Male Gaze In The Gaze

Can you imagine Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, the great work of literature, without, for example, such female characters as Mrs. Margaret Saville, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Justine Moritz? In this case the novel will have no meaning. All the women help to develop the plot, and without them Frankenstein will lose its spirit. Although these heroines have a lot in common in their characters: they are all strong-willed, kind, careful, and selfless, at the same time, each of them is unique, and each plays her own role in the novel. Mrs. Margaret Saville is the woman to whom the narrator tells the story. Elizabeth Lavenza is the beloved of Victor Frankenstein. Justine Moritz is the heroine who is accused by mistake of murdering

Being the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, a well-known feminist for her book A Vindication of the Rights of Women, it is no surprise that Mary Shelley too would become a strong advocate for equal treatment of women. Though it may be strange to think that a feminist would write a book without any strong female characters. It is the absence of women that create a feminist theme within Frankenstein. Throughout Frankenstein, Shelley showcases the importance of women in society, through the flaws and mistakes of men in the absence of women, along with criticizing the limiting role the idealized woman holds.

Elie Wiesel used eyes as a motif in his narrative, Night, as windows to characters’ inner souls. He used eyes to assist the theme of surviving at all costs throughout the story by giving the audience an insight of people’s true emotions and status. Without eyes, we would have been blind to see past characters’ outer layers of fake emotion. There is more than the eye can see. One has to look deep into another’s eyes to see the true light or darkness within them.

In the novel Dawn, the motif eyes is used to represent a window to one's true character and feelings. Elisha is now part of the movement and is chosen to execute one of the two hostages. Elisha joins this Palestine terrorist group and has a very jumbled up life. His life brought him to this very point because he did know what to do. He is having a hard time thinking and deciding about killing the soldier. He realizing how he will feel when he looks into the man's eyes and how he will feel terrible and scared. “On the first operation and those that followed I was not alone. I killed, to be sure, but i was one of a group. With John Dawson I would be on my own. I would look into his face and he would look into mine and see that I was all eyes”(Wiesel

gaze”. This term is used to describe how in society, a woman is trained to think about the way she looks

This focus on eyes alerts the reader to pay close attention not only to Hazel’s eyes and what he sees, but also what others may be seeing. Even Hazel’s name is linked to the imagery of eyes, as hazel is both a common eye color and Hazel’s vision is often “hazy” or stuck in a “haze”.

The man helps the narrator overcome his “blindness” by teaching him a new way of seeing. The experience of this effective communication transforms the narrator and the way he sees the external world. He is no longer an ignorant and distant

Inner conflicts often dictate what the narrator wants, but cannot have, which creates the overall attitude of the poem. The narrator struggles to look at this woman because his "eyes take no delight to range/ about the gleam which on your face do grow" (3-4). He is not able to look at her even though she is beautiful due to the heartbreak that she left him with. This attitude carries on throughout the poem where he acknowledges her beauty but is unwilling to be hurt by her again. He is in agony from the emotions that she inflicts, and the readers see his mental process of working through it as he comes to the conclusion that he will "wink or else hold down my head" because it is her eyes that cause his "bale" (14-15). His attitude changes from being at war with his inner feelings to being accepted to the fact that if he looks at her he will be in danger of being hurt a second time. The irony being applied shows how his conflicted attitude is made clear by acknowledging that he will not give in to his desire despite what his repressed emotions are saying. Irony can be highly influential in discovering the narrator's hidden agenda and purposes, and the words chosen to reveal these purposes have an impact on the overall attitude of a piece of

The importance of an eye is that it allows for one to take in what is around them; blindness, however, can inhibit this. One can see whether something is large or small, bright or dark, worthwhile or not as long as their vision has not been permanently greyed. In the illustrious world of 1920s America where F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, is set, a story is told of a persistent, perpetual pursuit of the American dream, and the moral decline of the entire country that chases it. Fitzgerald shows that in his world of literary symbolism, the eyes of his characters do less seeing and more discerning between yes or no, good or bad, moral or not. William Shakespeare said that the eyes are the windows to the soul.

Who doesn’t love a good superhero? The perfect figure, the spandex suit, the flowing cape, flawless looks, and the powers we can only dream of having. Superheroes have been around for ages now, leaving an everlasting imprint on our hearts. It is no secret that males dominate the superhero industry; both the heroes themselves and those who create them. Superman, Batman, Ironman, and Spiderman have become the top heroes of all time; there is nothing wrong with them holding the spotlight, but female heroes are underrepresented. There are notable female heroes, but they tend to be drawn with a busty figure that few women are naturally blessed with, and show little emotional rational in fights. Take Black Widow (Marvel) for example, anyone would love for her figure and kick-ass moves. Wonder Woman is our hero of the hour, she has made her way onto the big screen; casting her into the spotlight more than ever. She screams fights for love, promotes peace, is a beacon of hope, and screams feminism. What’s not to love? The new movie released on June 2, 2017, has called more attention to the American-spirited, Amazonian woman than ever before. The movie is the first fully female directed movie, Patty Jenkins brings a great female to the big screen. Although the movie is great and supports feminism, is the movie the depiction of Wonder Woman that should be idealized?

For millennia and across continents, there have been legends that eyes are important for reasons beyond sight and using eyes to convey emotion and motivation in literature and artwork has long been a standby for many creators. One such author is Charlotte Bronte, who, in her novel Jane Eyre, uses the word ‘eyes’ 187 times. Some of the uses of the word are simply to advance the action of the story. For example, Jane regularly mentions tears coming to her eyes or being unable to see in the dark. While important, in this context the word ‘eyes’ is used to continue the story.

The scene I chosen was when Susan visits her old roommate, Anne, and her new husband, Martin, at their home and they have dinner. In this scene, Martin begins to violently sneeze. Susan uses this as an opportunity to take candid photographs of him sneezing. In this scene, Martin is the object of spectacle. He’s the one the audience focuses on, primarily because that’s what Susan is focusing on.

Early Famous monster films such as “Dracula” and “Frankenstein” all show a young woman as something the monster desires. The women were the damsels in distress, always in need of a male hero to save them from the monster. Yes, It’s true that women in horror movies were seen as the damsel in distress, but those movies were made a long time ago. Women are no longer treated with inequality and this is reflected in the horror films of the era.

Just a gaze. An inspecting gaze, a gaze which each individual under its weight will end by interiorising to the point that he is his own overseer, each individual thus exercising this surveillance over, and against, himself. A superb formula: power exercised continuously and for what turns out to be a minimal cost. (Foucault) ”

“Wonder Woman is a walking- and sometimes flying- paradox of attributions and images. She is, at once, a female sex symbol and feminist icon: physically vulnerable, morally virtuous, financially independent, self-determining, and, in tune with her womanly ways, self-sacrificing” (Wright 6). Wonder Woman was created by William Marston in order to show and achieve women empowerment. At the time that Wonder Woman was assembled, there were no women superheroes. The only superheroes that were created at the time were powerful, strong, fully-clothed, white, males. Even though Wonder Woman is just as powerful and important as other male superheroes, she is often easily centered out from other superheroes because of her physique, lack of clothes,