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    American Beauty Analysis The film American Beauty focuses on a man named Lester Burnham and how his midlife crisis is affecting him‚ as well as the people involved in his life. Lester is in a horribly strained marriage with his wife‚ Carolyn‚ and has lost total connection with his daughter‚ Jane. His boss views him as completely useless in the workplace‚ and wants Lester to quit. Indignant by his wretched life‚ Lester decides to create changes in him. The viewer will watch Lester’s mundane personality

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    Harrison Saito Professor Hollingsworth English 1C 13 December 2010 American Beauty Ever since civilization began‚ trends have socialized groups on how to dress‚ think‚ and act; it becomes an absolute necessity to support whatever is in vogue or risk ostracization. Modern businesses create advertising in American media by following these cultural trends. Whether it is through periodicals‚ radio‚ or the all powerful television these companies use effective methods to psychologically convince

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    In the film‚ American Beauty‚ Allan Ball (screenwriter) explores a number of themes relating to the concepts of identity. One of these themes is adopting superficial appearances to try and “fit in” with reality. Appearances can be deceiving‚ that is why one’s identity can be difficult to comprehend. American Beauty conveys images and ideas of adopting a superficial identity to their perception of reality. Carolyn is a real estate agent who believes that the most important aspect in life is

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    Georgio Russell Philosophy Mr. Rulli “American Beauty” Summary and Analysis The movie “American Beauty” is littered with instances of self-surveillance‚ self-transparency and the un-fulfillment associated with it. It also alludes to how the paradox of maximum happiness can be lethal. These utilitarian views and themes are displayed ingenuously by the director through various characters within the film. It is also conveyed how the characters think ‘of’‚ ‘for’ and ‘as’ others. These three

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    In this paper I will be writing about the “Gaze” which is present within impressionist artist Renoir’s painting The Umbrellas. The gaze gives us a lot of insight of the figures and the relationships we may be viewing. In the case of Renoir’s work the insight the viewer gets is the actions and preemptive thought before a meeting of two people looking on as a spectator in the very same crowd. By using blurring techniques of background figures Renoir succeeds in creating a scene that appears like a

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    1800 Sequence Analysis/ Assignment No. 2 American Beauty -From when Carolyn arrives home until the end of the scene with Lester in their living room (Chapter 19: 1:14:35–1:17:40) The movie “American Beauty” literally is trying to express how much beauty there is in America but it is not always so easy to see. Often in the film objects normally thought of as ordinary are magnified to express deeper meaning and show what beauty really exists in the world. The color red‚ for

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    American Beauty Essay 29

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    No relationship is ever completely the same as another‚ and every couple is different‚ yet they all use the same word to describe their feelings: love. A more specific example is the relationship between Lester and Carolyn Burnham in the film American Beauty. Lester and Carolyn possessed negative qualities that led to several conflicts with each other and‚ eventually‚ overshadowed the positive aspects that kept their love alive. A relationship is between two people‚ each with their own characteristics

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    The male gaze is a concept that was first coined by Laura Mulvey‚ in her book ’Visual and Other Pleasures’‚ in which she suggests that angles and lighting in movies are used to objectify and hyper-sexualise female bodies in order to make them more appealing to male viewers. This concept can also often be applied to artworks‚ adverts and other imagery that we see in our everyday lives‚ from adverts talking about obscure things such as cat food‚ to lingerie and make-up adverts actually aimed at women

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    American Beauty Essay 27

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    American Beauty tells the story of one man’s search for happiness. The film introduces the audience to Lester Burnham‚ an ordinary- looking married man and father in his forties. Lester is in a loveless marriage. Lester’s wife‚ Carolyn‚ is so wrapped-up in her real estate career that Lester often claims that Carolyn doesn’t even acknowledge him. Furthermore‚ Lester’s daughter‚ Jane‚ is completely distant‚ often claiming how "pathetic" she thinks her father is. Moreover‚ Lester has dedicated fourteen

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    The Gaze By Tanja Ostojiac

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    When discussing art in terms of ‘visual culture’‚ it is important to remember The Gaze and the effect that it has not only in the art world‚ but in our day to day lives. The Gaze is a common term amongst the visual community Going mostly unnoticed‚ it is important to remember that we live in a society where every interaction exists in the frame of a power structure. We could say the same of artwork: it exists in the power structure that the artist has created; how we perceive an image is ultimately

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