...comedy, actions, or documentary. Yet, our society gets influence by them in a type of way. Some movies brought a life lesson, and others provide a negative image about something. All movies or shows have a type of message behind it, but people never spends their time to analyze or think about it. Regardless of the type of movies, they always impact or influence someone’s life, or they learn from it. Beyond the scene and acting, there is a scene that contains messages that might caught one attention and make them stare and think for a little while. Those types of movies sometime bring joy and sometimes they bring tears. In the movie “the diary of a mad black woman “by Tyler Perry gives a lot of good examples also a life lesson. In the movie “Diary of a mad black woman “by Tyler Perry tells a story of beautiful black woman. She is married to a wealthy lawyer. The man is abusive. She stress out so much that she had two miscarriages and all her hair fall. The worst thing is he drags her out their house on their anniversary like a trash. He keeps all the money to himself. This right here sends an important message to the viewers. This means that you might think you know somebody very well, in suddenly that person change toward you. One needs to think and analyze someone very close before he or she goes to the next level. That person needs to think who they are dealing with. They might it “I love you” but do not mean they mean it. People can start good and end up the opposite...
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...Furthermore, the restriction of violent women lies in the traditional ideal of the woman as being weak. The trend of women being defenseless and in need of protection has been present in international culture and society for the majority of the human experience. A good example of this lies in the underlying culture of chivalry. Chivalry can be described as a double edged sword: on one hand it causes men to be more respectful of women and therefore less objectifying, but it also reinforces the narrative of female frailty, defenselessness, and required/desirable purity (Keitner 69-72). The representation of the “damsel in distress” and the chivalrous knight in classic myths and narratives follows into the standard Jungian archetype of The White Knight and the Princess (de Alvarenga 32-34)....
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...Carl Jung has famous theory which is “Collective Unconscious”. It is existing in the depths of a person’s unconscious mind, and it is inborn universal unconscious. From his theory, he said that human being also has “archetype” which is meaning for “image pattern”. People have archetype, and it is using for our common understanding between people. For example, when we see a clay figure embracing a plump body shape woman, we say that it looks like mother, because we are imaging for “Mother’s Archetype”, on the other hand, when we image of a wise man who teaches strictly, you might be imaging about father. In this case we are based on “Father’s Archetype”. How about movie characters? I think that the most popular kinds of archetype of character...
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...Stereotype vs. Archetype: A Watchmen vs. Kingdom Come Essay In Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen, Alan Moore destroys the concept of bright proper superheroes by introducing characters in Watchmen that are faulty and human. Kingdom Come is a similar novel that takes inspiration from Moore’s Watchmen while having it’s own unique characteristics that sets it apart. The superheroes that we see in Watchmen and Kingdom Come are heroes and/or vigilantes whose actions are seen as understandable but not morally justified. Rather than write the traditional archetype of the high-morale superheroes of the early to mid 1900s, Moore instead parodies the stereotypical superhero genre, by writing about the character’s philosophical warped views of society,...
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...about a young woman, Sophie, who gets a curse placed on her. The curse makes her look how she acts, which is an old lady. Sophie meets a wizard, Howl, and moves in with Howl, Calcifier, and Markl. They work together to break the curse placed on Howl, Calcifer, and Sophie. They spend most of their time in Howl's castle. Many people assume that prettier people are nicer and ugly people are mean, but that is not always the case. The movie is trying to teach the viewers that they should judge people based on personality and actions, and not how they look. The theme is shown through the dialogue, events, and motifs in the story....
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...SYMBOLS, ARCHETYPES & MOTIFS Symbols Three categories: Archetypal – The first symbols of humankind that have replicated themselves in stories throughout the ages across all cultures. They appear in the stories of groups from cavemen to 21st century authors. The term “archetype” was coined by Karl Jung who used them as the basis of “collective unconscious” theory. Cultural – As cultural groups use archetypal symbols to represent their values, fears, beliefs, and expectations, these objects take on meaning specific to that group. For example, the cross is an ancient archetypal symbol. When cultural groups adopt it, the meanings become both universal and specific. For most cultures the cross holds spiritual significance; hence its archetypal meaning. For Christians the cross takes on specific representation of Christ’s crucifixion. Nuance – These objects take on symbolic meaning in the work in which they appear. Modern writers often create their own symbols by repeatedly using the object in meaningful ways. For example, Golding used the conch shell to represent order and governmental control. NOTABLE ARCHETYPAL SYMBOLS, CHARACTERS, AND STORY PATERNS Characters: Hero (Epic, Classical, Romantic, Realistic, Anti-Hero) Outcast, Scapegoat, Trickster, Platonic Ideal, Monster, Temptress, Star-crossed lovers, Clown/jester, Prophet Story Patterns: Rite of Passage/Initiation, Creation, Fall, Expulsion, Death & Rebirth, Journey, Quest Symbols: (Archetypal symbols have...
