A Tale of Two Cities

In both the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the movie Clueless written and directed by Amy Heckerling, the main characters deceive themselves through their own arrogance. In Emma, the title character Emma Woodhouse foolishly thinks that she can manage the life of other characters but ultimately learns the reality of her self-delusion. Similarly, in Clueless, the main character Cher Horowitz sets out to also manage the lives of others, and she too is not …

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