Innuendo

Dark Shadows (2012) is an interesting film, as Tim Burton (director) attempts to twist comedy and horror in this parody-like remake of an old TV series with the same name. The old TV series, Dark Shadows (1966–1971), was a gothic horror series that had over 1248 episodes and was considered quite popular during its air time. It amassed a significant fan base and even has its own wikia fandom dedicated to finding anything related to the series. The series also obtained a 7.6/10 rating which is…

Rhetorical themes such as the concept of the femme fatale is evident throughout the gothic novels Christabel, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Lamia, and Carmilla. Even though the femme fatale was being portrayed in literature, it was representative of unrest about the rise of the “new woman” as females were becoming more powerful in society. In this time period was a realistic fear for the community and portraying women that are loose, seductive, and deadly if not kept under control. These…

Everyday women are judged for how they look, act, or say. No matter where a woman goes she must always worry about someone looking at her as nothing more than an object of pleasure. Because of this some women try to escape this reality by watching movies, but cinema itself is judging women. We live in such a male gaze driven society that women are now body shaming themselves because of how self-conscious they have become because they always believe they are being judged on their appearance.…

Unfortunately, it is simply beyond the scope of this paper to analyze the entirety of these two productions of A Doll’s House. As a result, three scenes will be compared, contrasted, and analyzed through Butler’s theory in order to examine these gender performances. The three scenes chosen for this endeavor are as follows: Nora’s discussion with Torvald in the very beginning of Act I, Nora practicing the tarantella dance before the party in Act II, and Nora and Torvald’s final confrontation in…

which paper catches fire and burns,” the pairing alludes to paper-burning being a central component in the novel. I believe that Bradbury chose this title not only to spark the interest and curiosity of the avid reader, but also to give a subtle innuendo that some sort of authoritative…

Stereotypes vary widely from person to person and place to place. There are those that society embraces and facilitates, those that are formed by groups of people with regard to themselves and others, and finally there are your own personal labels that you apply to people in any given situation. Stereotypes, in some circumstances, can be positive but for the most part these conjured categories are negative, thus perpetuating a negative impression of who people are and how people truly act. I…

Imagine being surrounding by hormone crazed teens, simultaneously discussing their desires for sex, and interaction in promiscuous behavior. Overwhelming feelings of disgust are unavoidable when thinking about how these once pure teenagers have been transformed into licentious young adults incessantly participating in late night bar hook ups, and hiring prostitutes solely for company' sake. These concepts, while seemingly inappropriate and infelicitous, are all salient facets of life, and…

Jacqueline Corley WGSS 365 Professor Kar 11 December 2015 Final Paper The movie I chose to watch was Legally Blonde Elle Woods is an incredibly girly and popular sorority girl fashion major at a university in LA who gets dumped by her boyfriend Warner, so he can “stop dicking around” and date someone “smart” before he goes to law school at Harvard. In order to prove her seriousness and commitment to education, she applies to Harvard and gets in. Everyone believes her to be a misguided dumb…

a reasonable employer to believe the victim was probably harassed. Parkins v. Civil Constructors of Ill, Inc. 163 F.3d 1027, 1035 (7th Cir. 1998). In Parkins, the victim was a truck driver for Civil Constructors, who endured sexual stories and innuendos, and inappropriate touching by co-workers for two years. Id. at 1031. The victim reported the sexual harassment to a dispatcher. Id. The victim at first did not complain to the superintendent of the Civil Constructor’s EEO division until 1996,…

America to a new style of music called hokum blues that featured black artists who used double entendres in their lyrics (Covach, Flory 70). Examples include Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” and Big Joe Turner’s “Shake, Rattle, and Roll”. Filled with innuendos and metaphors, hokum blues introduced sexuality into popular music in the black community. The more mainstream, white version of this sexual image in the 50s was, of course, Elvis Presley. After his appearance on Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the…