Essay on Portrayals of John Anderton

works in Victorian era address the patriarchal male society that existed during this time The work created by Elizabeth Wollstonecraft, Sarah Stickney Ellis, John Stuart Mills, Elizabeth Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson demonstrate key examples of writers who contain a strong voice for feminist issues, specifically about education and the portrayal of woman. The information these individuals discuss in their writings emphasizes the importance of feminism in the past and present. The use of literature…

in Hitchcock’s portrayal of women reveals this much, as shown by a study in the narrative, mise-en-scėne, and cinematography of Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960). The main female character in Vertigo is two people, in a sense, but even this duplicity does not help her gain control in the film’s narrative. Judy Barton is the woman 's’ real name, but she spends the first half of the movie charading as Madeleine Elster. One of the first scenes in which we see ‘Madeleine’ is when John is stalking her…

of black female sexuality from a male gaze provides black audiences with pleasure of seeing black love on the big screen, Spike Lee 's film portrayals of black women coincides with those negative stereotypes of the white Hollywood audiences, because it portrays women as Jezebel’s, non-self-sufficient, and as merely only being submissive. Spike Lee 's portrayal of black women coincides with those negative Hollywood stereotypes by first portraying most women as Jezebel 's. The term, Jezebel, is coined…

Milton's Portrayal of Eve in Paradise Lost The seventeenth century poet, John Milton, takes the attitude common to the time period while portraying Eve in Paradise Lost. This epic, telling of Adam and Eve's fall from Paradise and the story of creation, constantly describes Eve as a weak individual, while Adam is often compared with God. The idea of women's inferiority has been fixed through time, making Milton's characterization of Eve not surprising, but rather expected and accepted…

Jane Campion’s Bright Star is an adaptation of John Keats’ letters and poems to Fanny Brawne. Her film is a faithful adaptation in which it captures the emotional aspects of these pieces of literature and physically displays them on the screen in a manner that represents the subtext of the literature it is based on. The difficulties of adapting these letters and poems arises from the one-sided perspective that only reveals some insight into how John Keats felt. Campion’s take on the tragic love affair…

older and “matures.” In middle class, Protestant America individualism is subverted in favor of traditional societal standards and customs. Protestant America happens to be the setting of three stories written by author John Updike. An examination of these short stories reveals that John Updike incorporates the struggles young adults experience as they attempt to hold on to their individualism and to protest as well as to question the fact that society's standards are out of focus. The first short…

In the novella “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, an improvised pearl diver finds a humungous pearl which is described as a “ sea-gull egg. It was the greatest pearl in the world”(26), which he hopes to buy tranquility and happiness for his family. Instead, he learns that the valuable pearl cannot buy happiness but only destroy his simple life. Throughout this novella there is a constant theme woven through the characters and settings which encompasses the struggle among social classes to become successful…

DeRosas 1 Sundi M. DeRosas Professor Julie Roth ENGL.2322.W31C 6 December, 2015 Milton?s Portrayal of Satan as a Hero In the poem of ?Paradise Lost?, critics disagree with Milton for portraying Satan as a hero, while many oppose it; others view it as Milton?s style. Even-though within the poem Milton carries the same moral concepts and ambiguity of Satan?s heroism which has been a topic of discussion for more than three centuries (Murphy). Aristotle?s idea of hamartia to a reading of ?Paradise…

Within this essay I plan to discuss the portrayal of women in contemporary advertising and focus around the ideologies of the male gaze according to Laura Mulvey. Laura Mulvey is a feminist film theorist commonly known for her controversial essay, “visual pleasure and narrative cinema” written in 1973. This piece went on to be published in the influential British film journey screen. (Hein,2008) Her written views have achieved to shift the perception of film theories conventional structure known…

The Portrayal of Childhood in Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is a novel written in the first person about her life. It follows her life from the eyes of an un-moulded child, to a moulded young woman. Charlotte Brontë was the author of the book and a lot of the book reflected aspects of her life, this added a more personal and atmospheric feel to the book. I think the genre of the book can be classed by a mixture of two: the gothic novel and the romantic novel. I think this…