Movie Review: Yentl Essay

her pleasure, now only gives her sorrow. In a very short time she has lost self control and

inconsistency in her beliefs. Majorly, nearing the end of her life, she begins to regret all her deeds of which

Throughout the history of society, women and men both have faced the constricting roles forced upon them, from a young age; each gender is given specific social and cultural roles to play out throughout their lives. Little girls are given dolls and kitchen toys, little boys are given dinosaurs and power tool toys, if one was to step out of this specified role, social conflict would ensue. Contrast to popular belief, sex is a biological construct, and gender is a social construct specifying the roles men and women are to follow to be accepted into society as “normal”. The effects of gender roles have had on women have proved harmful over the decades. Although the woman’s involvement in society has improved throughout the decades,

develop sexually, which she is not fully ready for. She is finally accepts her place in her

Another story that deals with a woman’s role in society is “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Their role is often portrayed as being controlled by men because that’s what they were in the 19th century. This story takes place in the 19th century which just goes to show that nothing really changes. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is about a woman who is basically locked away in a house by her husband due to her “psychological” problems. She isn’t allowed to leave and she only has a small window with bars across it. When she look out the window she basically creeps around in order to blend in with society. She also doesn’t want to see the other women who have to do the same thing as her because she knows that those women are a reflection of her. This just goes to show that women are to move without being seen. They have to abide by their husband’s rules or any man’s rules for that matter. Men are very superior during this time and if women don’t follow, then it most likely wouldn’t end well. The woman’s role in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is to not bother her husband and keep quiet. The world isn’t supposed to know about her condition obviously, considering she can’t leave the house.

She doesn’t want to be like the other women, solely because she has been dependent on Joe for so long, but there is a part of her that is curious about

She also realizes how important it is to keep loved ones close

of the expectations of women and how each woman has to fit a certain role as a

her Ego in order to have her mother lose hope. However, her mother quickly picked up

For example, in the scene where Kit shoots Holly’s father, voice over was used to reinforce Holly’s reaction to her family member being killed. She displays a dislocated emotion giving the audience a perplexed feeling because the character is very young to be experiencing this and by this scene being narrated, Malick is trying to convey heartlessness. Sound has been used to shed light on how a situation might have been in a real life. It also reinforces the disconnection between these characters and their environments. Sounds in general make a movie interesting thus many people will be attracted to watch it.

reluctance to admit her father’s death. When he dies, she refuses to let anyone remove his body from their house. It’s as if she feels she needs his comforting and protection.

In this paper, I will compare my real world experiences at local Alcohol Anonymous’ (AA) meetings, which I attended while enrolled in this course with that in the movie, Thanks for Sharing. Both are based on the lives and experiences of recovering addicts of either substance abuse or sexual activity. This paper will cover the stories and lives of the characters involved. Stuart Blumberg directed the movie in 2012. All movie character references in this paper are taken directly from the actual movie.

Theses: women's voices and opinions being suppressed, men being able to hold females as property, the double standard of males and females.

being imposed on them by living in a patriarchal society. Much like in Jack and the Beanstalk by

her father tries to change who she is and force her into a gender role