In Muriel’s wedding‚ the perception of comedian has soon arrived into a melodrama derived by P.J Hogan‚ as the film covers the low self-esteem Muriel in breaking through the bondages around her family and friends‚ trespassing from suburban to civilisation. Muriel begins the film as an overweight loser from Queensland‚ a woman trapped by a dysfunctional family‚ an apathetic neighbourhood‚ and a clique of beautiful "best friends." The movie opens with a shot of a beautiful friend’s wedding
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"success." Muriel Heslop (Toni Collete) is jobless‚ has a low self-esteem and is obsessed with getting married to become successful. She lives in Porpoise Spit‚ a coastal resort‚ has no genuine friends and a dysfunctional family. Muriel’s father‚ Bill Heslop‚ is a corrupt small-town politician who can not understand why the rest of the family have trouble keeping up with him. Bill divides his life between his mistress Deidre‚ a cosmetics seller‚ and time spent tyrannizing and putting down Muriel and the
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story‚ Muriel is portrayed as a self-centered material girl. This is apparent through the way that she allows the phone to ring‚ "She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing." To Muriel‚ nothing is more important than her nails‚ her clothes‚ and getting her own way. Like Muriel‚ the Bananafish is only interested in itself. The fish eat bananas in the hole until "they’re so fat they can’t get out of the hole again‚" and eventually die. The Bananafish are a symbol of Muriel‚ who may
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Comparative essay The elective ‘the individual in society’ explores the conflict between autonomy and the social conventions that inscribe human behaviour. All societies require conformity‚ and fear of rejection can allow an individual to compromise their values in order to be accepted. The social constraints of any society can only be understood within their context and both Persuasion and Muriel’s wedding explore the superficial paradigms of marriage‚ friendship and social class. The restrictive
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Essay” ‘Muriel’s Wedding’ is an Australian film set in 1994‚ written by P.J Hogan. Muriel Heslop‚ the central figure in the movie‚ is a 23 year-old‚ unemployed young woman who still remains living in her parent’s home. The movie explores how she transforms out of being a socially awkward ‘ugly duckling’ with no ambitions‚ into a girl with a strong motive to achieve her one life goal‚ to be a bride. Along the way‚ Muriel rekindles some old school friendships‚ and develops a stronger more positive outlook
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as the story progresses. Salinger uses materialism though the character Muriel through her world of wealth. Muriel is Seymour’s wife who lives life with luxury‚ each time we see Muriel in the story she is always dressed to impress. She wears expensive silk dresses‚ nails always painted‚ and uses fine leather luggage. Muriel and Seymour life styles are very divided in the story; While Seymour is reading fine poetry Muriel is reading women fashion magazines. Through out the story the audience can
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Bananafish Analysis The mother shows concern for Muriel because of the abusive way Seymour speaks to her‚ calling her things such as “Miss Spiritual Tramp of 1948.” The mother disapproves of this‚ though the daughter who cares too much for the man to take his degrading comments negatively but instead “giggles” over them. J.D. Salinger uses diction‚ tone and detail to describe the characters of "A Perfect day for Bananafish"‚ by showing the concern for each other; the love of the mother for her
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For instance‚ the Learys have this thing for not answering the phone when it rings. In the movie‚ the Learys let it ring. Also‚ they have sort of a tradition of playing “Vaccination” after supper. While Macon was training Edward‚ Muriel said to cluck when he does what he is supposed to do. The Learys‚ Charles‚ Porter and Rose‚ pick up on that and begin to cluck‚ also. The movie’s portrayal of Julian is the way I pictured him‚ sort of skinny‚ and medium height. His appearance is
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attachment (“Alienation”). It results in loneliness‚ emptiness‚ and despair. In “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J.D. Salinger‚ Seymour Glass is a man who had just come back from fighting in a war. He cannot relate to adults‚ especially his wife‚ Muriel‚ and the people at the resort he is staying at who are all narcissistic and live lavishly. Seymour is the most comfortable around children‚ especially Sybil‚ whom he meets on the beach at the resort. He lives through his ideal world with Sybil full
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experiences and relationships with others. Paragraph 1 (Muriel’s Wedding- before Rhonda): * Muriel’s influences - * Bridal dream of Tanya and ‘friends’. * Limiting views of father and influences from family. * All unauthentic influences‚ Muriel relies on these identities due to no sense of self. * Techniques supporting ideas (Must include 3 techniques) – * Opening scene at Tanya’s Wedding- * Colour symbolism of costuming on bride and brides maids- white bride reflects marriage
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