The Rhetorical Effectiveness of Legally Blond Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses‚ merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife‚ he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her
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In the story “Blonde” by Katherin Min‚ a young girl named Jean struggles with her self image as she doesn’t see herself meeting the beauty standard that society had created. The world she is living in is telling her that she is not what they see as beautiful. You can see this in how she see’s the girls in the media like Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Temple becoming famous and wealthy‚ as well as a Barbie doll advertised as being the ideal girl. Along with this‚ the people in her community like her
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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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“Stereotyping Blondes” A stereotype is “...a fixed‚ over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.” (Cardwell‚ 1996) Stereotyping is a crime committed by all. It is not done intentionally in all cases of course. Everyone will sneak in a little joke here and there about the nature of a certain hair color‚ race‚ age‚ weight‚ etc. What people do not realize is that these little harmless jokes have created stereotypes. I personally believe that the little harmless jokes ended
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All blondes are girly and unintelligent Stereotypes are used in society to differentiate the diversity within the world. Stereotypes can include skin color‚ outfits‚ attitudes and even the color of natural hair. The blonde stereotype is one stereotype everyone is familiar with. This stereotype is seen all over the world in memes‚ pictures‚ books‚ and even television. This stereotype believes that every blonde is mean‚ spoiled‚ attracts men‚ dresses inconsiderately or stylish‚ unintelligent‚ goes
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Movie Review Lindy MacDonald Anti-Bias Curriculum – ECE2040 Jennifer Bailey September 11‚ 2015 Section #1: The Movie A. I chose to review Legally Blonde. B. … I. The setting is Harvard Law School. II. The plot explores the story of Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon)‚ president of the Delta Nu sorority at CULA. Elle believes that Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis)‚ the love of her life‚ is about to propose. Elle is devastated when Warner breaks up with her while preparing to attend Harvard Law
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Stereotypes Hypothesis: Blondes are unfairly stereotyped as being dumb. Question 1: Where did dumb blondes originate? Question 2: Where are they portrayed? Question 3: How does this stereotypical label affect natural blondes? She’s attractive. She’s fun. She’s flirty. She’s…dumb? The concept of the dumb blonde is a common stereotype that is placed on fair-haired women‚ continues to pervade society through today. Its origin‚ however‚ like many popular-cultural stereotypes‚ is
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Supposedly‚ blondes are dumb‚ unintelligent‚ inconsiderate‚ and don’t care about anything else just their appearance. Throughout history‚ this stereotype has been labeled to females who have blonde hair due to the lack of eumelanin (pigment that provides color to hair). This may not seem real‚ but it is. Overall‚ blonde women have been discriminated and categorized as simpletons‚ inconsiderate‚ vain‚ and unintelligent beings for many years. Still‚ the color a person’s hair has nothing to do with
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The Dumb Blonde Stereotype Being a blond girl all my life‚ I have always taken somewhat personal to the dumb blonde stereotype especially to these funny jokes. Although‚ yes‚ many times people find themselves cracking up at these ‘harmless’ jokes witch supposed to be inoffensive‚ they are unconsciously supporting the stereotype that blondes are stupid.. But have you ever wondered how fair haired woman became such a joke material? If youre not blond‚ I guess not‚ but I personally was very intrigued
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dumb blonde jokes Jokes are intended to help make you feel relaxed and laugh off all kinds of tension or anxiety that you might be going through as an individual and one of the best kinds of joke that will really lighten your mood is the blonde kinds of jokes. These are the kinds of jokes that will hover or concentrate on blonde women that are dumb in nature and you know that watching a person play or act dumb can be extremely funny and entertaining. It can‚ therefore‚ be said that dumb blonde jokes
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