Butch and femme

original sin, creates an image of Vit as a femme fatale since she is portrayed as danger under innocence since the reference to the snake comes after the divine image. Brooks also says that Vit “Slops the bad wine across her shantung” ; “shantung” being a silk fabric. This helps to reinforce the image of Vit as a femme fatale as it creates the image of an opulent female such as those from film noir. Brooks explore female sexuality through this as she shows this ‘femme fatale’ as someone to…

Noir is a French term meaning “black”; thus, noir genre is a type of genre that surrounds the idea of dark, ominous, violent, crime-centered, moody atmosphere. The genre, which is also called as noir fiction, is pioneered by an American writer named James M. Cain and originated in America. Film Noir is a practice of noir genre which plots are centered on crime dramas around 1940s and 1950s time frame, during which it was believed to be first practiced. At its peak, film noir polished many…

Though gay rights have only recently been legally approved nation-wide, discussions on gender awareness, definitions, and queerness are not new. Whether these topics have been around for thousands of years or just in the last hundred, they have been sighted in many ways over time. One such way is in pop culture: the accumulation of materialistic things, such as fashion, songs, and objects, and the non-materialistic things, such as ideas, beliefs, and values, of a population. Society and pop…

narrative and the setting that creates the tone and mood. The setting in Film Noir was influenced by the corruption of the War and the aftermath. The storyline surrounds the male protagonist, who is depressed due to his horrible past and meets the femme fatale, who is undeniably sexy. This causes a turning point in his life. The negativity mood that influenced these narrative conventions come from the American Psyche during the Great Depression in the 1930s, as well as the unstable economic…

noir genre focused on the femme fatale, tantalizing mysteries, and hard-boiled detective stories. Often playing the damsel in distress who needs help from a big strong man, the female character secretly controls the entire show through deviance and she takes her French roots seriously. Men in these films either get seriously hurt or just outright die thanks to their involvement with these dangerous women. Unfortunately for her, it was not a common occurrence for a femme fatale to triumph in the…

separate from her husband. She is completely unaware of most of the events; unlike most femme fatales in classic noir films. Abby is a bumbling, apparently untrustworthy woman at times oblivious to reality. For this though, we do occasionally feel sorry for her. Ray, clearly in over his head, easily manipulated and also slow to comprehend the realities of the situations presented (Carr.…

The “ravishing” yet “fatal” cries of the ever mysterious Sirens are described by Margaret Atwood and Homer in strikingly conflicting ways. Homer’s description of the Sirens portrays them as mystical, yet fatal creatures, while Atwood insightfully depicts the same Sirens as bored yet deceitful human-like seductresses. Homer and Atwood make use of intense tones, powerful points of view, and bold diction to show the contrast in the two portrayals. With great intensity in their tones, Homer and…

Femme fatale is known to be a “fatal woman” who is characterized as a dangerous and seductive figure in different forms of text. In Fantomina and Double Indemnity, the female uses seduction to lure male counterpart into their world of terror. The character starts out with female characteristics and behaviors. David Crewe describes the female “alluring and enrapturing, film noir’s hapless protagonist is drawn to her like an insect to a spider’s web” (17). She goes inside the male character’s head…

character, typically Gutman, making the characters seem larger than they actually are. By using this manipulation it makes the character stand out and gives the audience the sense that they are more powerful and important than the other characters. Femme Fatale is also present in this film through the character Brigid O'Shaughnessy. Although, she is a very beautiful woman she is also very manipulative and dangerous. Brigid is a compulsive liar and tries to use her feminine wiles to charm men…

convinced by narcissistic, money hungry, manipulating women who have premeditated the murders of their spouses. Even though both men are in different professions, Walter is an insurance man and Ned is a lawyer, they prove to be valuable assets to the femme fatales of the film’s, Phyllis and Matty. In the same way that Walter risks his freedom and friendships for a corrupted love, Ned’s world is flipped upside down as he finds out that Matty is not who she claims to be. Along with many…