The young woman Gish plays is characterized by admiring flowers in the garden, and cradling stray puppies in her arms, giving her traits of tenderness and a gentle demeanor. This character type not only possesses what seems to be Griffith’s quintessential female figure, but also serves as a strategy to make the villainous inflictions resonate with the viewer; what harms a pure, undeserving, and helpless being can easily be resented by the audience, therefore further demonizing ethics that go against his
The young woman Gish plays is characterized by admiring flowers in the garden, and cradling stray puppies in her arms, giving her traits of tenderness and a gentle demeanor. This character type not only possesses what seems to be Griffith’s quintessential female figure, but also serves as a strategy to make the villainous inflictions resonate with the viewer; what harms a pure, undeserving, and helpless being can easily be resented by the audience, therefore further demonizing ethics that go against his