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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Restored Hetch Hetchy Valley or Not? In “Hetch Hetch Valley” (1912) from American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau‚ John Muir argues that Hetch Hetchy Valley should not be dammed and turned into a reservoir. He describes how fantastic and special the Hetch Hetchy Valley is by pointing out to its highlights. Then‚ he claims that everyone needs material and mental lives. He asserts the natural beauty can provide people a positive attitude toward life. Thus‚ he blames the advocates damage
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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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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 the boats
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Thelma and Louise (1991) The story includes the journey of two best friends who find comfort in each from their dreary and mundane domesticated lives. The need for escape and freedom is introduced right from the beginning when Thelma has to ask her husband to go away for the week. The desire for pleasure and escapism overwhelms them when they are away from the domestic sphere. They feel as if something is missing and want to have time by themselves to really figure out what that is. Thelma
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Out Thelma and Louise is a 1991 film about two good friends who set out on a road trip to relax from their hectic lives‚ but find themselves anything than relaxed. They are tired of their boring‚ routine lives‚ and find excitement on the road‚ although not in the way they would have liked. Thelma is a push-over house wife with a controlling husband and Louise is a stressed waitress with a boyfriend who is unwilling to commit. In an attempt to rescue Thelma from a potential rape‚ Louise shoots and kills
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