Directed by Robert Luketic‚ Legally Blonde is a film about a stereotypical valley girl‚ born into a rich family‚ used to getting everything she wants‚ and then breaking molds to prove she can rise above society’s expectations of privileged kids. Elle Woods‚ the main character and heroine of the story‚ is a wealthy and beautiful young girl from Malibu. She is the president of her sorority and she adores all things pink and fashionable. Her boyfriend Warner is a type-cast pretty boy who happens to
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Anthony Franklin ENGL 1110 05 November 2015 Feminism Portrayed in Legally Blonde In the film Legally Blonde‚ sexism and feminism are two very evident features‚ beginning in a negative‚ stereotypical way‚ and ending in a positive‚ strong willed spirit‚ promoting confidence and understanding your own self-worth. The film was released in 2001‚ potentially misleading viewers to believe that it was just another “dumb blonde” joke made into a movie. But what they encountered was more or less the opposite. Stereotypes
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Legally Blonde In many ways today’s society‚ even though women have come a long way‚ we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life‚ whether it be that there aren’t very many women CEO’s or the mere fact that we’ve yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live‚ there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There are professions that are categorically women’s’ jobs like nursing‚ school teacher‚ or
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How Legally Blonde Subverts the Female Stereotype At a first glance‚ Legally Blonde seems like a stereotypical chick flick‚ with millions of female stereotypes abounding the first 20 minutes and beyond. However‚ when you look deeper‚ at the underlying themes and messages‚ you begin to realize that there is something different about this movie. In most movies we see two basic types of females‚ with other sub-branches: the traditional‚ ditzy‚ feminine woman (Type 1)‚ or the “I’m not like other women”
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April 2011 Annotated Bibliography Feminism in the Legally Blonde Movie Duo Hersey‚ Eleanor. "Love and Microphones: Romantic Comedy Heroines as Public Speakers." Journal of Popular Film & Television 34.4 (2007): 146-59. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Apr. 2011. Hersey’s article focuses on the heroines’ public speaking in Bridget Jones’s Diary‚ Never Been Kissed‚ Miss Congeniality‚ The Princess Diaries‚ and Legally Blonde. Hersey addresses the feminist debate about whether or not romantic comedies
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Given the ephemeral nature of tangible items‚ the unique qualities people exhibit in addition to their impact on their surrounding sphere of influence are better embodiments of ownership and self-identity than material possessions. In the movie Legally Blonde‚ main character Elle Woods seems to have it all: looks‚ money‚ popularity‚ and what appears to be the ideal relationship. However‚ once a tough breakup ruins her so-called “perfect life‚” she reinvents herself as an ambitious Harvard law student
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story is the movie Legally Blonde‚ directed by Robert Luketic. Elle‚ the daughter of prosperous parents‚ attempts to reconcile her relationship with Warner‚ a member of a family of well-respected lawyers and doctors from prestige universities.
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When I was reading the drama‚ A Doll’s House‚ I could instantly tell that the play would be best analyzed through the feminist perspective. The Feminist perspective centralizes on the actions and identifications of the female characters in a literary work. This perspective is mostly used to analyze the protagonist‚ which is Nora in this play; a pathological liar and manipulator. She acts as though she is innocent when regarding her actions‚ but she isn’t ignorant and knows that what she has committed
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Ice-Candy-Man: A Feminist Perspective * Summary In Ice-Candy-Man the women characters cannot be easily subjugated. Lenny‚ her Ayah Shanta‚ her mother and Godmother are capable of new roles and responsibilities. It is the second novel by a woman writer dealing with the theme of Partition of India. It is likely to be a more neutral on account of the traumatic event of Partition which caused divisiveness‚ disharmony‚ mutual suspicion‚ hardening. Writer depicts the events overtaking the Partition
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Article 1: Multiple Bodies ’Sportswomen‚ soccer and sexuality’ by Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson (The University of Auckland‚ New Zealand) In the text ’Multiple Bodies ’Sportswomen‚ Soccer and Sexuality’‚ Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson address how women face the pressure of biding by the rules of the ideal female body‚ and the social exclusions women face if they digress from the ’norms’ or struggle to achieve these optimal female traits. They explore how and why sportswomen are continuously being
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