The two characters that I will be focusing on for this first film response is Barbra Rose, who is the wife of Oliver Rose in the movie The War of the Roses, and Karen Bowens, who is the wife of Richard Bowens in the Movie The Big Chill. For both of these characters I will discuss how they highlight the aspect of marriage. Barbra Rose and her husband Oliver are a perfect example of an unsuccessful marriage. This type of unsuccessful marriage is known as the hostile negative marriage, in which Barbra seems to be unhappy, and disappointed with their relationship, and what her life has become. She begins to despise her husband and everything he does, which is exacerbated by the fact that Oliver is constantly dismissing her feelings, and ideas
