The film begins with Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon)‚ living repressed lives in Arkansas. Both women have stereotypical roles in this movie. As best friends‚ they decide to go on an adventure that takes a dramatic turn and ends up being an adventurous police chase to the sudden death. Thelma is an unhappy housewife who despises her husband (Daryl)‚ who is a bumbling‚ controlling and narcissistic. Her character is somewhat infantile‚ in that she relies completely on her husband for
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within Thelma and Louise Brent Farrell Capella University August 26‚ 2012 Introduction Fed up with their lives thus far‚ “Thelma and Louise” is both a tragic and fascinating story of two women looking for better satisfaction within their lives. Between the two of them‚ they are tired of living life by rules set in place by society‚ or loved ones‚ and want to try to find freedom. Thelma is in an oppressive relationship at the hands of her husband. Together‚ both Thelma and Louise go out on
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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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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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Thelma and Louise This film attempts to deconstruct gender roles‚ particularly those associated with women‚ and redefine a new feminine space outside of patriarchal control The film attempts to do this in a number of ways: generally a male genre because it involves outlaws and fugitives who try to confront the Establishment ; however‚ Ridley Scott re-appropriates this genre for female characters who become fugitives after leaving stereotypical feminine roles of wife and waitress‚ drive a
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AGAINST MEN’S WORLD The film starts with the scenes of daily lifes of two women. Thelma is married to a man who thinks that he is the centre of the world because he is a manager of a carpet. company. He sees his wife as a lower order of life‚ to be tolerated so long as she keeps her household duties straight. Just like a servant who doesn’t have any rights or freedom. Louise waits tables in a coffee shop and her boyfriend is a musician who is never going to be ready to settle down. They live
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A road movie consists several characteristics. Starting off with the idea of an escape‚ Thelma and Louise were persistent in embarking their fishing trip journey as a sense of liberation from the domineering and uncommitted men in their lives. The scene where Darryl told Thelma he does not care about special dinner and might not be home for dinner clearly shows how Darryl is dominant over Thelma‚ causing Thelma to be scared of asking her husband’s permission for the trip. Whereas when Louise’s received
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The film‚ Thelma and Louise‚ centers on the friendship of two women and their adventures to truly realize who they are as women. Thelma and Louise’s road trip is a metaphor for the journey that their lives take through this film. The metaphor constantly seen throughout this film is empowerment‚ only gained through aggression. Most of this film is about the multitude forms that sexual violence can take. But‚ the further that Thelma and Louise travel on their trip‚ the more we can see them overcome
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Thelma and Louise are two friends who decide to take a weekend trip into the mountains. However all does not go according to plan when in a diner parking-lot Louise shoots a man who attempts to rape Thelma. From here Thelma and Louise go on the run - robbing a bank and blowing up a gas tanker on the way. ’Thelma and Louise’ is essentially a road movie‚ which embodies the spirit of the crime‚ thriller and buddy movie as well. As the film progresses the pair become closer‚ revealing more to each other
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Everybody has their own inner journey that is caused by certain events that happen in their lives and causes growth‚ understanding and change in perception of themself and the world. There is obvious inner journeys that the characters in Othello‚ Thelma and Louise‚ and the Wizard of Oz. Shakespeare’s play Othello is the story of a man in the military‚ who meets the woman of his dreams and woos her over with his beautiful story telling. Othello comes across as a very smart man who respects everyone who
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