Femme fatale

The narrator has a very strong presence in the novel, both to guide the linear time line as well as to provide commentary to various things throughout the book. Switching back from the diegetic world of Victorian England to his more modern time of the 1960’s, he draws conclusions from the information that is presented. The narrator provides insight to characters’ thoughts and backgrounds as well as provides historical background for the time period. He then contrasts Victorian time with his…

of the films underlined the objectification of women. Images of women were portrayed in advertising, magazines, and films which highlighted symbols of a lighthearted, glamour, liberated lifestyle for women. Women in these films were considered femme fatales and were the leading attraction for the audience. An example is in the film Titanic directed by Herbert Selpin, the upper-class women were wearing high fashion gowns, glistening jewelry, and beautiful makeup which ultimately depicted their…

Throughout major films there are numerous different genres that each distinct film can be classified in. Many times films have a cross-genre. Cross-genre films are formed when two genres are mixed together in one film. The possibilities are endless as to what genres can be crossed. The 1982 film Blade Runner is a prime example of a cross-genre film, containing aspects from both the film noir genre to the sub-genre called cyberpunk. Blade Runner takes many of its conventions from film noir, such…

Athanasourelis, John Paul. "Dashiell Hammett: Individualism in Transition." Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. Jefferson: McFarland (2012): 54-69. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 317. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. Literature Resource Center. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. Athanasourelis’s article depicts Sam Spade’s individuality through his actions leading up to Brigid O’Shaughnessy’s conviction. Sam’s initial intentions are to help Brigid avoid the police.…

of black and white photographs where Sherman plays the role of the director and the agent to construct an image and mise en scène that has an uncanny resemblance to 1950s snapshots of films. In these stills, she poses as different personas, the femme fatale, the housewife, the victim, and heroine among others. I will begin by introducing the arguments made by each writer and or critic and follow up their argument by analysing their approaches…

1. Introduction to Tragedy in Manon “Why did he love her? Curious fool, be still! Is human love the fruit of human will?” Such a cry starts the novel Manon Lescaut. Kenneth Macmillan’s ballet Manon (1974) holds this same tragic element as its raison d’être (Haby); regardless of intention something always goes wrong. Set in the avaricious French Regency, the story of the eponymous courtesan and penniless Des Grieux details his faithful love despite her fascination with material riches. As opposed…

A Feminist Take on Gender Empowerment as Portrayed in King Lear The precepts of a male dominated society have been the basis of natural culture and polite society throughout history. Misogynistic values and ideas have been directly mirrored from the time Shakespeare wrote King Lear, which was demonstrated in Elizabethan philosophy and the male dominance of society. As King Lear challenges gender roles it also alludes to an underlying root of sexism in society, wherein Shakespeare portrays a…

Through the film version of Dickens’s work, Cuarón makes an incomparable adaptation of Great Expectations, but without being able to get rid of the literary original version of Dickens and even leaning in David Lean’s former adaptation. TYPE OF ADAPTATION This adaptation is a perfect example of a freely adapted novel. This approach considers the source simply as "raw materials", as a "pretext" for inspiration for a work of cinematic art in its own right. There are taken certain situations,…

Where the older wives and mother’s were once at the top, Abigail is able to temporarily disrupt the normal social balance. The trials “propel the girls from a position of powerlessness to the pinnacle of importance as "officials of the court" (Bovard OL) The young single girls were always inferior but now their word alone has the power to take a life. It is the older women who were once a step above them on the social ladder who are the majority of the condemned. .“It’s a strange work for a…

patriarchal structure in which she is trapped (townsend 82). Throughout the work, Fuller as Salome attempts to navigate her way through the struggles as an innocent, chaste, virgin; a shocking contrast to most other portrayals of Salome as a sort of femme fatale (garelick 95). Because Fuller’s presentation of Salome was so different than others presented during this time ( Fuller’s Salome does not demand the head of John the Baptist, King Herod does and Salome dies at the sight of said head), it…