wave of feminism can be seen clearly in the Alien films, which are drenched in reproductive imagery through the use of the Alien Queen’s role as not just a mother in the film, but the mother of the aliens. The film also includes the struggle to be a feminine woman in a male dominated environment, which can be seen through Ripley’s inclusion into the Marines. These struggles are brought together by paralleling the Alien Queen and Ripley, comparing and contrasting them in a way that allows us to see how
Furthermore, the association of sorcery with Brynhild, which is considered as a feminine art is used to convey her feminine side. She foretell Sigurd’s downfall and that she can’t marry Sigurd. She provided Sigurd with much sound advice for instance, “watch out for trickery from your friends. And I can’t foresee much of your life if the hatred of your wife’s kinsmen does not fall upon you” (Finch, 40). Brynhild’s capabilities resemble that of a sorcerer with her ability to foretell Sigurd’s downfall
to another shape. Her new character appears as a destructive monster that has destroyed her family that contains her children and her husband Bobbo, then Mary´s life in addition to disturbing some others. This radical change creates new deviant monstrous woman ready to cause harm for anyone but to leave the past and revenge. First action she blows up the house, after that she brings the children to Mary Fisher and her husband and abandons them, she also starts having affairs. Next, she works where
Peter Mullan in his award-winning movie, The Magdalene Sisters fictionalizes and reimagines the life stories of four former Magdalene asylum victims based on their testimonies in documentary Sex in a Cold Climate filmed in 2007. The film strongly criticizes the cruelties that occured between the walls of these institutions and the Roman Catholic Church. While genre-wise it is obviously a drama, however, it may easily be interpreted as a horror movie due to numerous elements distinctive of the genre
In his book, Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination, Tom Moylan highlights Joanna Russ’s The Female Man (1975) along with Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed (1974) and Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time (1976) break free from traditional Utopia. Moylan argues that their works are “critical utopias,” depicting the female writers’ awareness “of the dangers of presenting a utopian blueprint, and used their novels to criticize not only the society within which they
The term Female Gothic was first coined by Ellen Moers in her book Literary Women in 1976 she notes that with this term she refers to Gothic fiction written by women.3 According to this use, the Female Gothic would merely denote the (female) gender of the writer. However, this is not the only meaning of the Female Gothic. Ellen Moers also considers it ”as a coded expression of women’s fears of entrapment within the domestic and within the female body”, which became a very significant perspective
Gothic literature draws heavily on the influences of the Romantic Movement in its appreciation of nature, and the use of sublime imagery is prevalent in the literature du jour, and is presented as the diametric opposite to what Julia Kristeva calls the abject in her 1980 work, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. Abjection is the human reaction (such as terror or horror) to a threatened loss of meaning when confronted by the loss of distinction between the subject and the object: the moment at
Medusa is a popular villain recognized in Greek mythology, she is known mostly for her serpent-hair and powerful gaze that would turn men to stone. It was said that Medusa was one of the most powerful mythological characters in history, although we know she is not based upon anybody real we have reason to believe she would have lived during the years 1400 B.C. The most known story about Medusa is the tale Perseus the Hero, this tale does not focus mainly on Medusa but Perseus the young hero who defeated
Masculine roles in society are associated with strength, aggression, and dominance, while feminine roles are associated with passive, nurturing, and subordination. This is because society perceives men to be superior to women, so that women can serve their man and cater to any need, be there to fill in what the man cannot. Beowulf’s story line also follows suit to society’s stereotype, while strong, confident, and arrogant briefly describe the self-assured men of Beowulf, the women are looked at
Marie Stuart is born on December 8th, 1542 at Linlithgow palace, in the Scotland. Her father, king Jacques V of the Scotland dies six days later: Marie finds herself then queen. Her mother, French, Marie de Guise-Lorraine, assures the regency. From then on, the girl is going to become the object of greed on behalf of King Henri VIII of England. While she is only one year, he emits the wish to marry her to his son Edouard. His objective? Annex Scotland to its kingdom. Supported by the Scottish Parliament