The Shining

” in which the audience views a world dictated by heterosexual males, has largely been accepted by the media. Although Mulvey states that the representation of women in film is “vital,” the representation of females in Stanley Kubrick’s film, The Shining (1980), largely reinforces her claims. In the film, Jack is depicted as the stereotypical white, heterosexual, patriarchal figure, while, his wife, Wendy is immediately presented as the devoted, attentive housewife. As a result, Wendy’s role,…

In a genre full of so-called “scream queens,” it’s rare in a horror movie to find a particularly moving female victim who isn’t much more than a lamb being led to slaughter. In The Shining, Duval’s character Wendy Torrance is snowbound in a haunted hotel she and her abusive husband Jack are watching for the winter. As the damned spirits drive Jack towards a murder spree against his family, the frail and weak-seeming Wendy struggles to maintain her sanity and protect herself and her young son.…

In The Shining, Jack Torrance moves to the a place called Overlook with his son, Danny and wife, Wendy. Jack becomes the caretaker of the place during the Winter times while all the workers are away on break. His son, Danny can see and witness premonitions with his spirit friend, Tony. Danny has what people may call the shining. However, not many have it and if they do not many show it. As the Torrance family stays in the Overlook, Danny’s visions become frequent and wilder to the point where…

the paper turns out to be scattered, with sparks flying everywhere without a true solution. “The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick is a film that contains several tiny sparks that can be explained upon after further analysis. At first glance, the movie is only about a family whose dad when psycho after being isolated for an extended period of time. When watching "The Shining" with an open mind, there are many concepts which could be expounded upon on by noting the small details…

Despite the absence of artist's inscription, signature, or seal, experts consider Night-Shining White as the most famous work of Han Gan (韓幹; active CA. 742–756), a leading horse painter of the Tang dynasty (唐618–907). To Grace Glueck of The New York Times, Night-Shining White is “one of the most appealing animals in Chinese art” (Glueck, 1997). This painting reveals a window to reach a further understanding of Chinese culture, as it points out the socio-political role that art played through…

The Shining was released in 1980, a period that saw the breakdown of the traditional role of women as the domestic housewife, towards the adoption of masculine identities with the emergence of a new breed of ambitious, young professional women. These changes had enormous implications for men and their masculinity, threatening to destabilize the patriarchal society or the status quo upon which their dominance relied upon. No longer could men seek a sense of security and comfort as the breadwinner…

Peru is a country located on the western coast of South America that borders the South Pacific Ocean and was the center of many ancient civilizations. Such as the Incas whose empire the Spanish conquistadors Diego de Almagro and Francisco Pizarro initiated an invasion and capture in the early 1500 's during the Spanish exploration of South America. The Spanish took control of the country and began to kill most of the Inca highest rulers. However, the biggest killer that the Incas received…

The Shining Path was established in Peru during the late 1960’s by philosophy professor Abimael Guzman. Abimael Guzman was teaching at San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in Ayacucho, Peru. Guzman opposed the Peruvian political elites and engaged in left-wing politics. Initially appealing to the poor academics that shared his belief founded on Marxist ideology. Following Guzman’s visit to the People republic of China, deriving influences from Maoist theories. He expanded upon those concepts of…

and has greatly impacted our society. The 80’s were filled with terror. Many terror groups arouse from this time of trouble. For Peru, there was one in particular that stands out, the communist party controlled terror group known as, “The Shining Path.” The Shining Path, or Communist Party of Peru, is a terrorist organization that emerged in the 1970’s in Peru. The Peruvian revolutionary terror organization followed Maoism and utilized guerrilla warfare tactics and violent acts of terrorism.…

documentary State of Fear describes the violence used by both the terrorist group Shining Path and the government responses in Peru from 1980 to 2000. Shining Path was a terrorist group founded by Abimael Guzman in 1980 based on anti-government beliefs and that recruited poor and indigenous populations. Some of the major themes discussed in the documentary that relate to our class were the recruitment strategies used by Shining Path, the Peruvian’s government inappropriate response to the…