their entire life. That can lead to people making unethical decisions which are harmful‚ or illegal. Other times it acts as a motivator when it is just a desire to be able to influence others. This desire to have power is quite often present in femme fatales. One could argue that this desire came to be to represent the differences of the male and female roles. The males have always been the ones who have power and influence over people‚ either in films
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their particular purpose. Day constructed the protagonist in the LCHL‚ Claudia Valentine’s voice as tough talking; this is shown by her stating “No one gets in my room… Let alone my bed.” And cynical “Well heeled‚ well coiffed.” Her dialogue is mainly noir‚ and classic private eye detective style. This simile and paradox “I woke up feeling like death…” tells the reader she lives life on the edge. “One step closer to heaven was the crematorium.” This metaphor shows the reader Claudia’s witty side. Badham
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Victorian context. Indeed‚ Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu condemns the narrow-minded conception of women’s sexuality during the Victorian age through the use of three typical characters of Gothic literature: a femme fatale‚ a persecuted maiden‚ and a hero. By presenting Carmilla as the typical femme fatale of Gothic literature‚ Le Fanu portrays the image of the liberal woman of the Victorian era. To begin with‚ Carmilla
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Realism: Citizen Kane & Double Indemnity Movies have long been known to create a portal through which its viewers can transcend through their own realities and experience the unimaginable. The visual‚ sounds‚ and narrative of great movies immediately attract the focus of its audience as they move into a trance for those 1-2 hours of screen time. While many great movies introduce their audiences to varying experiences that heighten their senses and grasp their focus‚ some measure of relatability
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However‚ these bright and celebratory colours are experienced in conjunction with the dark and sinister ideas explored in the narrative. Ellen commits murder‚ infanticide and even suicide and is representative of the archetypal ‘femme fatale’ figure seen often in film noir. Thus the collision of the bright colours and the dark subject matter creates a strange and jarring feel‚ since it is unconventional. This collision is an intelligent reflection of Ellen‚ who consistently maintains an attractive
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image from one of virtue into Lilith shows the change in how men were beginning to view women during the 19th century. Lilith‚ being Adam’s first wife is described as deadly and seductive. It is believed that she was the predecessor of the femme fatale. Femme fatale is defined as a character of mystery and seduction‚ charming her lovers into compromising‚ dangerous traps. Lilith seems to setup this archetype‚ by having being created as an equal to Adam and not wanting to be with him any longer‚ refusing
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The Lady From Shanghai is one of the great classical film noir‚ which was directed by Orson Welles in 1948 and he adapted it from the novel called If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King in 1938. The theme of this movie is about conspiracy and murder‚ it tells a story of the intrigues between several characters and finally to the terrible collective madness and death. Even though this film only takes 87 minutes‚ every scene composition and camera movement‚ including the movie lines is unforgettable
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FRANKENSTEIN AND BLADE RUNNER Introduction to text Frankenstein by Mary Shelley About the author * Published Frankenstein in 1818 Type of text- novel under the Board’s Prose Fiction category Context * Galvanism * Luigi Galvani (18th century) used electric current to case a frog’s legs to twitch. * Theories- current could reanimate human corpse’s brain‚ also caused by chemical reaction * Shelley used these theories to create monster * Genesis * Story of
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the film‚ and making reference to scenes and themes in the film‚ explain and analyze Williams’s argument. Mildred Pierce‚ directed by Michael Curtis and starring Joan Crawford‚ Ann Blyth‚ Zachary Scott and Bruce Bennet‚ is a film often cited as noir‚ and has been a subject of many feminist critiques. The historical situation of the film’s showing‚ 1945‚ is cited by such feminist critiques as a manifestation of the film’s relationship and engagement with the eventual emergence of feminist movements
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rights of women.by 1933 the modern area was coming in. women’s dresses were getting shorter. They all wanted to be like the Hollywood stars the femmes’ fatales. In the story of mice and men the story is set in that time and the problems they were facing. Curley’s wife was one of the women in the story. She really wanted and was trying to be a femmes’ fatales. To show the sexism in the time the writer john Steinbeck didn’t even give her a name. She was referred to as just Curley’s wife. In the story
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