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Kimberly Ellis
English 350 TuTh 1pm
10/28/2014
Essay # 4

Legally Blonde Legally Blonde is a film about a young lady name Elle Woods , who is played by Reese Witherspoon that has it all. Elle is the president of a sorority, dates the most popular fraternity guy, and is extremely wealthy. Elle hits a bump in her perfect life when she loses her high school sweet heart because Warner Huntington III, played by Matthew Davis does not think that Elle is smart enough to be with him anymore. Warner wants a girl who is not blonde, more respectable, intelligent and a girl his parents will improve of. He feels that Elle will not fit into his family and therefore dumps her after their romantic dinner together. Elle then comes up with the idea to get admittance into Harvard Law School to get her man back . At first she only wanted to go to Harvard due to the fact that Warner will be attending as well. She was determined to win his love back by proving to him that she is intelligent and not just some dumb blonde who only knows about partying and fashion. This is a good film because Elle does not just show beyond doubt how brilliant her mind is to Warner; she also discovers her own self-worth. This film teaches that society's stereotype of blondes is not all ways true and it shows how blondes can have intelligence as well as a cheerful personality. Elle started off acting dingy, wearing bright colorful clothing, and bubbly but soon became an outstanding law student. Warner is in shock on how she gets into Harvard all by herself. He on the other hand , needs help because he did not pass the exam in order to get in. Warner's father had to pulled some strings to get his son accepted to Harvard Law School. Warner is disturbed when he becomes aware of that Elle will too be attending Harvard with him. The reason is due to the fact he got back with his ex Vivian, played by Selma Blair during the summer. Vivian is a brunette with a stuck up attitude. Vivian and

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