Emma Stone

out in her community. Some would even come to her for advice or guidance. Throughout time, the A was said to represent “able” or even “angel”, something Hester thought would never happen. Throughout her life, even to the day she died, she continued to wear the scarlet letter as she said “It has become a part of me”. Hester’s scarlet letter was intended to bring her down in society, to be judged for the rest of her life for her sin. But by the end of the book, the letter was able to bring her up in society, to even higher than where she was before. Nearly 100 years later, a new story of the scarlet letter has emerged. "Easy A" is intended to be a modern take on the way the scarlet letter is viewed in the 21st century. Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone), a 17 year old high school student, is a wise, humorous girl trying to make her way through high school. Olive’s story starts off with her best friend and her talking about their weekend plans. Rhiannon invites Olive on a camping trip, but she refuses saying that she has a date with a college freshman named “George”. Believing her, Rhiannon wishes her good luck with her date. Olive spends the whole weekend in her room singing her heart out with her dog, not knowing that her lie was going to change her life when she gets back to school on Monday. Immediately upon seeing Olive, Rhiannon pulls her into the ladies restroom to discuss all of the details of her date. Olive, panicking, accidently lies about losing her virginity to…

Easy A is a romantic comedy film written by Bert V. Royal and was directed by Will Gluck in 2010. The journey follows the story of Olive Penderghast, as she becomes a victim of the rumour spread around high school after lying to her best friend, Rhiannon, regarding a weekend affair. The screenplay is partially inspired by The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, as well as containing various intertextual references from a series of 80’s films. Examples of these intertextual references…

The Scarlet Letter vs. Easy A Rumours have always existed, but they aren’t always true. The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is about a woman named Hester, who is forced to wear a letter A on her chest to represent her sin and separate her from the Puritan community she lives in. The movie, Easy A, which is directed by Will Gluck, is reflected on the book. It is about a girl named Olive that gets a rumor about herself around the school. They happen to be reading The Scarlet…

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faded from popular opinion or discussions. Many of Austen’s novels, such as Emma, have been reimagined into films, enabling her to reach many different audiences through different interpretations. Emma is a beautiful novel about a young woman who is convinced that she will never marry; she does, however, what to help whoever she can in this matter. Once she deems herself successful in matching Miss Taylor, “less a governess than a friend” (Austen 5), with the widowed Mr. Weston, Emma seems…

and the characters within it. A first chapter is an introduction to the things to come. It sets up with the tone, the characters, the setting, and any current or underlying conflict. These qualities can easily be seen and acknowledged in the first chapter of Emma, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre as the author has used the introduction to set the basis for the rest of the novels. The first chapter of Jane Austen’s Emma opens into the story. It begins at the Woodhouse home, Hartfield, and…

It often seems that the most momentous changes and events in people’s lives are also the most uncertain in their foundations. People always ask “what if this had happened differently?” or “what if that had happened differently?” or “what if I had behaved differently?” when meditating over major events – either good or bad – that they have experienced, be it love, death, or something in between. There are often not definite causes to definite outcomes. The outcomes of Jane Austen’s novel…

Emma is a story about a privileged young woman named Emma. Emma is described as handsome, clever, and rich. Emma is often seen as a spoiled and rich young woman with soft, womanly looks. Yet, Emma is also a bright young woman, who has a wandering imagination and a certain cleverness about her. Education plays an important role in the esteemed novel Emma. In the book Emma, many references about education are made because education plays a highly important role in the book. In addition,…

of this. The more information you input, the better. Title: Emma Biographical information about the author: Author: Jane Austen Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, England to well-respected members of the community who valued learning and creativity. Her father was Oxford educated and was an Anglican rector. Jane and her many siblings read from their father’s library. Jane and her older sister Cassandra went to boarding school for a more formal education. However, they both got typhus…

In the published ending of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, the character of Anne speaks much more as compared to the original ending written. One may find this to be inconsistent with the rest of this book, however it can be shown that she must speak more for her character to progress correctly. When reading through this book we become accustomed to Anne being the silent character, leading us to feel like something is wrong when she begins to speak more. Due to this we are naturally drawn to question…