THELMA AND LOUISE In the opening scene‚ Louise is serving coffee at her diner and advices her customers against smoking as it kills one’s sex drive. This can be seen as a fertilization symbol. The movie starts with two best friends‚ Thelma and Louise‚ planning a road trip. It is shown how condescending and inconsiderate Thelma’s husband Daryl is. Thelma decides against telling him about the trip. Louise arrives at Thelma’s in a light blue 1966 Thunderbird convertible. The fact that the car is a
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Film Analysis of Thelma and Louise Background Thelma and Louise is a 1991 movie directed by Ridely Scott‚ written by Callie Khouri‚ and starring Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis. Louise is a restaurant waitress with a inattentive boyfriend and Thelma is a house wife with an impatient and angry husband. The two women decided to take a break from their caged life and take a road trip. Louise shot a man trying to rape Thelma and they begin a journey of running away from the police. During this journey
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There was a man called Christopher Columbus And he grew up in Italy. Later he learned to be a navigator And how to sail a ship at sea In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue For Spain to gain An Indies shortcut that was new How could he find a Shortcut to the Indies‚ Bring silk and spices quickly home? He needed someone with a lot of money. He couldn’t do it all alone. In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue For Spain to gain An Indies
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As I told my sister‚ Louise Mallard‚ about her husband‚ Brently Mallard’s‚ death from a railroad where he works‚ she went to her room and shut the door. As I started thinking about how he wasn’t really dead‚ the more idea’s came to me. I was going to run away with him‚ marry him‚ and have his kids. As my sister comes out of the bedroom‚ I help her down the stairs‚ and as we start heading down‚ Brently opened the door. In shock‚ I pushed Louise down the stairs. As she fell down the stairs‚ she hit
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1.What is the theme/meaning of the novel/film of which you are analyzing? Thelma and Louise is an American 1991 film where 2 women journey on an adventure that galvanized them to take action. Thelma‚ one of the main characters whom in the beginning of the film was portrayed as guileless and oblivious becomes the victim of an attempted rape after a night at a bar. Thelma the opposite of Louise is portrayed as an independent and headstrong woman; the best friend‚ always one to take action‚ she’s
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I‚ Jeremy Lim‚ affirm my love to you‚ Isabella Louise‚ as I invite you to share my life in sickness and in health‚ until death do us part. For the past eight years‚ I’ve seen you at your best and at your worst. I’ve seen you walk into the room in a towel‚ and today‚ we leave this church as husband and wife. I still remember asking you to be my girlfriend. You had that same cheesy smile that you definitely have on your face at this very moment‚ just because I know you’re thinking about it. I remember
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In “The Story of An Hour”‚ the author‚ Kate Chopin‚ portrays Louise Mallard as an oppressed woman. The narrative starts by insinuating that Mrs. Mallard is weak. “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble‚ great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.”(1) A normal reaction to death would be to grieve and be upset‚ but Louise was said to need help and was not stable enough to take the news without “great care”. The contrast of Mrs. Mallard
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The story under the title “The Escape” was written by one of the outstanding English writers – William Somerset Maugham. The plot of the story is quite simple‚ though interesting. The protagonist of the story‚ a young man rolling in money – Roger Charing – fell in love with Ruth Barlow‚ an unfortunate woman who was twice a widow. They had all the happy and pleasant moments of relationships a loving couple usually has and intended to marry. Then suddenly Roger fell out of love with Ruth. But he
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First of all I want to begin with the narrative perspective. In the short story “Mr. Know-All” by William Somerset Maugham there is a first person narrator‚ who takes an active part in the story. He is a very important character. It is not easy to tell whether he is a minor or a major character. On the one hand he is a major character because the way he presents Mr. Kelada influences the reader a lot. On the other hand he is just a minor character because he is only the presenter of Mr. Kelada. The
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omnipresent‚ but in the case of Louise Arbour‚ the simplest of facts sing loudly of her praises. This once young girl attended a convent school‚ pushed herself through college and University of Montreal‚ only to embark on an extraordinary journey of justice. Louise Arbour is a Canadian who makes a difference as a UN Commissioner‚ as a judge for the Supreme Court‚ and through her role in the Kingston Penitentiary Inquiry. There was an incredible report by Louise Arbour in the 1990 ’s that rocked
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