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...the richest and most representative images may be this one: Satrapi, Marjane (2006) Persepolis (London: Jonathan Cape, 283, 3) This image shows the picture that she had to draw to pass the exam for university, where she would study fine arts. She knew that, in the wake of Iran-Iraq war, when propaganda was overwhelming and 40 % of places were reserved for martyrs’and handicapped people’s children, one of the exam topics would be the martyrs’ representation. This image constitutes an interesting re-interpretation of both Christian and Muslim religious symbology. Thus, we can read, in the text box above, that: I practiced by copying a photo of Michelangelo’s “La Pietà” about twenty times. On that day, I reproduced it by putting a black chador on Mary’s head, an army uniform on Jesus, and then I added two tulips, symbols of the martyrs, on either side so there would be no confusion. But there is, of course, considerable “confusion” here. Satrapi alludes to the tradition of “La Pietà” to subvert the politically correct forms required by...
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...Glazer creates the anti-feminine—a woman, fully in control and wholly unemotional— played by Scarlett Johansson, who can also be best described as an alien siren. Guised to be irresistible to the opposite sex, she is trained at reeling in humans. Her swinging sex pad is in reality a lair where she lures her victims into a black abyss. He does not censor Johansson’s nude body in order to convey that she outwardly appears human to these men, despite what is underneath. Glazer finds a way to desexualize Johansson, undoubtedly a sex symbol in our society. He accomplishes this through lighting, unflattering camera angles, and helping her perfect an unconfident and awkward physicality to demonstrate how new and unfamiliar she is in her human form. Glazer doesn’t hold too long on the sexual mechanics of the alien’s ploy. After the men are brought to the black void and swallowed beneath the surface, she exits, returns to her van, and drives onward. His focus is on objectively showing the woman’s growing understanding of human emotion and what it means to be human. Our femme-fetale’s turning point occurs when she picks up a disfigured man walking in the shadows alongside the road. To show this impact, he uses a black creature, which is later revealed as her alien self outside of her human shell. Intercut with the disfigured man being seduced and entering the black liquid, the woman stares deeply at her reflection in a dirty, broken mirror. The ghoulish black creature lurks behind her to remind...
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...* 1. The Matrix 1999 Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana WachowskiStars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss * Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. The telephone call initiated by Morpheus prompts the police to visit Mr. Anderson’s home with the offer of deliverance and the awakening. Morpheus is known to the government as a legendary computer hacker and a terrorist. Morpheus meets up with Mr. Anderson and offers him a choice of a blue pill or a red pill. The choice that is offered will afford Mr. Anderson to either wake up in a world beyond his imagination or to continue to exist in his current state existence. The “real world” * 2. Analysis of The conversation...
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...The Mother’s Staircase One way in which Hughes characterizes and gives life to the poem is through use of diction. The poem is written from the standpoint of a mother speaking to her son, and the selection of her words is vital to her characterization. Specifically, it is believed that this poem mirrors the life of his own mother who was born “only a generation away from slavery” and faced much civil injustice (Reyes 267). The vernacular the mother in the story uses accents the social status of her time period. Removing the “g” from the endings of multiple words and using slang words, such as “ain’t” and “I’se” gives us an authentic feel for a struggling, poverty-stricken black woman who would not have access to much, if any, formal education in the era during which the poem was written (Hughes 23). Much of Hughes’ writing revolves around the tribulations facing the African American community over the years. This poem is a prime example in which a simple choice of words can make all the difference in a poem’s meaning. If written in proper English, the poem would feel contrived, stripped of the earnestness of its subject matter. Also, the mother’s use of first person when telling her personal history implies that she is a single mother doing her best to raise her child alone. At no time, does she use the third person, which one would expect from someone married or in a relationship dedicated to keeping a family together. This helps illuminate an underlying theme of...
