Fifty Shades Of Grey Analysis

In the movie “Beauty and the Beast”, the role of a man and woman in an abusive relation is practically spelled out and strait from Disney’s female lead jar. Belle is kidnaped by the Beast and forced o live in the dungeon until her father is ripped away from her. During this time she is completely defenseless to the Beasts onslaught and often retreats within herself and rarely confronts him. Beast on the other hand, portraying an abusive male, does everything to a tee. He yells, bangs on doors, throws furniture, and even threatens starvation when Belle goes against him. Belle, being the kind and gentle female lead, looks past all his rage and finds he prince inside; highlighting the common problem in abusive relationships. The abused partner holding onto the hope that their abuser will change, that they will love them and show them the tenderness that used to be there. Women (could also be men) are supposed to take the abuse and wait it out, showing nothing but love while the abuser rampages and eventually, things will be just like the fairy tales.

He ripped her from her family, would yell at her if she chooses not to entertain her and would manipulate her into thinking that he can’t live without her. “We have examples like Beauty and The Beast, where the argument was that this a strong and powerful woman, and why is she so strong and powerful? Because she’s reading a book… Well then reality is just pseudo feminism because ultimately in Beauty and The Beast she marries a batterer.”4 This movie is teaching our young girls that if a man treats you this way its ok, you can love someone even though they do not treat you the right way. Disney makes the woman seem sexy and seductive, like the princesses Ariel. Ariel is gorgeous with a curvy body, long hair and a voice to match.4 this makes our girls think about is this will look when they are older and if you look like Ursula who’s big and isn’t the ideal “beautiful” woman.5 Makes it seem as if that you happen to look like this you do not have the possibility of becoming a

As long as sexism exists within our society, it will exist within our literature. Depicting women as the submissive and therefore passive gender has been an age old occurrence within cultures. This is reflected in many aspects of societies from pop culture to history. A key contributor to the continuation of this is the unreliable, biased and sometimes outright manipulative narrative of these texts. This narrative, subjective in it’s art, not only affects how female roles play out in a plot but also heavily influence how the audience views the power dynamic between genders. Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, James K. Baxter’s He Waiata Mo Te Kare, and Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer all female characters have been passive victims or objects to their circumstance.

Angela Carter’s “The Tigers Bride” is a similar, more modernized take on Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast”. Both of the stories include this seemingly beautiful female as the main protagonist. In fact, she is even referred to as Beauty in Beaumont’s story. Although in Carter’s she remains unnamed, it is clear to the readers that this heroic, strong female is meant to be perceived as a beautiful young woman. The three centuries that have passed between the publications of these stories is evident when comparing the actions of these two women and the different messages they convey to their readers.

The figure is overcoming the gender standards set for males and females by overpowering both male and female. This can be looked as Jane gaining freedom from her dominant husband, whom controls the majority of her daily life. Dominance plays a big role in determining the actions of the protagonist in response to the limitations placed on her by her husband.

How as a father can you put your life above the life of your child; is there not a paternal instinct to protect the life of your child at all costs? In Beaumont’s origination tale of the classic “Beauty and the Beast” it is not so cut, and dry. When the merchant returns home from the castle one of the first things he says is... “Beauty, take these roses; it is dearly that I must pay for them.” This statement right here makes me question his outlook on this situation. By starting off like this he is setting a tone; planting a seed of guilt within at the very least his youngest daughter Beauty.

Remakes have become prevalent this past decade. Beauty and the Beast is a classic story told down generations and tell the story of both the emotional and social challenges women face everyday. Their stories are similar, but it’s the small differences that truly change how the audience feels. The new Beauty and the Best expands on motives as well as backstory missing from the original and adds a modern twist to reflect the new age of empowerment for women.

While analyzing the scene cinematography and narration in Fifty Shades of Grey I noticed many elements used to make the audience understand the romantic and power presented in this film. This scene starts in the film at 51 to 55 minutes, in the book its pages 102-104, 130-132, and 152-157. In the film the angles represented the power of Ana and Christian, which was presented by Ana’s thoughts in the book. When Ana went into the room it’s started a natural eye level as she looked around the room.

