Communication Between Men And Women In The 1991 Film The Doctor

For as long as mankind can recall, the seemingly effortless act of communication between women and men has always been more intricate than what meets the eye. While the struggle to clearly understand what one another is conveying resides in all relationships, men and women unceasingly endure such communicational ambiguities more than most. However, the reasons for these interactional frustrations are only natural; in fact, particular psychological attributes that are limited to a certain sex can be accredited for this. These specific characteristics often end up hindering the most basic and convoluted forms of human interface, and have the potential to even jeopardize friendships and partnerships. It is these qualities that lead both men and women to feel unheard when engaging with one another, causing the two to believe that there
Yet, the obstacle that many coworkers, friends, and couples of the opposite gender encounter most is that one tightly seals their emotions and thoughts from the other. As a result, this leaves the unheard partner relentlessly prying at their other half in a feeble attempt to have them display their state of being, but unfortunately make matters worse in the process. In the 1991 film, The Doctor, Anne Mackee (Christine Lahti) suffers from a similar experience in regard to her husband Jack Mackee (William Hurt). From the beginning of the movie, Jack, a prideful and comical surgeon, displays inattentiveness towards his wife and seems to intentionally restrain himself from showing his feelings to her. When Jack is later diagnosed with throat cancer, he persistently conceals the stress he is struggling to manage and how the treatment makes him feel emotionally. Consequently, this leaves Anne feeling as if she’s losing the affection of her husband, and begins to contemplate if she is trapped in a loveless