Interpersonal Attraction In Pretty Woman

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The motion picture that is being analyzed is a romantic comedy movie called “Pretty Woman”, which was filmed and featured during the year 1990. In the present, “Pretty Woman” is considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time, in most cases. To be in description of the film, the plot of the movie focus on a down-and-out, out-and-about prostitute by the name of Vivian Ward, (whom was played by Julia Roberts) who was just about to do a regular routine of prostitution on one night. However, when she was about to do her routine of an unaware driver, the driver was actually a prosperous businessman, a businessman with gentleman qualities by the name of Edward Lewis (Whom was played by Richard Gere). Later on in the film, he
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The concept of interpersonal attraction was certainly done by Edward and also done by Vivian, in some scenes of the film. For Vivian, her interpersonal attraction was more evident near the end of the film. The explanation of Interpersonal Attraction: The attraction between persons that can go in the direction of friendships and romantic relationships. In reality, this attraction is virtually any variety of positive attitudes toward another person, which includes: affiliation (a desire to be with another individual), liking (having a positive attitude about and towards an individual), friendship (a mutual liking between two individuals, with the desire to be together), and love (a development prepared through commitment, intimacy, and passion. Throughout this whole film, the concept of interpersonal attraction was presented genuinely. Starting with Scene 2/12, when Vivian was about to do her prostitution and ended up just receiving a ride from Edward and literally leading him to his destination. As Edward reached his destination by Vivian’s assistance (Helping Behavior), Vivian just wanted to take the bus or taxi back to her destination; however, by the look of Edward’s eyes as she was walking toward the bench, it appeared that Edward had a sense of liking for Vivian. Maybe, it was the appearance, which in the perspective of some individuals; her outfit was more club attire rather than prostitution attire, or the way of driving the sport car. Edward could drive the sport he used well, and when Vivian drove it, she drove it with ease and maybe that was considered a turn on for Edward. In another scene, Scene 4/12, Vivian was taking a bubble bath in Edward’s suite, listening to a song by the artist Prince called “Kiss”. She was singing somewhat raspy to it and surprisingly, Edward found it just interesting and it

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