Double Indemnity and Memento Double Indemnity‚ directed by Billy Wilder‚ and Memento‚ directed by Christopher Nolan are films that make use of femme fatale concept. According to Dictionary.com‚ a femme fatale is “an irresistibly attractive woman‚ one who leads men into difficult‚ dangerous‚ or disastrous situations”; a woman with the ability to control men with their charm and beauty that they posses. The woman tend to satisfy their needs which having the men committing a crime or by inspiring
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gloomy‚ and caliginous. Double Indemnity was written by James M. Cain in 1936‚ Edmund Wilson states‚ that Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt‚ of duplicity‚ and of the obsessive‚ loveless love that devastates everything it touches. Noir films are characterized in many ways for example‚ in a film noir there’s a female that plays the role of a Famme Fatale. According to Primary Characteristics and conventions of film noir: Theme and styles‚ “ The Famme Fatale in film noir are either
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Femme Fatale Coleridge’s Christabel is counted among the first works of English literature to approach the topic of the femme fatale. He created what is considered common stock in literature about female vampires. Many writers have created versions of Coleridge’s Christabel using Geraldine as the foundation for their femme fatale character and often even using her name or a slight variation. The first part of the poem seems to suggest that Geraldine may be a creature that is not of the
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Famous Femme Fatales in History A femme fatale is defined throughout history as a woman of great seductive charm who leads men into compromising and or dangerous situations‚ just as the character Carmen in Prosper Merimee’s short story Carmen. Carmen is an excellent example of female independence and a threat to the traditional female gender roles put forth by society both in the 19th century and now. She is a direct threat to the patriarchal role of Don Jose and the ultimate symbol of the femme
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Femme Fatale Since the beginning of recorded history we have been held to witness the influence of women and their sexuality on mankind. As sexual creatures‚ humans desire each other; generally men are more inclined to be seen as the ones who “need” the physical sexual act. This “need” that men have gives women an important power and opportunity over men. By controlling sex women can basically rule the world. This idea tends to scare men because men like to be the ones in control‚ but at the
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Amanda Artinger Ms. Owen Noir 6 March 2012 Double Indemnity The film Double Indemnity _________ the classic Film Noir conventions and characteristics. From the very beginning of the film‚ the audience is introduced to a setting of a dark city night‚ with streetlights creating reflections off the water gleaming from the pavement. The mood is enhanced through German expressionalism; almost completely dark lighting was used as well as vertical lines to enhance drama and mood. In one scene‚ the blinds
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Mysterious‚ double-crossing‚ gorgeous‚ unloving‚ unreliable‚ manipulative are all adjectives that are used to describe the femme fatales in classic film noir. She is often the main incentive for the protagonist in film noir to commit crimes and cause him to make an ambitious choice that would eventually lead to his downfall and unpleasant fate (Dirks). Despite the characteristics that conventional femme fatale should possess‚ Phyllis in Double Indemnity directed by Billy Walder‚ Pat in Raw Deal directed
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Double Indemnity (1944 Billy Wilder) 1) Give a brief description of the narrative‚ what are the cause and effect links‚ which propel the narrative? Walter Neff is a successful insurance salesman for Pacific All Risk returning who sits down at his desk and tells a story into a Dictaphone to Keyes. A story about how Walter meets Phyllis during a house call to renew an automobile insurance policy for her husband. A flirtation occurs not until Phyllis wonders how she could take out a policy on her husband’s
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Femme Fatale or Victim Emma Bovary is a complex and intriguing character as the protagonist of Gustave Flaubert’s novel‚ Madame Bovary. Throughout the novel‚ Flaubert’s use of elaborate details and explicit dialogue lead to the question of whether Emma plays the role of a fierce femme fatale who caused the destruction of her husband and daughter‚ or that of the vulnerable victim‚ trapped by societal expectations and depression. Critics may claim that the novel supports the idea that Emma Bovary
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Brigid O’Shaughnessy has all the qualities that make someone a femme fatale. She is deceitful‚ ruthless‚ and uses her beauty to be promiscuous and seductive. Brigid is a beautiful young woman who is tall and slender‚ has long legs‚ piercing blue eyes‚ and a radiant smile. Her double-dealing ways and evading the truth make her identity of a femme fatale purely a caricature. Throughout the story Brigid is deceitful in order to get what she wants. When Brigid first walks into Spade’s office‚ she tells
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