The Role Of Edie In The Film Rebel Without A Cause

Through my eyes, Edie, a powerful woman from the film On the Waterfront, contradicts the standards of women in the 1940s and 1950s. Most women were seen as “simple consumption machines” whose only job was worrying about “buying new appliances for the kitchen and searching madly for the perfect laundry detergent” written in Gail Collins’ novel “The Feminine Mystique” (Collins 1). In contrast, in the film Rebel Without a Cause, Judy, a high school student represents an ideal figure for women during this era. Now why do I feel this way? When slapped by her father, Judy was tolerant of his actions due to the fact that “submission was perhaps the most feminine virtue expected of women,” (Welter 36). Personally, I am outspoken and would speak up