Comparing Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos and Cruel Intentions the Movie

After the car crash Catherine calls the woman hoping to develop some sort of relationship but is disappointed when the woman wants nothing to do with her. The audience feels just as disappointed but why? This is the purpose of the film. The filmmakers so cleverly want us to reach for this connection and we expect it to be reciprocated. The truth is, that isn't the society we live in

analogies to make between these two works are, I think, those between the works' two

different. They both share similar topics, in that they are two stories of cultures, but written from

Sexuality has an inherent connection to human nature. Yet, even in regards to something so natural, societies throughout times have imposed expectations and gender roles upon it. Ultimately, these come to oppress women, and confine them within the limits that the world has set for them. However, society is constantly evolving, and within the past 200 years, the role of women has changed. These changes in society can be seen within the intricacies of literature in each era. Specifically, through analyzing The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, one can observe the dynamics of society in regards to the role of women through the lens of the theme of sexuality. In both novels, the confinement and oppression of women can be visibly seen as a result of these gender roles. Yet, from the time The Scarlet Letter was published to the time The Bell Jar was written, the place of women in society ultimately changed as well. Hence when evaluating the gender roles that are derived from sexuality, the difference between the portrayals of women’s oppression in each novel becomes apparent, and shows how the subjugation of women has evolved. The guiding question of this investigation is to what extent does the theme of sexuality reflect the expectations for women in society at the time each novel was written. The essay will explore how the literary elements that form each novel demonstrate each author’s independent vision which questions the

also explore how the two stories, even though written on different decades, are very similar in

With all the similarities and differences in these two stroy the authors whether or whether not they were trying to created two works of literature that are easily brought together. These pieces are so relatable it's crazy. These amazing authors show excellent examples of irony suspense and foreshadowing to create these brilliant stories that are highly unpredictable leaving enormous ambiguity till the end of the

At first glance, these stories probably look the same. However, if you take the time to read them over, you will be able to see the differences between the two. Yes, the plot and characters are the same, but the way the stories are told can change the how we view them. Point of view is very important to think about when writing because it can open a gateway of new ideas. See, despite their similarities these stories and their differing points of view drastically affect how we see the story and its ideals portrayed.

In Modernist literature, the artist is the most important occupation that a person can pursue. The artist is the person who is responsible for holding a mirror to the culture of the community. It is thus their responsibility to show that community exactly what the community was truly about, especially if that truth were particularly harsh or ugly. Paris, France is famous for being a location wherein one could indulge in every kind of sin, the more lascivious the better. This aspect of the city is often depicted in literature, but never as an exploration of that lifestyle, but instead as a comment on the true hollowness of such an existence. In the earliest half of the twentieth century, a growing number of people became dissatisfied with the world they had been living in following the First World War. These people became dissatisfied with the government, with their lives, and with the status quo. In the United States, women were abandoning their roles as wives and mothers in attempts to find an individual identity as a single human being. Men and women were finding themselves attracted to members of the same sex and, for the first time in American history, were unashamed to act on their feelings, although they would often have to keep their orientation a secret from the public world for fear of ostracism or violence. This new concept of sexuality and the belief of the artist as modernist critics are all interrelated. This is evident in the books Tropic of

The two stories were both similar in their story line which was about war. However, the main themes in both stories differ. While one explores World War 1 and the effects it had on the soldiers who played a part in it, the other explores the resentment one ex-soldier has for killing a soldier while at war and he wishes the circumstances were

Both of these works have very similar narrators. By just reading the works, they seem very different because of who they killed and why, where and with whom they lived, and how they murdered their victims. But, by analyzing the two men, they become more and more alike. They both tell their stories in the first person and write from their jail cells. Each chose to reference an animal in their stories. The two men, both hide the corpses in the structures of the homes. Likewise, the narrators try to defend their sanity by logically justifying their horrific actions based on their mental states throughout the flashbacks of the events.

In the letter, I talk about the major points of moral contention that the MPAA had with the script. The perspectives of Homosexuality, rape and nymphomania were very controversial subjects which the censor board would want to omit. This highlights the conservative culture of the 1940’s and the 1950’s which give us an insight into how such a play would be perceived by the general

Dangerous Liaisons is an epistolary novel written in 1982 by Choderlos de Laclos. It is part of the eighteenth-century society, where former libertine lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, engage in a story of power, seduction, manipulation, and appearance. Through this intrigue, the two sexes throw themselves into a battle without any mercy for their victims, the young prudish Cécile de Volanges and the chaste and pious The President de Tourvel. The novel consists of 175 letters reflecting all the thoughts and intimate desires. The narrative focuses on the perverse duel of these two aristocrats’ manipulators. The primary purpose of Choderlos de Laclos, in writing Dangerous Liaisons, was to describe the environment that allowed the appearance of libertinage. I first questioned myself on what representation of the libertinism proposes Dangerous Liaisons. Is it a condemnation of this current of thought and way of life or, on the contrary, a sublimation?

Magic played a huge part in both literature pieces when it came down the supernatural. One thing that both had in common was that as authors, they knew how to create immortal symbols that displayed their magic in the mystical world.

Dangerous Liaisons is an epistolary novel written in the 1700s detailing the events of a set of high-class people and their conquests for love and revenge. One of the many characteristics of this novel that make it unique is the French language used in the novel and the way the novel is written. The language and word choices are features that are important to a deeper understanding of the novel. The language used is specific to French culture and society and therefore the language creates a different understanding of the text. The language and untranslatable words in Dangerous Liaisons help to understand the culture and society of the characters in the text for an overall better understanding of the text.

So both authors were having the same idea where the setting the characters mood and other aspects of the story. Both characters were living the same glommy lifes but both of their characterization was different. For example in Oliver Twist oliver was brave when he was up for the challenge and going against the food rule and asked for more like the the