One of my favorite film adaptations is the movie Clueless which is based on the novel Emma, by Jane Austen. The novel was written in the 1800s and the movie wasn't filmed until the 1990s so there are definitely major differences.Clueless is set in a modern high school with teenage characters just dating whereas the novel is set in older times where women were looking to be courted then married. The movie is also more modern in ways of sex between characters and how the characters speak to one another and interact. However these two stories also have many similarities. The most obvious similarity is with the two main characters. Both are rich, spoiled, and selfish when the story begins but transform into intelligent, helping, understanding women. Themes of matchmaking gone wrong and love triangles also appear in both. The differences in these two versions helped me understand the importance of reading a text with its context in mind. Many people would not have been able to relate to a film constructed exactly like Emma especially in the time period it was meant to be in.
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