Characterisation

Gender roles appear to be directly related and shaped by sexuality in August Strindberg´s novel, It essentially depicts how females may initially defy social norms but will eventually give in to their sexual desires hence become inferior again. In Miss Julie the female and male roles are questioned constantly, and ultimately Strindberg humiliates women that attempt to transcend their conventional gender norms through Julie. The interactions between Miss Julie, a high class female and Jean, her…

Mixing Fantasy and History in El Laberinto del Fuano “El Laberinto del Fuano” is a film by Guillermo Del Toro that combines fantasy with reality. Set in post-civil war Spain, the film follows the story of Ofelia, a young girl obsessed with fairy stories, who is told by a faun that she is in reality the Princess Moana of the underworld, and must complete three tasks in order to return to her kingdom. The use of fantasy in the film does not trivialise the historical standpoint, but rather…

As discussed earlier, the use of the body in sport plays an important part in characterisation of the quintessential masculine figure. Lindemann and Cherney (2008) argue that the the physical sport of wheelchair rugby, as well as the hyper masculine sporting culture that surrounds the game, subverts the assumptions of the function of the…

through Europe during the destructive war (1618-48), portraying her business endeavour and the ultimate loss of her three children. In the play, Brecht presents war as a corrupt and dubious means of gaining profit primarily through the contrasting characterisation of the women in the play, namely Mother Courage, Yvette, and Kattrin. Through these characters, he debates…

Abstract Anton Chekhov, the Russian Dramatist delineated the texture of everyday life in his plays. He articulates for people the still small voice of the heart rather than the fanfare of great historical events. His preoccupation with individual joys and sorrows is not divorced from his intense awareness of the social realities that birthed them. Chekhov's basic theme in his plays is the twilight of a social order in decay, the malaise that precedes great social changes, the disintegration…

What A Purr-fect Idea! Why Halle Berry’s ‘Catwoman’ Needs A Proper Reboot Halle Berry is no stranger to the superhero genre. Since 2000, she has played Storm in Marvel’s #XMen films. However, people may (or may not) remember her short stint in a DC film. Yep, Berry played a role in a DC film while serving as a Marvel hero. What was this film exactly? Well, it was Pitof’s 2004 film, #Catwoman. The film became a massive box office failure. While it is not exactly the world’s worst film it ranked…

JOANNA BOTES 843963 WORD COUNT:1802 QUESTION 1: “Because satire often combines anger and humour it can be profoundly disturbing-because it is essentially ironic or sarcastic,it is often misunderstood”.Do you agree?Argue with close reference to events and characters in Oyono’s Houseboy and Eppel’s Absent:The English Teacher. This statement is correct as the writers satirical motive can often be misunderstood by the audience.Both Oyono and Eppel are political satirists and their…

Discuss how dreams and desires function to define ‘identity’ in Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 1967). How do specific environments impinge on, or create opportunity for, the characters? How does this relate to the notion of making particular American movies, and putting America on the screen? Deconstructing identity into only two simplistic ideals, dreams and desires, is an extremely minimalistic approach to assessing the identity of characters within Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 1967). Whilst the dreams…

Weathered was to enjoy ‘the fine things, intrinsic features. Pictures, heirlooms, treasures of all the arts the guests were too occupied with ‘dream of acquisition’ that Marcher felt indifferent and ‘lost in the crowd.’ Moreover, according to characterisation Marcher and May show up perpetually to be looking for past or missing times alongside an endeavour to attach the past with their present. In this connection, Bloom & Hobby (2010) affirms that for a pioneer story trying to place "everything…

Joseph Carey Merrick was an English man with very severe deformities who was first exhibited at a freak show as the "Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital after he met Frederick Treves, so becoming well known in London society. Merrick was born in Leicester, and began to develop abnormally during the first few years of his life: his skin appeared thick and lumpy, he developed enlarged lips, and a bony lump grew on his forehead, one of his arms and both of his feet became…