Louise Brooks

ill fates of the female leads end in destitution, murder or suicide. A classic silent film which debuted in 1929, Pandora’s Box (Hans, 2014, page 27) whose main character Lulu, punished for her coquettish ways by execution in a brutal manner. Louise Brooks the same actress plays Thymian in Diary of a Lost Girl, (Hans, 2014, page 27) here she exemplifies how a woman can be both innocent and tortured. From being impregnated by her father’s assistant to being shunned and sent to a reform school.…

The 1920’s was a significant time for women at the time. There are many of different social changes as well as cultural changes that the United States experienced because of this so called “Flapper” movement. A Flapper was a fashionable young woman with the intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. Flappers wore their hair short, dared to show their legs, drank, smoked, and cavorted with young men. The book “Flapper” by Joshua Zeitz includes a look at the…

Velez 1 Manuela Velez Heather Marshall English 2 December 7, 2015 Annotated Bibliography Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth. “The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till.” All Poetry. All Poetry, n/d. Web. 7 Dec. 2015. “The Last Quatrain of Emmett Till” is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks that describes the pain and what his mother feels to know that her child, that she tried to protect from any harm, was lynched because he was “flirting” with a white woman. Emmett Till was alive during…

of his victims into his vehicle he would take them somewhere secluded mostly rocky areas or in the woods. He would torture, rape, and in some cases play games with them, like choking them until they pass out over and over, then kill them. Eleanor Louise Cowell was Ted Bundy’s mother.…

There were dramatic changes after the first world war there wasn 't just one new change there was numerous changes. People at that time would often call this time period the roaring twenties, era of the flappers, and/or the Jazz age. (A New) During the twenties, women started to change how they appear, what they did what influences them as well. Many thought it was acceptable that it was happening and others didn’t like that women were changing. America was changing, why couldn’t women change…

Anna Howard Shaw: an Iconic Social Reformer Anna Howard Shaw once said, “‘Nothing bigger can come to a human being than to love a great cause more than life itself’’’ (National Women’s 1). Shaw believed in this quote and devoted her life to furthering the causes she believed in. Anna Howard Shaw was a minister, physician, suffragette, and world peace advocate. She dedicated her life to social reform and promoting the advancement of women. Historical icon Anna Howard Shaw is a complicated…

The infamous Ted Bundy once said, “Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it’s not practical. There are no stereotypes” (Bundy). Despite Bundy’s beliefs, professionals had hope that they could get inside his head and their hope is what ultimately led to justice. The 1970s was the decade of criminals and the time period when Bundy was front and center of the reign of terror. Bundy struck fear into everyone everywhere and with a jaw-dropping 30 victims…

in these movies as a guide as to how they should act and behave. Jones explains that women embraced the controversial way of life by purchasing the exact brands of cigarettes, makeup, and clothing that were seen promoted by actresses, such as Louise Brooks. Women also began to speak the same terminology found in Scott Fitzgerald’s novels (Jones) and view the current popular female appearance through newspapers and magazines. With newly introduced technology becoming widespread, such as the radio…

Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern is a book of nicely compiled historical accounts about the women, and some men, that have shaped America into the culture we see today. Joshua Zeitz, the author of the book, has presented to his readers a minute accounting of these women’s lives; to bring to us, in a better correlation, of how the Flapper era was born,…

confidence they are brought back down by society their purpose on screen to be viewed and fantasized by men as well as subliminally remind other women of their superior role in society. In Pabst’s Pandora’s Box, the female lead Lulu portrayed by Louise Brooks is having an affair with a man, Dr. Schon. Dr. Schon is soon going to marry a woman that is more…