Brian De Palma's Interpretation Of Carrie White

In Brian de Palma’s interpretation of the movie Carrie, Carrie White is the protagonist who experiences child abuse from her demented, religion obsessed mother along with being the social outcast in her community. The movie explores the innate differences between male and female emotion and how it motivates aggression. The audience is forced to rationalize the destruction of a whole community from the perspective of a woman instead of a man, who are mainly objectified throughout the film.
From the beginning of the movie, Carrie realizes her telekinetic powers when she is publicly humiliated in the girls’ locker room after discovering her first menstrual cycle. The film uses different female characters to explain the rationale behind their revenge.