Damsel in distress

was a detrimental issue. This particular disease was casted into the shadows and was something that was kept silent because of the stigma and odium HIV/AIDS was associated with. Those infected were ridiculed and often felt a sense of disapproval, distress and alienation. According to the aids institute although HIV/AIDS was discovered in 1883 it was not until 1992, HIV/AIDS had just made its grand entrance into society. Misconception and lack of knowledge surrounding HIV/AIDS left much of the…

need for control and power. However, the theme of “unworthy of love” also seems prominent in the story, this spins stereotypes because it is the beast that is protected and sheltered, who feels he is unworthy of love; rather than the usual damsel in distress scenario. First of all, one of the main stereotypical display of courtship is seen when Gaston refuses to back down, even after belle has says no to his proposal several times.…

As children, even infants, we are socialized to acknowledge the differences between males and females in our society. The social construction of gender is essentially how “gender divides work in the home and in economic production, legitimates those in authority, and organizes sexuality and emotional life” (Lorber, 1991, p. 103). In other words, it is how the members of American society perceive the inequalities of the sexes and thus, how we react accordingly in a socialized setting. Gender…

finally looks over to see his wife, she is dead! One of the main gothic elements in this story is a damsel in distress. We see a stressed out female, being painted by her lover, even though she doesn't want to be. She finally dies after he finishes! This story is a very unique story too, because of the way it uses the gothic elements. You would never think being painted could put a damsel in distress, but in this story,Poe managed to make it happen! Gothic elements are used in everyday stories,…

Many people see women as a prized to be won, or the damsel in distress. When you try to tell women today that they are a prize to be won they would be offended. Then why is it that women are not standing up and demanding change in the video game world? There are a few lead characters that are female but their main…

In the movie Aladdin, a street rat with his faithful companion Abu are followed throughout their journey in the kingdom of Agrabah. The street rat, Aladdin, is forced to steal to survive and dreams of someday making it into the Grand Royal Palace. Aladdin thinks his dreams are only that, just dreams, until he stumbles upon a girl in the marketplace falling madly in love. This girl happens to be princess Jasmine of Agrabah and with the help of his friends Genie, magic carpet, and Abu, Aladdin…

up like a witch. The villagers are convinced that she is a witch despite a lack of evidence and insist on burning her. The scene “The Rescue of Prince Herbert” tells the story of how Sir Lancelot receives an anonymous distress call, and believing it to be from a damsel in distress, he storms the castle…

people who represented me in film. The depiction of African Americans in film were either slaves or poverty-stricken. I saw a plethora of ‘token’ characters and punch lines of various jokes but never just people. The women I saw were either damsels in distress or the subjects of men’s manic pixie dreams. They were neither strong nor independent, the person I was taught to become. As a result, for the majority of my life, because I was underrepresented on screen, I thought I had no place in…

not for the relationship to end altogether. A damsel in distress is typically a beautiful young woman placed in a dire predicament by a villain or monster and who requires a hero to achieve her rescue. These stories connect to the modern-day ‘damsel in distress’ because these women are yearning for a man to save them. They are very dependent on a man and act as though they can’t live without one. The media promotes the idea of the ‘damsel in distress’ through fairy tales and movies that depict…

In “An Intersectional Feminist against Imperial Feminism,” Julie Hall explains how the white, western male coming in to save the Eastern “damsel in distress,” only propagates Imperial Feminism. This type of feminism is based on geographically based ideology, where culture and Imperialism, are inherently intertwined. Therefore, no matter how well intentioned the white western male’s actions are, it nonetheless, creates a construct of “otherizing non-Western women,” spreading misogynistic ideas…