Damsel in distress

skeleton body shows through the armour.This is to portray how “prince charming” isn’t a perfect , genuine persona. For the female in the collage, I chose a cutout that could be viewed as typical 21st century working woman, to contrast the “damsel in distress” archetype that would be typically matched with the prince. I chose this image to portray that women are not just lounging around, waiting for a guy to same them. We can look after ourselves and have dreams, hopes, and aspirations that we…

This is supported in the movie “Scream”, released in 1996, by having strong female roles whom when are not damsels in distress are out fighting to find the killer, in a previously male role. When Gale rescues Sidney she is wearing a rather masculine looking leather trench coat and it stands very dominantly. This is an example of a woman in a male hero role. The masculinity is usually a sign of competence or strength, rather than anything related to gender or sexual preference. The female…

The film Run Lola Run, directed by Tom Tywker in 1998, is a distinctly visual film. The movie focuses on fate and how slight variations change the outcome of an inevitable ending. Before the movie even begins it starts with clock a ticking and its pendulum rocking back and forth. If the title of the movie doesn’t make you think about a timeline, the sound of the tick and tock certainly will. The clock serves as a motif. The movie starts with a timeline: 20 minutes. 20 minutes to come up with…

the film Dark Days, Dee’s character is a strong independent woman who has little screen time but struggles if not more than the male characters besides her. Also in the film Batman, Vicki Vale’s character is underdeveloped and perceived as a Damsel in Distress who drives the superhero of the film to save her. Similarly, in the film Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3, female characters are misrepresented, lacking screen time and underdeveloped. The women are fragile, vulnerable, and objectified. New York…

superheroes are objectified. These action-packed films typically feature a strong, capable, intelligent man fighting an evil force. The goal, of course, is to save humanity, but more often than not there is also an immediate need to rescue a damsel in distress. The female victim is typically delicate, naive, and defenseless, but at the same time sexy and beautiful. What she lacks in strength and cunning she makes up for in kindness and curves. It is not surprising (or insignificant) that she…

Back in the day, pink was known to be a “boy” color, and blue was a “girl” color. Gender roles are the behaviors, attitudes, and activities expected for males and females. Gender is not inherent at birth; it is developed as children decide what they do and do not like. These roles have existed since the dawn of humanity. All though theses roles have changed over time, they are still reinforced in modern society. Women customarily are more emotional, submissive, and take care of tasks such as…

like other forms of media, sexualize and objectify women to draw in interest in order to sell their products. Quite a few of the gaming industries nowadays just over-sexualize women and portray them as useless, helpless creatures; the basic damsel in distress. Now, the problem arises when we look at the demographics of the general gamer, who are on average all teenagers and young adults, who are still very influenced by what they see in the media. These representations…

very typical of the damsel in distress archetype. She usually has no way of getting out of the situation by herself. Nick Carter is the hero that solves the mystery and saves the girl. (Episode 1, Time 23:11-23:23) This audio clip from episode one, “The Echo of Death”, is from a scene where Patsy is trapped by the murderer and Nick busts in to save her and shoots the killer before Patsy is harmed. This clip confirms the archetypes of the hero for Carter and the damsel in distress for Patsy. The…

pretending to be and meanwhile behind her back Demetri’s whole plan is just to fill her with enough information that she will sound believable to the grand duchess so he can get his reward money. This was another example of how women are portrayed as a damsel and as though they deserve no respect. But this was also the beginning of women sticking up for themselves, like when Anastasia found out about Demetri’s overall plan and confronted him about it or when the train was on fire and she helped…

Many of us recall the classic fairy tales from our childhood that often contained dark plots and themes. Although these stories often frightened us as children, these stories gave us a new perspective on the society we live in. They taught us about the good members of the society (the hero), the bad members of society (the witch/monster), and even taught us important lessons that we continue to use in our lives even as young adults. As Bruno Bettelheim pointed out in his 1977 work The Uses of…