Femme fatale

alike. The atmosphere of the party is an orderly fiasco of drunken entertainment and fun. The camera captures snippets of the party from different angles, faces, body parts, sensual glances and dancing of partygoers. Inside a room, still associated with the party, a stripper woman seductively dances behind a glass wall. She is masked and tattooed along her body The image of sexuality in general is completely modern and liberated, leaning towards pornographic in this film. Gambardello, in the…

perhaps foreshadowing for when he rapes her in scene ten. Stanley’s “smouldering look” towards her can emphasize his frustration towards her, as well as a sense of passion, again foreshadowing his attack on her in scene ten. There’s a sense of the ‘femme fatale’ around Blanche of this scene, especially in her line “I cannot imagine any witch of a woman casting a spell over you”, as the audience has already gotten the impression that she has cast a spell over him, and that is the reason why he’s…

Popular imagination has glorified her as a ‘femme fatale’ whose legendary beauty enslaved the likes of Caesar and Antony, resulting in her tragic downfall. A useful comparison with this picture of Cleopatra might be the fabled Helen of Troy and the distance she brought in her wake. Current culture has…

As a successful model, Iman had access to the most coveted innovations of style and beauty. In this world of beauty and glamour, one would assume that every beauty need would be catered. However, this was not the case. Makeup artists would often ask supermodel Iman to bring her own makeup to set. The message behind this request reiterated the lack of products available to women of color. The makeup artists didn’t have foundations for darker skin tones; thus, ethnically diverse models, such as…

Phenomenon of vampires is highly incorporated in today’s popular culture with a large number of books, films, and TV-series about them emerging every year. Still, many people cannot deny that Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is an exceptional literary creation that stood at the origins of the cult of vampires. Not only did this Victorian novel, written in 1897, become a landmark piece of gothic literature, but also it defined the contemporary form and image of vampires and paved the way for multiple…

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…

In 2000, Christopher Nolan released his widely acclaimed neo noir Memento. The film stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a former insurance investigator suffering from severe anterograde memory dysfunction. His condition is a result of experiencing head trauma after witnessing his wife’s murder, and consequently, he is unable to remember anything for more than fifteen minutes. The film focuses on his pursuit of his wife’s killer, which is complicated by his paranoia and confusion. Nolan…

Haley Morgan Pre-AP English 9 Mrs. Jackson 23 Feb. 2018 Penelope the Patient Greek Mythology has had a profound impact on the world of literature and art. Tales such as The Odyssey are created to teach moral lessons. For example the story of The Odyssey was developed as a tale of loyalty to one's significant other. Penelope’s husband leaves for war and is not seen again for twenty years. Eventually suitors tried to win her heart so that they may become king.The suitors are constantly offering…

Compare and Contrast Goldfinger (1964); Musical Score by John Barry vs Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Musical Score by John Williams During the 1960s, popular music played an important role in filmmaking, garnering larger audiences due to the appeal of this genre but also due to the fact that psychologically, people tend to associate the music they are hearing with real life events or emotions. From 1960-1967, film scores began to change. No longer would we see the traditions of the 50s, where…

The literary giants of the era included F. Scott Fitzgerald, JRR Tolkien, John Steinbeck, and Margaret Mitchell. John Steinbeck was the champion of Depression-era literature. His masterpieces include The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men. His books tend to be about the poor, working class, an obvious reflection of the financial turmoil in the United States of the time. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. His emotional style was popular with his readers and it allowed him to…