Analysis Of The Movie ' The Mistress '

Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles offers an entertaining and thought provoking look at what subjects a documentary can cover as the film follows billionaires David and Jacqueline Siegel and their family as they navigate the 2008 economic crisis and attempt to build a mansion inspired by Versailles. Though the premise of the film is fairly straightforward, on a deeper level the film touches upon such ideas as the unattainability of the “American Dream,” the correlation between wealth and happiness, and family perseverance in the face of adversity. However, one key theme of the film serves to discredit the outside assumption that wealthy individuals lead flawless happy lives, and are in someway elevated beyond typical humanity, not experiencing hardships in the same manner as middle class society. In reality, as the film demonstrates, the wealthy are as flawed and as deeply human as any other class, capable of experiencing hardships and unhappiness regardless of material wealth. To further explore how the film achieves its theme, one must first have a firm understanding of the documentary form and how certain events in the film highlight the theme, which is explored in the following paragraphs .

Susan’s mistakes are the result of Kane pushing her too hard, thus they represent the little bits of her Kane is trying to correct. Susan’s mistakes are peeks into the way she has been treated, we realize how hard she is being pushed and how the poor girl stressed is. We as the viewer are brought into this scene. Up until this point Kane tried to ignore his wife’s flaws and her overbearing nature, trying to remember the women whom he first met while walking on the street that one evening. It is then we hear the criticism “Practically Dreadful” from some off screen women. Kane is distracted by this comment, realizing that this has been a failure. He then turns looking to find the source of the comment then quickly looks back to the show determined that she is perfection, ignoring her flaws. If Kane’s perfect vision of his wife was seeing her preform on stage then her mistakes were like his failures. By ignoring these mistakes and holding Susan to so high of standards only hurts her more leading up to her suicide attempt in the next scene.

Gettys tells Mr. Kane, that he is beaten and cannot do anything to make the situation better for himself. But Mr. Kane is still prideful and is convinced that, even if the story about him and Susan were to be published, he would still be elected Governor. Mr. Kane exclaims, ““I can fight this all alone…I’m Charles Foster Kane! I’m no cheap crooked politician trying to save himself from the consequences.”” (Mankiewicz)

Sabina Berman is a notable and critically acclaimed Mexican playwright. Berman’s notable work includes her first published play, Yankee (1979). In Adam Versényi’s translation of Yankee, Berman explores the relationship between the individual and identity. Through the three main characters—Bill, Alberto, and Rosa—we see the continual conflict they face as they aspire to achieve their respective objectives: to feel nurtured and loved, to have peace and quiet, and to feel loved and acknowledged. But it is Berman’s interjection of juxtapositions that forces us to analyze the relationship between the main characters. More specifically, Berman focuses on the impact Bill has as an intruder, and how he highlights the national identity incompatibilities between North American and Mexican cultures, to expose the serious social and political problems between the nations.

Despite having an archetypal storyline, The Princess Bride proves to be anything but predictable. From the moment the title appears onscreen in a font that evokes classic fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty, it is clear the story is going to be rooted in fantasy. Following the appearance of the title comes the sound of a child’s cough as the black screen gives way to the graphics a baseball video game. The camera pans around the room to reveal posters of Chicago Cubs and Bears players, and soon rests on a child, presumably the source of the cough. Thus, the mise-en-scene has introduced to one of our two narrators, the other being the child’s grandfather who comes to read him a story. Though the novel read by the grandfather conveys a hackneyed tale of undying love, the film frames this in a self-aware way with periodic interruption of the story’s narrative by comments from young boy which are cynical at first, by grow to reflect a genuine interest as the movie progresses. This move is self-reflexive in that it reminds the audience that they are, in fact, watching a move; however, this serves to elevate the meaning of the film. Through the use of sound, editing, and mise-en-scene, The Princess Bride emphasizes that even though the concept of true love has saturated society and become cliché, it’s no less potent because of the cultural overplay. I will specifically discuss the utilization of deep focus shots, color, and lighting that caricaturize the traditional fairy tale,

Two things can be gleaned from this information. The first is that Kane is forced to live in a way that does not suit his nature. The second is that Kane’s dislike for Thatcher is a fundamental motivation for his actions. Kane’s magnetism is by far his largest asset as he purchases the Inquirer. This charisma and ability for manipulation are what drive his empire of “yellow” journalism, making it possible for Kane to spread his standards to a mass audience. A clear display of this know-how is Kane’s eagerness to send journalists posing as police officers to scare a man into creating a story. It is important to understand Kane’s keen awareness between news and truth. He views the newspaper as a means of spreading his message, not necessarily the truth. His ongoing battles with Thatcher, as well as his support of the Spanish-American War, are evidence that Kane’s personal grudges hold weight over all else. As Kane struggles to build his

