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These themes include gender roles, villains, and the issue of justice within a community, glamorization of violence and the genre-typical structure of the Western move. An overall trend in the Western genre is evident in the way that these movies continuously challenge the “progress” that was representative of the frontier West. Initially, western films did not have any social connotations attached to them other than the glamorization of the west, but as the films progressed with time we see this

The Searchers (John Ford 1956) The iconic film The Searchers was directed by John Ford in 1956. It displays as a Western Genre depicting the era of the Texas-Indian War. The movie takes place in 1868 in Texas and New Mexico. This movie was historically significant to the time it was created. The Searchers tells the story of an uncle going on an adventure to rescue his niece, Debbie, from a Comanche tribe that had kidnaped her and slaughtered her family. This film depicts several stereotypes about

In the film Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) the Western characteristics of this film are that the cowboys in the film are resourceful and restricted to no one. They are fully competent of roaming the frontier on their own without having to rely on the securities of civilization. Yet they also have a code of honor; although they are ruggedly independent, the cowboys respect the rules of society and is unwilling to exploit others or to condone the careless disregard for human life exhibited by outlaws

part of the western genre. For example, when we think of a western we immediately picture an open landscape of mountain ranges, rugged lands or vast plains. We see settlers building homesteads or small towns, which often creates a main street where all the small business would be located including a jail and some saloons. Also, I cannot forget about the famous bar and gunfight scenes that will get you to the edge of your seat. The film Stagecoach is a perfect example of a typical western but the film

– Even Heroes Need a Little Romance A hardened cowboy on a tough horse who is not afraid of killing is an image one might conjure when visualizing the Western genre. However, an essential part of every Western story lies behind the wall put up by every cowboy. The romance between the hero and the heroine is worked into many, if not all, Western novels. This romance acts as a savior to both the hero and the heroine in Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) written by Zane Grey and Stagecoach (1939) directed

Unforgiven is a western movie but can also be considered as a dark and haunting film which people considered Clint Eastwood's finest hour. This movie was set in the 1880s. After two cowboys scar a prostitute a reward is offered by her fellow whores for the death of the two men. Soon Munny is on the hunt and is later joined by Ned and the young, blind 'Schofield Kid'. The stage is set for what is perhaps the most gritty, realistic and best of Eastwood's westerns. This movie is one of the best western genre

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance included round and flat characters, diegetic  and non-diegetic elements, while making an impact on American Cinema. Western films, according to Richard Barsam, and Dave Monahan, “predates the invention of motion pictures, and this single genre has fascinated European Americans since the frontier was just a few hundred miles inland from the eastern coast” (102-103) .     Previously, in chapter four; “a round character was described as a complex character possessing

of her paper to talk about the differences between Chinese parenting and Western parenting. Chua was unknown to most of the world until her piece was published in the Wall Street Journal, which caused a big stir within the world. Many readers were taken back by her piece of writing, but others appraised her for shutting down the trend of parents trying to be best friends with their children. The main differences between Western and Chinese parenting is the different approaches to parenting, preparation

The Grittier Hero The Western has traditionally been thought of as an American entity. Forging the west and its frontier is what the nation sees as its identity. There are other versions of the this traditionally American story. Countries outside the nation intrigued by the genre have taken the Western to other levels and depicted the characters in a different light. European and Asian films have a divergent perspective of the traditional lone man that comes to save the day. Films such as The Good

The film genre of the Western has long since proven to be more about the conflict and showdowns that occur in the storyline. Usually the western genre incorporates traditional western motifs and icons and adheres to those common plot structures of the genre, but Brokeback Mountain is different from what is to be normally expected because it does not seem like a traditional and conventional Western film at all. Brokeback Mountain has several different twists to it, like the more modern take on it