriage to the text? How many important and identical events happen in the texts through the use of the jeep/carriage? When Cher fails her driving test, she is shattered, because she has nto been able to talk herself out of it, same goes in emma, when Emma insults Mrs Bates, she feels ver y guilty and is put into the car to shed her mighty tears...
the list goes on, you should think more into it, rather then looking at the cover of the book and movie.... think aboutt he emotional states of the characters and discuss those feelings by comparing them at similiar times/events.
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