transformation of Emma into clueless

When Amy Heckerling transformed Jane Austen’s novel Emma into the film Clueless, she did not devalue the novel, but instead added value to it because she was able to update the plot without drastically changing many of the ideas and features. This then allowed readers to compare and better understand many of the aspects of the novel. By changing the form of the story, Heckerling is also able to allow better understanding of the original text, as many people in today’s society are more visually literate.

Because Emma is set in 19th century England, ideas and values automatically change when the story is transformed to a more modern perspective. Just because Heckerling did this, does not mean that the original story loses value. In fact, Emma gains even more value then it did previously because viewers of the film are able to later read the original novel and compare such things as ideas and values and how they are appropriate to the time in which the version was created.
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