“Since socialization occurs throughout the life span and since the mass media in industrial society permeates virtually every aspect of a person’s life, the media’s effect on our concepts of self, although impossible to determine precisely, are probably underestimated” (Saucier 1986, 147). Mass media forms of entertainment have the unique ability to impact large audiences across time and space. The Hollywood thriller Fatal Attraction (1987), with its many references to Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly (1903), proves to be a central film to study when considering how intertextual value may arise from referencing another text through a piece of media as well as what ideology can result from a popular media product. In considering the

Love stories have been around for centuries, as ever changing as they have been one thing stays constant, a happily ever after ending. Each story might be perceived differently but each story has the unique ability to capture all that seek to find their own happy ending. The famous Cinderella story shows the perfect example of how the princess culture can be seen in children everywhere. Children are attracted to Cinderella and stories like it because they believe if you are morally good there has to be a happily ever after for them. The film “The Princess Bride” offers the inherent hope that happily ever after’s are attainable for all who persevere.

We never are sure if Kane truly did have faith in the qualities that he proclaimed. While he acquires the riches of the world, and all the power and influence that comes along with it, he longs for the love of the general people. This is symbolized by his exploitative, and belittling worship for a would be star, Susan Alexander (Dorothy Comingore). Her character is given a paper-flimsy portrayal, the primary apparent imperfection in an almost immaculate

In the film “The Princess Bride” directed by Rob Reiner, a story about a fairy tale adventure that all begins with a beautiful girl name Buttercup who works on a farm alongside the farm boy named Westley, who she is deeply in love with. After a while, Westley decides to go seek his fortune, which made Buttercup very upset as she wonders whether she’ll see Westley ever again.

In this paper, I will explain how the article “The Lady and the Tramp (II): Feminist Welfare Politics, Poor Single Mothers, and the Challenge of Welfare Justice” by Gwendolyn Mink relates to the thematic focus of working women and the Marxist and socialist branch of feminism. In Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction, Rosemarie Tong explains that Marxist and socialist feminists understand women’s oppression as a labor issue. Women’s work is not viewed as a productive contribution to society. One of the ways Marxist and socialist feminists sought to improve women’s oppression was through the wages-for-housework campaign of the 1970s, which fought for work done in the domestic sphere to be paid and respected by society. In this same vein, Mink’s article can be viewed as a continuation of sorts of the wages-for-housework campaign. Mink suggests that poor single mothers have the right for their work to be recognized by society and supported economically like the Marxist and socialist feminist in the 1970s.

Andrew Marvell's elaborate sixteenth century carpe diem poem, 'To His Coy Mistress', not only speaks to his coy mistress, but also to the reader. Marvell's suggests to his coy mistress that time is inevitably rapidly progressing and for this he wishes for her to reciprocate his desires and to initiate a sexual relationship. Marvell simultaneously suggests to the reader that he or she should act upon their desires as well, to hesitate no longer and seize the moment before time, and ultimately life, expires. Marvell makes use of allusion, metaphor, and grand imagery in order to convey a mood of majestic endurance and innovatively explicate the carpe diem motif.

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Nothing will ever go according to plan. Tests are failed, people are changed, loves are lost. As is the case with Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride, following the story of an elegiac young man, the son of newly rich fishmongers. Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) is betrothed to Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson), the daughter of penniless aristocrats, to heighten both of their families, and despite his initial terror, he falls in love with her. Unfortunately, Victor has a horrible time at the rehearsal and cannot remember his vows, leading him off into the words where, while practicing, he inadvertently puts the wedding ring on the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter), a young woman who was murdered on her wedding day for her parent 's money. Victor’s adventures in the land of the dead tear him between his new wife and his intended bride, while teaching him more about himself and those around him. Throughout the film, the elegantly lifelike clay figures portray the lifelessness of the living juxtaposed with the liveliness of the dead in Victorian Europe.

The film is based on the lives and experiences of three women who work at a large corporate office known as Consolidated Industries. The three women are Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda), Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), and Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton). The head of the corporate offices is Franklin Hart Jr. (Dabney Coleman), and he is a chauvinistic tyrant who works everybody hard especially the women. He believes that women are inferior to men and says so to Violet when she gets passed over again for a promotion that she deserved. In the movie Violet is very gifted at her job and has had a number of brilliant ideas, which Frank simply passed off as his own. She is the supervisor of her department and is sick of being passed up by men even