Other films in this genre are The Big Sleep’‚ The Maltese Falcon’ and Double Indemnity’. Lighting is very important in film noir. It uses techniques such as chiaroscuro to give the film a darker‚ more obscured feel. The characters are often similar in film noir. The main protagonist is always some hard boiled cop or investigator who doesn’t always play by the book to get his desired results. There is often a femme fatale; a very pretty woman with whom the main protagonist has a love interest.
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Writing 39B January 20‚ 2013 Unconventional Conventional Women: Chandler’s Femme Fatales The Sternwood sisters‚ Vivian and Carmen‚ depict themselves as being the ultimate femme fatales in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. A femme fatale is an attractive and seductive woman‚ especially one who will ultimately bring disaster to a man who becomes romantically involved with her (“TV Tropes Femme Fatale”). While both women possess the attractive and seductive characteristics‚ they fail to become involved
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‘What writers tend to demonstrate in texts which explore relationships between men and women‚ is that women have always been relatively powerless and the victims of society’s double standards’ Compare and contrast the extent to which this interpretation applies to your chosen three texts. Throughout Literature the role and position of women has been constantly one of debate and controversy. For centuries women have struggled to exert any power or individual identity through times of male dominance
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animated films they produce‚ more specifically‚ the princess films‚ that we all know and love. In this paper‚ I will explore the role and functions of the Disney princesses over the past 80 years and discuss their differences. In particular‚ the femme fatales we see when Walt Disney was in charge‚ and how it is the princess rather than the hero who becomes the central figure in these films. On the other side‚ I will look at Team Disney and how they turn the princesses from damsels to more democratic
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morally ambiguous protagonist‚ a fatalistic viewpoint of the protagonist‚ the femmes fatales. The Doctor is a morally ambiguous character that struggles with making the correct choices at times even though he is basically good. Since the Doctor is a time traveler‚ he also has a fatalistic viewpoint on life and believes that a person’s destiny cannot be changed. The television show also portrays multiple femmes fatales‚ the Doctor’s companions. His companions are often shown as love interests
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Her to Heaven directed by John M. Stahl is a perfect example of a classic noir film. There are an exceptional amount of reasons why Leave Her to Heaven is categorized as a noir film. In noir‚ we see shadows‚ neon lights‚ mirrors‚ white clothing‚ femme fatales‚ murder‚ seduction‚ lies‚ guilt‚ dark locations‚ suspicion‚ crime‚ sometimes the exception of technicolor‚ and many more elements that without a doubt create a phenomenal noir film. Leave Her to Heaven is one of the few noir films that was created
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the town. The Crucible’s portrayal of Abigail is a typical stereotype of a femme fatale in order to proclaim virtues that Miller believed to be universal. Prior to the events that lead Abigail Williams head the witch-hunt‚ Miller does not provide much about her personality or her story besides her young age. Historically‚ Abigail is only eleven years old‚ which Miller alters in The Crucible to allow for the femme fatale traits to help in the motivation for the hunt. Her ambitious personality due
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This character is known as the femme fatale. The femme fatale is portrayed by a woman who can be seductive and charming but at the same time have evil or nasty intentions‚ although these intentions often appear unmotivated (4). Usually‚ the femme fatale will attempt to seduce the protagonist‚ gaining influence and often leading him into bad or dangerous situations. Along with her charm she
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cinematography‚ and you’ve got Film Noir. Film Noir can be defined as film that conveys moral natures and real-life situations‚ usually dealing with crime‚ seductive women‚ and guilt‚ through dark lighting and shadows. Film Noir encompasses detectives‚ femme fatales‚ love‚ beautiful cinematography‚ and snappy dialogue. A famous film involving a detective is The Big Heat. Dave Bannion is the detective in the film‚ and he is a tough cop who uses any means needed to uncover the truth. When a gang suspects that
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movement that defined its own style of characters‚ settings and plots. This could have only been brought on by the tumultuous post World War II society. Directors were able to establish a counterpart to the leading man with a seductive and cynical femme fatale. Dark‚ smoky atmospheres that barely showed the characters as they were committing or organizing a violent crime. Film Noir could be a retrospective on what American culture could have been. It could also be a society’s frame of reference on how
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