In accordance to her strength, the Beast is presented with servitude. Beast is being used by his wife, thus showing how he is being presented with servitude. Duffy writes ‘the sex - is better’, as Mrs. Beast is using Beast for her own sexual satisfaction. More servitude is shown as the Beast ‘Fell to the floor….Kiss my glove’. Beast literally falls to his knees when in front of Mrs. Beast showing that he serves her. ‘If I wanted that’, is another example of Beast being presented with servitude, along with ‘the lady says Do this. Harder’. One female critic said ‘female servitude is not identical to male servitude’, Duffy, however, challenges this as ‘stereotypically’ society would see the women acting in ways that Beast does, doing what she

The play The Color Purple shows the way women are portrayed with lost voices. Celie one of the main characters was a very lost girl from the start of the play. She grew up with mistreatment and rape throughout most of her young years. As the play continued Celie grew older and smarter, she created a great relationship with her younger sister Nettie, in which she took care of and loved. Even though, Celie went through many obstacles she still attempted to show her strength amongst others.

Beauty’s role in beauty and the beast glorifies her as a sweet girl who can find light in any darkness. She prefers to move forward in life rather than sulk in misery. Being such a positive female character allows her to fall in love with a man who is not of the society standards of handsome, name Beast. She was more intent on focusing on what he had to offer as a person. Karen Rowe states in “Feminism and Fairy Tales” “such alluring fantasies gloss the heroine's inability to act self-assertively, total reliance on external rescues, willing bondage to father and prince, and her restriction to hearth and nursery” (Rowe). The heroine being beauty in this case, doesn't have opinions or rights because her character wasn't created to. Rowe believes that fairytales have paved the way for our expectations towards what women and men should be doing and what romance is. Rowe argues that “These "domestic fictions" reduce fairy tales to sentimental clichés, while they continue to glamorize a heroine's traditional yearning for romantic love which culminates in marriage” (Rowe). Beauty’s character found herself in these “sentimental cliches” with her

As we delve into the first paragraph, it becomes abundantly clear that Mrs Beast is not the meek and mild character that the title suggests she is. Instead, we are addressed by a woman who wants us to know not only her side of the story, but every woman’s story. She

The struggle for power in the world, in life, in jobs or in relationships has been an ongoing theme in humanity. Many philosophers and thinkers have explored humanity's desire to be in control. Hemingway was one author to explore woman's desire (during the early 1900's) to be in control of, or at least equal to, her husband. In "The Garden of Eden" by Ernest Hemingway, the anti-heroine, Catherine, goes to great lengths to gain power in her relationship with her husband. Her need to be equal causes her to `make herself into a boy', keep secrets from her husband, try to control him in various ways, introduce another woman into their relationship and burn all of David's stories. All of these acts also eventually lead her into insanity.

The “Beast” is just a man trapped in a hairy, ugly, and mutant looking wolf brought upon by a curse from a witch. The “Beast” take the fair maiden’s father captive. Then the maiden trades her body for the rest of her life in place for her dad’s. In the time that she is in captivity the “Beast” makes her his slave basically. She is not allowed to come out of her room unless told to by her master. The “Beast” doesn’t ever want the maiden to see his face, and attacks her at one point by throwing her over his shoulder and throwing her in her room. Towards the end of the movie though he starts to warm up to her. They end up falling deeply in love, and before his time runs out and he is stuck in his horrible ways. The fair maiden bestows a kiss on him, and he returns to his normal state of human being. This proves that evil lies within everyone of us, and everyone has temptations to be

All over the world Feminism is a current topic of concern and there are very few advocates who are currently fighting for gender equality. In the media men and women are attempting to use their voices to fight for equal rights and get the message across to all generations. In this paper, I will be analyzing the movie Beauty and the Beast (2017) by drawing upon the feminist theory, which will demonstrate how the main female character, Belle challenges the modern-day system of inequality and the socially constructed gender roles. I will do so by examining why Emma Watson was chosen as the leading actress, how Belle is different than the other women in her town, the modifications from the original movie, and how Belle ultimately gets to decide her destiny. I will also consider why some people may view the film as anti-feminist, which will allow for me to understand a different perspective. It is my thesis that socially constructed gender identities are negatively presented in popular culture, however actors and actresses are attempting to use their influence to make an impact and move towards equality.