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...minor role of women in the realm of boxing; indeed, they are dually diminished, both as active participants and spectators. There has been an influx of women joining the boxing arena since 1987; however, in the space that Oate’s works in, women have a marginal role as active participants. Oate’s provides evidence to sustain that “boxing is a purely masculine activity and it inhabits a purely masculine world” (Oates, 70). She describes that the counterpart to a heavyweight champion is expected to be the “fairest woman on earth” (70); certainly, Oate’s utilizes the operative word—fairest—to suggest a twofold connotation to a woman’s physical role in the boxing arena. Therefore, there are two kinds of women in the boxing ring. The more common, active participant performs in “stereotypically zestful feminine way” (72); she is the glamour girl of the 1950s: the card girl sporting a bikini and heels or the high-pitched, National anthem vocalist. Oates claims that this woman is viewed as “purely decorative” (72) and as a result, she is devoid of a natural place in the spectacle otherwise. A female boxer is deemed “monstrous” (73) and is nonetheless the less common, active participant in the boxing arena. Oate’s mentions that people are often “surprise[d], alarm[ed], [and] amus[ed]” (70) to learn that there are indeed a few female boxers. Oates describes the most famous American...
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...Images never merely portray an authentic reality but instead they “inevitably betray the values of the culture in which they were created” (Howells, 2003: 70) Fig1.1: Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns, 1940, Oil on Canvas Fig. 1.2 Henry Ford Hospital (The Flying Bed), 1932, Oil on Metal This paper will begin with a brief introduction of visual studies, painting in particular and go on to establish the fact that visual images not merely imitate reality but also inform the real world. When one views a painting, it is not complete objective view. There is a very thin line between objectivity and mind working under influence of ideologies. Complex interworking of representation of perceived reality by the painter, ideological approach of the viewer is at play, both, striving to figure out the real. The paper will try to analyze Frida Kahlo’s two paintings Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace and Humming Bird and Henry ford hospital, The Flying Bed under this lens. The term visual might seem to a layman too simplistic to be critically analyzed but the field of visual culture expands the scope of our ways of seeing and the perceptions that govern an individual's spectatorship. It is easy to define visual as "What is visible to eyes" but new vistas are opened when as students of visual studies we set to decipher the fact that our understanding of reality is primarily if not wholly based on our pre-conceived notions, acquired ideas, collective unconsciousness (Jung), ideologies...
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...The most common archetype seen in noir is the femme fatale. The femme fatale becomes a distinct part of film at the end of World War II as well as a threat to transgress the patriarchy (Grossman, p.4). The origins of the femme fatale comes from "the historical need to reconstruct an economy based on a division of labor by which men control the means of production and women remain within the family, in other words, the need to reconstruct a failing patriarchal order" (Jancovich, 2011, p.100). Furthermore, Jancovich claims that the femme fatale was created as an effort to encourage women to revert back to their womanly duties and to quit their jobs that they took on while the men were overseas. He calls them a “demonization of the independent working-woman” ( 2011, p.105). Grossman states that the character of a femme fatale is repeatedly depicted as an antagonist or a dangerous woman, which causes the audience to not side with her or feels any sympathy towards because the patriarchy is structured in a way where man is supposed to have all the power and women cannot (p.4). Most femme fatale become either power hungry or tainted, which leads them to be...
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...Zora Neale Hurston’s breakthrough fiction piece “Spunk”, penned in 1925 was received with warm welcomes as she won the literary contest in the Urban League’s journal Opportunity. Within the notable piece is the tale of the namestay, Spunk, a predominant male amongst town ripe with courage and male bravado as “he ain’t skeered of nothin‘ on God’s green footstool—nothin’! He rides that log down at sawmill jus‘ like he struts ’round wid another man’s wife—jus‘ don’t give a kitty”. Spunk embodies everything there would be to be sought after within the ideal male archetype in the introduction, vehemently strong and easily getting his hands dirty with the woman of the town yet he is missing something, that being a strong woman that can be by his side, which is where we see the urgency of the character of Lena Kanty, married to the contrastingly to Spunk, timid and apprehensive Joe Kanty. As Spunk is seen unapologetically intermingling with Joe’s wife, the townsfolk acting like a greek tragedy chorus, although not singing but rather balking the events of the story with a use of a broken english that is often a bit hard to follow. Once Joe is eventually enlightened of the cuckolding we see a transformation and the appearance of one of the major themes of the piece, Courage. Courage as it is often seen is a natural occurrence, as seen in Spunk and notably absent in Joe to with primarily seen as unchanging but as the events unfold within the story we see that this is not quite the case and courage ...
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...is female. One specific example of this is when Joan arrives at Orleans and talks with the military captains at Orleans about how they should try and retake Orleans. One of the captains looks at her and explains to her why the leaders are having a difficult time taking her seriously, "It's not easy for us, for our pride, to suddenly be usurped by... well with all due respect, by a... by a girl." Many of the Englishmen Joan fights during the film throw patronizing and derogatory remarks towards Joan before, during, and after combat. Despite the amount of genuine resistance that Joan faces for being a woman during the Middle Ages, let alone one that claims she can talk to god, she never gives up on her ambitions and never...
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