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    movie, Legally Blonde, the main character, Elle Woods, is a popular blonde sorority girl who is constantly torn down and criticized for simply being herself. The movie begins with music playing. The beginning credits show and the stage is set. The camera shows a desk of perfume and makeup. Suddenly a bunch of fun popular girls appear on screen. Confusion fills the air of the audience. Minutes pass and we are introduced to our main character. She is popular and beautiful and… blonde. The audience

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    The novel, The Scarlet Letter, and the play, Legally Blonde, both portray a strong female lead. In the novel, Hester Prynne is labeled with a scarlet letter, “A”, for committing a sin. As the story progresses she is able to change the meaning of her symbol into something more pleasing to the public eye. In the beginning of the play, Elle Woods is seen by her peers as a “silly, dumb, blonde”, but similar to Hester, she is able to change the way she is seen by others in a positive way. Both of these

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    Despite physical beauty, greed can create an ugly personality that affects relationships with others. Elle Woods, worked her way up from nothing more than living as a pretty girl to get into Harvard, in the movie Legally Blonde. While Glinda, of Wicked, used her high social status to remain in power by tromping down others. Glinda the Good is known as the epitome of ‘goodness’ but she stepped on other to work her way up. Elle Woods however, was ambitious and worked hard to better herself and built

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    On her first day of Harvard Law School her professor quotes Aristotle, “The law is reason free of passion.” In regards to the quote, main character from the cinema production Legally Blonde, Elle Woods, repeated those words to the graduating class of 2004 with an opposite opinion. Throughout the movie, the viewer witnesses’ Elle’s reoccurring effort and success at accomplishing her goals; acceptance into Harvard Law School, entry into a court internship, getting the “guy,” and unexpectedly elected

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    Office Space Legally Blonde, directed by Robert Luketic, features a privileged blonde sorority girl, Elle Woods, who is as outwardly feminine as she is determined. Recently dumped by her boyfriend, Elle decides to follow him to Harvard Law in order to prove herself as a serious and socially acceptable woman-to-be-wed. Although she initially has trouble assimilating to Harvard’s fiercely competitive environment, Elle evolves into a determined, grade-A student while maintaining her feminine and girl-next-door

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    Legally Blonde “Legally Blonde” is a 2001 comedy film starring Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods. The film starts with Elle being portrayed as the cliché, spoiled, and blonde rich-girl living a privileged life in a mansion in Bel-Air, California. Although Elle may seem like the stereotypical blonde-girl, her background includes a fashion major, a 4.0 GPA, and the president of her sorority. Elle’s life gets thrown a curveball after being dumped by her boyfriend Warner, played by Matthew Davis, and

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    Introduction Legally Blonde is comedic film about a college student, Elle Woods. Elle is president of her sorority and a fashion merchandizing student. She is dating a boy named Warren who intends to go to law school. Warren breaks up with Elle because she is a blonde and not very accomplished in the eyes of his family. In an effort to win Warren back, Elle decides to go to Harvard Law School. Elle struggles to make friends and win the general favor of her professors. Although, by the end of the

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    Legally Blonde In many ways today's society, even though women have come a long way, we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life, whether it be that there aren't very many women CEO's or the mere fact that we've yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live, there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There are professions that are categorically ‘women's' jobs like nursing, school teacher, or

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    Legally Blonde, was released in 2001, has the title and packaging that fooled many potential viewers into thinking they were about the dumb blonde joke. Instead, the film encountered a woman-positive character that subverted the dumb blonde stereotype. The movie is about a girl named Elle Woods that is an incredibly feminine and bubbly sorority girl from Los Angeles. She is from a rich family and have been studying Fashion Merchandising. She gets dumped by her boyfriend Warner, so he can “get serious”

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    The 2001 comedy film Legally Blonde tells the story of Elle Woods, an upbeat and optimistic sorority girl who, over the course of the movie, transitions from a simple college student with few professional aspirations into a successful law student. Elle initially presents herself as a stereotypical sorority girl: vain, superficial, and self-obsessed. As such, she consistently faces discrimination from her friends, family, and colleagues alike. The film wants the audience to view Elle as a woman who

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