Stereotypes In Miss Porter

“Miss Porter” (2006), directed by an Australian director Chris Noonan, is a biopic film of Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger), the English best-selling children’s author and illustrator. In addition to providing glimpses of realistic highlighted stories of Beatrix’s life, the movie represents successfully panoramic views of the stunning British topography, notably the idyllic rural area.
The movie opens with magnificent shots of the panorama of the renowned Lake District in North-western England. This is shown with picturesque terrain of range after range of mountains and hills, together with the birds’ twittering and warbling. From the undulating hills, the green and gray colors of rocks, trees and wild meadows come into view with mild, bright sunshine. A little down at the foot of the hills lies a long river. The representation of the Lakes creates the impression of the beauty of British natural landscape.
However, the countryside appears again when it comes to the flashback of Beatrix to her family’s summer trip to Lake District when she was ten. The house where the Potters live in the District is among the nature, which can be seen as a typical image of the rural area in Britain. It is surrounded by trees and a garden full of flowers and plants, where Beatrix and her brother, Bertram can enjoy themselves frolicking with the animals. Apparently, being with the nature gives her the sense of freedom, for she said: “Like an animal released from its cage, I fell under its spell”. Furthermore, from that tranquil countryside, “the young artist” finds her source of inspiration as she looks so peaceful drawing the picture of a lovely rabbit or cheerful showing the grounds man’s son her paintings in a