Damsel in distress

King Arthur good leader? Is King Arthur a good king? King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. King Arthur is a good king because he doesn't rank his knights by wealth, he also treats everyone equal, he is also chivalrous. King Arthur Knights of the round table are not ranked by wealth. This is so the least wealth ones are not left out. That is why he created the round table so everyone has an equal spot at the table. No one is at the head of the table no one is in the middle of the…

“Waiting for Superman” is a song by the band Daughtry. The lyrics tell a story about a girl waiting for the right guy, or ‘superman.’ But while the song lyrics seem focused on the girl, a damsel in distress; the music video accompanying it focuses on telling the story of a man—the story’s superman. The story this video tells is heavily influenced by the pop-culture definition of a superhero, developing a comic-book-esque origin story for this song’s main characters. This underlying theme of…

Comic books have been around for more than a century and attract a diverse crowd of readers. The audience of comic books has been mostly dominated by males, however there has been an increasing number of female readers. Most comic books are written by male authors, and usually consist of a male main character with a supporting female character, most commonly a love interest. These female characters are objectified in comic books to create drama or tension between characters in a situation and…

characters. The first playable female video game character was Lady Bug from the arcade game Lady Bug, it was a knock off version of Pac-Man which came out in 1981. Similar to Pac-Man it had no story though. Donkey Kong, a game which you had to save a damsel…

expanding. However, in what appears to be such an expansive universe it seems that women are consistently left out of the loop. Women in video games are most often portrayed in one of two ways: evil and unattractive, or as the over-sexualized damsel in distress constantly in need of help from a male protagonist. This leaves many young women in the gaming community with a very distinct choice: continue to play these games and thereby support…

counterparts with logical and dominant roles. For example, in “Even an Android can Cry”, the Vision is shown as a character that embodies the male stereotype in culture. The constant tug and perception of men as the heroes and women being the damsels in distress is emphasized in that work and culture. These forms of media have contributed to the male and female gender stereotypes and continuously add to the traditional functionalist theory that has been…

Literary Essay: Macbeth What does it truly mean to be a woman? In the 11th century Scotland, a woman must either be an elegant lady, a loving wife, or even a damsel in distress when crises arise. By being all three of these women at once, Lady Macbeth becomes the focus of the exploration of female gender roles in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. She shows that no matter how strong or “masculine” a woman is outwardly, words will always be her only weapon and her dominance in her household cannot be shown…

review on the fourth Transformer movie, the age of extinction. I found this movie to be very entertaining, and interesting. I decided to use four major themes when writing this review. The four that I chose are Bodies, The Smurfette Principle, Damsel in Distress, and Women in the Refrigerator. When watching this movie I feel like these four concepts stood out to me the most. These four concepts refer to the people in this movie and the Transformers in this movie. Here is a basic summary of the…

At the beginnings of comics, and still in most comics today, women have been portrayed as the ‘damsel in distress’. In the past, women have only been in comics as a love interest and as someone for the hero to save, but slowly over time, that has begun to change. This change has been seen mostly in the movies or television shows. As of today, we are starting to see more powerful superheroines, but they are still poorly portrayed in the comic industry. This paper will be talking about how women…

Something showing that is in the movie Dorothy plays a older girl who is very dependent on help; A damsel in distress. After the cyclone hit Kansas Dorothy woke up and a frightened daze. She felt alone and worried being in a strange place after such a deadly storm. Throughout the movie Dorothy needed constant help and guidance through Oz. On the other hand…