Stereotypes In Alien

The film Alien is presented as a science fiction film. The fascination with outer space and what intelligent life out there to find are basics of the films dynamic. Digging deeper into Alien, it becomes much more than just a science fiction film. Alien emphasis the yonic and phallic struggle between men and women, along with the struggle of manmade structures and man themselves. The two struggles revolve around the two characters Ripley, a woman, and Ash a male android. The Film Alien uses the dynamics of Ash and Ripley’s interactions to speak on the respectability between genders.
Alien is a horror film, rather than a science fiction film. Horror and science fictions films usually go hand and hand when the monster or ‘enemy’ is related to
Ash never shows actual care for any of the other crew members. Ash action offer the fact that he is compassionate and cares about the well-being of the other. When Ash opens the hatch for Dallas, Lambert, and Kane it is viewed as if he is doing what is best for them. Truly, Ash is menacingly only doing what benefits him. The need for a menace is necessary for a horror film. Alien takes it a step further by incorporating two menaces, the Alien and Ash. The Alien is the primary menace, the obvious enemy, Ash the hidden enemy. This adds to shock value of the film, because Ash’s character is appreciably the care-giver. Ash is found to be an enemy nearing the end of the film, in his attacking of Ripley. Ripley becomes the one in command after the loss of the captain Dallas. Ripleys plans of survival jeopardize the objective that Ash is supposed to carry out, so Ash attacks Ripley. At first the attack looks as if Ash is only following orders, bring back alien life even at the expense of the crew. The scene takes an unsettling turn when Ash begins to sexually assault Ripley. Ripley is unconscious, Ash, who is more yonic than phallic in nature, compensates for his lack of a phallus by trying to shove a rolled up pornographic magazine down Ripley’s throat. The means for Ash to do this goes beyond his physical needs as an android. Goes beyond his