The Vampire Era Vampires today seem to be a very popular trend amongst Western society‚ such as Twilight‚ Buffy the Vampire Slayer‚ True Blood‚ and The Vampire Diaries. A common trend that can be seen through these vampire movies are the roles of femininity and masculinity. What defines masculinity and femininity? Both femininity and masculinity can have various interpretations‚ but “masculine characteristics are used to identify persons as males‚ while feminine ones are used as signifiers for
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what archetypes are‚ but can still identify them. Frye explained archetypes as symbols that occur often enough in literature that people can recognize them. Humans can easily identify these in all types of stories. For example‚ there is the “damsel in distress” and the “prince”. Some others are the “hero”‚ “villain”‚ and the “wise old man”. In The Lion King‚ the character Rafiki can be seen as fitting the archetype of the “wise old man”. Another example is Gothel‚ in Tangled. She is the “villain”
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Archetypes in film appear to each viewer in different ways. The subconscious thoughts of the viewer identify what characters are what archetypes in the hero’s myth. These thoughts are based on the trends seen in previous myths and on the moral code of the viewer. In the article “Creating the Myth”‚ Linda Seger distinguishes each kind of archetype seen in the hero’s myth. By focusing on the archetypes that remain consistent throughout the hero’s myth‚ Seger overlooks the shape-shifting archetypes
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Nintendo’s fictional character video game Mario is an example of a female character always the “damsel in distress.” In every story line existed‚ Princess Peach is always captured by Mario’s arch nemesis‚ Bowser‚ the powerful‚ mean‚ and monstrous Koopa Troopa turtle. The whole goal of the game is to play as Mario‚ defeat Bowser and rescue Princess Peach back into his safety. The “damsel in distress” is a traditional role for females in games. It gives men the power to use their masculinity and
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10 Heroic Archetypes -Heroic Archetypes are people who go out of their way to help others. Usually it is someone rescuing a damsel in distress‚ or anything else that involves saving. 1) King Arthur- Britain was chaos before King Arthur stepped into power. But when King Arthur defeated the Saxons and ruled as a king‚ he restored Britain to a peaceful land. 2) Lancelot-Lancelot was in love with Queen Guinevere‚ King Arthur’s wife. King Arthur found out about this and prepared
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When you think of a fairytale you initially might think of a damsel in distress and a great knight ready to battle the wicked witch to save her. However‚ there is more to each story than pure amusement. Each in their own way I waiting to mold young minds by teaching simple morals in a way that they can understand. Yet‚ by reading a politically correct version of Cinderella‚ it removes the simple educational values that the original portrays. For being a politically correct story it portrays humans
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Snicket’s‚ A Bad Beginning‚ the novel challenges many of these ideas by providing the reader with alternate views to gender roles. This is shown through the main protagonist‚ Violet. In Snow White‚ Snow White is depicted as unintelligent and the damsel in distress‚ because she constantly falls into the same predicament time and time again. Even after much warning from the dwarves‚ Snow White still falls into traps that her stepmother concocts for her. She must rely on the help of the prince to remove
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fairy tales still tend to advertise the gender bias and stereotypes set upon men and women. Many of these stories depict their male heroes as powerful‚ tough‚ and dominant‚ and their female counterparts as selflessly dedicated and submissive damsels in distress. Children absorb these messages from a very young age‚ through their exposure to fairy tales in media such as storybooks‚ children’s films and TV shows. These messages give them the impression that the only way to be happy is to fulfill the
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As children‚ we’re influenced to think similar to the rest of society and follow traditional ideas established by past generations. These customs are portrayed throughout our surroundings including: religion‚ social media and‚ as the video demonstrated‚ Disney movies. Through these elements‚ children are taught about social expectations within our community. Boys‚ for instance‚ learn what a “real man” is through the impact of their culture and the prominent ads within social media. I‚ like many others
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The Great Gatsby‚ 2013 Film Critique This past spring‚ Hollywood released the quite controversial adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel‚ The Great Gatsby. The film is directed by Baz Luhrman‚ known for his extravagant‚ visual style‚ with none other than legendary Leonardo DiCaprio as title character‚ Gatsby‚ Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway‚ and Carey Mulligan is cast as Daisy Buchanan. Set during the summer of 1922 on Long Island‚ New York‚ Nick gets caught up in the world
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