Mr. Coulter Thelma and Louise The movie Thelma and Louise show how a simple chain reaction can change even the kindest of people‚ and the rest of their lives. Thelma was a simple housewife that was invited for a simple get away by her good friend Louise. Even though Thelma knew she wouldn’t have permission by her husband‚ she went along anyway from peer pressure. The two girls started out excited‚ then they became scared after the murder‚ but Thelma and Louise came to peace to it then started
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Gendering Expectations: Genre and Allegory in Readings of Thelma and Louise Aspasia Kotsopoulos Reflecting on the vociferous attention her film received‚ screenwriter Callie Khouri says that the social climate into which Thelma and Louise (1991) was released largely explains the furor around it. This was the year of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case‚ which drew public attention to the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. In the American media and in politics‚ women’s issues were constantly
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The contemporary artist that I chose to discuss in this paper is Louise Bourgeois and her piece of art Eyes". This abstract sculpture is made of marble and dated 1982. Eyes‚ 1982 Louise Bourgeois (American‚ born France‚ 1911) Metropolitan Museum‚ New York Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911and studied art at various schools there. In 1938‚ she immigrated to the United States and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She began her career as a painter and
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instance did she first sketch it and if so where did she sketch it ‚ did she personaly build it etc... When looking at this picture I see a monster‚ a large creature out for blood‚ but as I closely examine the sculpture I see true meaning. Maman by Louise bourgeois shows the strength of a mother‚ with metaphors of spinning‚ weaving‚ nurturing and protecting.Spiders may have held a special meaning for Bourgeois‚ giving protection‚ and foresight. As a child bourgeois may have had a pet spider and may
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4‚ 2014 Research Paper Louise Erdrich was born June 7‚ 1954. She was born first of seven children to Ralph and Rita Erdrich. Louise Erdrich attended school where her parents both taught at a boarding school run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in North Dakota. After attending there‚ Erdrich attended college as part of the first class of women at Dartmouth College in 1972 earning her B.A. While attending college‚ Erdrich met her future husband Michael Dorris. Louise Erdrich married her husband
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THELMA AND LOUISE In the opening scene‚ Louise is serving coffee at her diner and advices her customers against smoking as it kills one’s sex drive. This can be seen as a fertilization symbol. The movie starts with two best friends‚ Thelma and Louise‚ planning a road trip. It is shown how condescending and inconsiderate Thelma’s husband Daryl is. Thelma decides against telling him about the trip. Louise arrives at Thelma’s in a light blue 1966 Thunderbird convertible. The fact that the car is a
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Film Analysis of Thelma and Louise Background Thelma and Louise is a 1991 movie directed by Ridely Scott‚ written by Callie Khouri‚ and starring Susan Sarandon and Gina Davis. Louise is a restaurant waitress with a inattentive boyfriend and Thelma is a house wife with an impatient and angry husband. The two women decided to take a break from their caged life and take a road trip. Louise shot a man trying to rape Thelma and they begin a journey of running away from the police. During this journey
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Tracks - Louise Erdrich In Louise Erdrich’s “Tracks”‚ I discovered by the second chapter that there are two narrators‚ Nanapush and Pauline. Having two narrators telling their stories alternately was at first very confusing. Traditionally‚ there is one narrator in the story‚ but Erdrich does an effective and spectacular job in combining Nanapush and Pauline’s stories. The central and main character is Fleur Pillager. She in fact is the protagonist of “Tracks”. Fleur is mentioned in every chapter
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1.What is the theme/meaning of the novel/film of which you are analyzing? Thelma and Louise is an American 1991 film where 2 women journey on an adventure that galvanized them to take action. Thelma‚ one of the main characters whom in the beginning of the film was portrayed as guileless and oblivious becomes the victim of an attempted rape after a night at a bar. Thelma the opposite of Louise is portrayed as an independent and headstrong woman; the best friend‚ always one to take action‚ she’s
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The film begins with Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon)‚ living repressed lives in Arkansas. Both women have stereotypical roles in this movie. As best friends‚ they decide to go on an adventure that takes a dramatic turn and ends up being an adventurous police chase to the sudden death. Thelma is an unhappy housewife who despises her husband (Daryl)‚ who is a bumbling‚ controlling and narcissistic. Her character is somewhat infantile‚ in that she relies completely on her husband for
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