Essay about The Women of "For Colored Girls"

Violet is a pretty, popular, soccer player with an equally popular soccer player boyfriend. However, Violet 's world comes crashing down when the women 's soccer team is cut from her high school due to lack of funds. Violet in turn decided to impersonate her twin brother Sebastian at her rival school so that she can tryout for the male soccer team and show her now ex-boyfriend that girls can play just as well as boys. At her new high school she falls in love with her brother 's roommate. The problem is, he thinks she 's a boy. Violet is not your typical movie heroine, in the beginning of the movie she seemingly has everything a girl could want, however her passion for soccer drives her to step outside the norm and prove herself. Although the main character in this movie contradicts Denby 's view of teen movies, there are many other characters in the movie who fall directly in line with Denby 's theory. For example, Sebastian 's girlfriend Monique is a typical cheerleader type character. She has no regard for anyone 's life but her own. Also, Violet 's divorced parents are completely unaware that their son Sebastian is in London playing with a band, and their daughter Violet is impersonating him in order to play soccer.

The film represents the main protagonist Nola all the way down to her three lovers, with each representing a different personality trait that is not necessarily race identifiable. Lee develops a new form of cinema by creating a new aesthetic. Lee details the double standard that exists for Nola by showing her deviating from social norms. She refuses to live by anyone else’s rules and resists conventional ideals such as marriage and monogamy. This film portrays a possible explanation of racial dynamics within gender and sexuality. If roles were shifted for men and women through various aspects focusing on mise-en-scene, editing and narrative conventions.

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The study Melissa Perry-Harris uses as an analogy of the “crooked room” is derived from the field-dependent study which argues people are influenced by the clues in the environment to position themselves and how they people adjust themselves to fit their environment. The Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Cognitive Styles and Their Educational Implications, by Herman Witkin, Carol Moore, Donald Goodenough, Patricia Cox, in 1977 show that field-dependent people make greater use of external social symbols, but only when the situation is vague and these symbols provide information that helps to remove the ambiguity of the situation.

In early film many African American actresses portrayed roles as mammies, slaves, seductresses, and maids. These roles suppressed them not allowing them to show their true talents. Although they had to take on these degrading roles, they still performed with dignity, elegance, grace and style. They paved the way for many actresses to follow both blacks and whites. These women showed the film industry that they were more than slaves, mammies, and maids. These beautiful actresses showed the film industry that they are able to hold lead parts and even carry the whole cast if need be. Phenomenal actresses such as Hattie McDaniels, Pearl Bailey, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, and Dorothy

The change for women during the late 1930s through to the end of WWII With women during the late 1930s, they began to contribute more to the economy due to how it would mean for a bit more income to support their families. Thus, when more years passed on by more women thought they should have the same amount of equal rights just as the men did. So, these women who wanted to fight for this cause would then create movements and protest. Even some women believed that African-American women deserved the exact same rights as the men and white women, so they African Americans did protest and movements of their own.

“Only by experience can any one realize how deep, and dark, and foul is that pit of abominations.” (Jacobs, 120). These words are spoken by Harriet Jacobs (also known as Linda Brent) and after reading about her life experience as a slave, I have come to believe that slavery was far worse for women than it ever was for men. Jacobs never states that black slave men had it easy during the slave years, in fact she tells a few stories about how some slave men were beaten. She also tells about the life experience of a slave girl, herself. Her own experiences made me feel blessed that I was never born as a black woman during the time of slavery. I do not think that I would have been strong enough to endure

In terms of sexuality, if a white woman is living that “single in the big city” lifestyle, people assume she is a strong and independent woman, but women of color who are living a single lifestyle are not seen as someone who is choosing to be single, but as someone that is not married because of the fact that African Americans marry at lower rates than whites due to situations like poverty and high incarceration rates for black males. (Winfrey Harris, 2012) These facts put a stereotype on all African Americans. If a white women is a single, working mother, she is praised by society for being a strong and independent woman that doesn't need a man to support her, but if a back woman was a single, working mother, society would be pitied and would be wondering what happened to her husband

She gains some confidence and starts to speak up in class. One of her Professors, Professor Callahan is a lawyer in his own firm is offering an internship for four students for a new case he is working on because his caseload is rather large. Callahan asks for Elle's resume, which happened to be pink and scented, because of an excellent argument she debated and won in his class. The internship winners were posted an Elle was picked, along with Warner, Vivian, and a friend of Vivian's. The case that the firm is working on is another prime example of gender roles. The case is about a fitness instructor (Brooke) who is obviously beautiful but is accused of murdering her 60 year old husband. Elle knows all about Brooke and states from the beginning that she felt Brooke was innocent. Elle visits Brooke in prison to get her alibi; Elle brings Brooke a basket of "goodies" which included make-up, flowers, and a cosmopolitan magazine. Brooke wanting to tell Elle what she was doing doesn't want anyone else to know because Brooke having a fortune due to her fitness empire, was out getting liposuction, which is another gender issue for women trying to maintain the generic appearance stereotype. Elle keeps her promise and never tells anyone about Brooke's alibi. Proceeding on to other gender references in the movie Elle goes with Emmett, another lawyer working on the case in Callahan's firm, (who happens to think Elle is cute) to the dead mans ex-wife's spa

In the novel, The Color Purple, there are three main characters who demonstrate meaningful traits of women. Celie, the main character, is the most important of the three. She is influenced by other characters in the novel and is inspired to let herself seek their virtues. Celie's two friends, Shug and Sofia, are both strong women who teach Celie how to achieve the happiness she desires.

She falls in love and is sexually intimate with one of the girls. When two of the men Brandon has also befriended discover (by force) that Brandon is genetically a woman, they rape and batter him. Brandon reports the crime to local police and files charges

The high school lifestyle is full of good intentions and evil ones. And as any other movie relating to high school there’s that one girl who wants to be the center of attention. That girl is Madeline. She’s quite promiscuous if you were to ask Yvette. Yvette the straight A’s student, well known, leader of many clubs and of course you can’t forget the boyfriend, Jordan. Jordan the captain of the basketball team, everyone praises him. Yvette and Jordan have been together for two years and are the “it” couple everyone envys. Madeline wants what they have. She craves the attention and what other way to get it, by starting rumors of her and Jordan being seen together. Poor Yvette, she didn't know what to believe, the rumors which wouldn’t be the first time to spread about Madeline taking what doesn’t belong to her or Jordan, her charming boyfriend. Madeline’s

She is responsible for facilitating audience members for an all girls rock and roll band. She deals a drug “theta” for this purpose. She finds that all of her band friends are murdered which are linked with the use of theta. She finds interesting information when trying to protect herself from the killer. About the Roles

When a younger sultry Israeli dancer, KAHIL SHIMON, moves into Warren’s apartment building Warren immediately becomes obsessed with the mysterious Kahil. From his window, Warren begins watching her. He even follows her. Kahil wants to be a contemporary dancer. She strikes up a friendship with Warren. Kahil notices Warren spying on her and tends to tease him.

In this film, the idea of gender is displayed differently by each individual despite any similarities in gender or culture. This suggest that characters can have different and perhaps contradicting idea of gender albeit having the same gender. For instance, Pinky (Jess’ sister) and Jess have dissimilar perspective in gender and its roles. Pinky portrays the stereotypical Indian woman, who has a more feminine characteristic than Jess, this can be proven by the use of costume and body language that Pinky displayed throughout the film. Pinky’s confidence and melodramatic body language and dialogue strongly supports her feminine character. Her fascinating choice of bright and modest clothing accompanied with her glamorous makeup and jewelry correspondingly