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In the 1991 film, 'Thelma and Louise', directed by Ridley Scott, are about two girls Thelma and Louise abandoning their home in an incident. Since this incident, ideas emerged show by the uses of symbolism. The director, Riddley Scott, uses the symbolism of costume of Thelma, character of detective Hal Slocumb, and the setting, Utah. Symbolism helps us understand the idea of freedom, and change in character, deeply between Thelma and Louise. Ridley Scott uses the symbolism of Louise’s costume to

Thelma and Louise were two regular women in a world filled with controlling, greedy, powerful men. Thelma, played by Geena Davis was married to Darryl, a man who only cared about watching TV by himself without being bothered by anything that his wife said or did. Louise, played by Susan Sarandon, is a waitress dating a musician who is on the road all the time. Both women were sick and tired of the same monotonous routine. Even though Thelma seemed like she was in a happy marriage, she was miserable

The film Thelma and Louise is in fact a feminist work in which women are empowered. The film Thelma and Louise is most famous for its ending scene. The iconic scene of the two women kissing and driving off the canyon into their death is present even today in pop culture and referred back by those who liked it. Although the kiss in the scene is not a romantic kiss, it captured the love between the two women, not a romantic homosexualised love, but a heteronormal sisterly type of love. Also, their

that their only option is suicide.” Here is a comment made the unexpected ending of 1991 drama film ‘Thelma and Louise’ directed by Ridley Scott. It all begins when naive housewife ‘Thelma’ joins her friend ‘Louise’, an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, who’d have thought their trip would become a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma. They had no faith in the criminal justice system's ability to give them a fair trial because they are

” says Cheyl Strayed from the film Wild. Both the films, Wild and Thelma & Louise present women pushing themselves and going out of their norm to find themselves. Cheryl from the Wild challenges herself by hiking a 1,100 mile trail from the border of Mexico all the way up to the border of Canada. Thelma and Louise from the film Thelma & Louise are on the run after shooting a man who tried to assault and rape one of them. Thelma and Louise decided to live and enjoy every moment they can with each

a single frame forming a motionless image from a film or videotape. Freeze frames. In both GoodFellas and Casino, and he even uses the technique in one of latest films, The Wolf of Wall Street. Scorsese generally uses this technique to show the emotions of the the character; so that the viewer can get a better understanding of what’s going on and they can see what the character might have been thinking at the time; freeze frames in Scorsese films usually have a voice over by the character giving

The film Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, was released in 1991. The movie is based on two female protagonists: Louise, a waitress in a café who is bored with her life now; and Thelma, a traditional housewife who is controlled and repressed by her husband. They have been put under too much pressure from society and especially men, so both Thelma and Louise feel a need to change their position in society and they do it by breaking out from their lives and getting away. In my opinion, this

Section A: Analyse the treatment of bonds between men and bonds between women in Thelma and Louise The film Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and released in 1991 (Dir. Ridley Scott, 1991), is a movie that challenges gender expectations. It features two belligerent female protagonists, Thelma and Louise, who move away from the stereotypical ideas of a woman. Thelma is married to an over controlling and unappreciative husband who cares not for her, while Louise has relationship troubles

Thelma and Louise is about two women. Louise is a waitress in an Arkansas fast food joint whose boyfriend Jimmy is always on the road doing music. Thelma is a housewife married to Darryl, who only wants to watch football on TV while his wife keeps to the kitchen. The two friends go out on the road for a short vacation, but a stranger nearly rapes Thelma, Louise shoots him dead, and now the pair are on the run from the law. Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, is a play about an investigation on a murder.

Ridley Scott achieved a meaningful ending in Thelma and Louise? What makes a meaningful film ending? Firstly characters in the film need to be taken into consideration. The easiest way to assess this is to look at the protagonists. Did he or she get to overcome their personal issues, or are they still bothered by them? Ridley Scott, the director of ‘Thelma and Louise’ creates a meaningful ending which features the suicide of the two protagonists Thelma and Louise. They are fugitives on the run from