March 16‚ 2015 The movies Pretty Woman (1990) starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts‚ and the movie‚ Now Voyager (1942) starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid‚ are completely different films. The two movies even though they are different there are correlations between the two. For example‚ they both have strong female roles but both women in each movie are completely different. So which movie has the better female role for young women? The movie Pretty Woman is about a businessman who hires
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struggle among and between social classes results in the transition from one type of society to another.” (Katsiaficas & Kirkpatrick‚ 1987‚ pp. 234-235) Contest between the rich and the poor is a theme common in the films‚ ‘The talented Mr Ripley’‚ ‘Pretty Woman’ and ‘Titanic’‚ where individuals attempt to overcome the void between social classes by different means. It is through symbolism and narrative techniques that a Marxist approach
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the science of that life. d. No they do not have the same names. Part Two Pygmalion was a sculptor and a king. He was sculpting a woman out of ivory and to him was the most beautiful sculpture of the woman of his heart’s desire. When he saw how beautiful of a sculpture he made‚ and that she wouldn’t respond to his gifts and treats that he would buy her‚ he started to feel lonely and wished that the woman were really there. He wished upon the gods to make the sculpture come alive. At that
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Pygmalion did contradict the audience’s views‚ as the type of people who would read Pygmalion or see it in the theater would be the upper class‚ as the middle class and the lower class wouldn’t be able to afford it. The upper class were outraged at Shaw’s accusations and portrayals of the upper class. “Pygmalion… scandalized it’s… audiences in 1914.” This quotation is absolutely true; Pygmalion teaches us how the upper class ostracized the lower class‚ and the outrageous and demoralizing way in which
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ANALYSIS Shaw has often been criticized for his inability to create well- developed round characters. His characters are usually seen as mere puppets propelled by the crisis of the plot or as mouthpieces for his socialist viewpoint. However in Pygmalion‚‚ Shaw vindicates himself of these charges by the creation of rounded and life-like characters such as Higgins and Eliza. Clearly they are not authorial stooges. They have a peculiar quality that leaves a lasting imprint on the reader’s memory. But
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Today I will be commenting on an excerpt from Pygmallion‚ written by Bernard Shaw. This play was first presented in 1912. Pygmalion is a play that focuses on Eliza Doolittle the main character and Higgins‚ the teacher. The storyline basically tells how Higgins teaches Eliza how to speak a proper English. The reason behind this was because the way someone spoke during the time Shaw wrote this play allowed people to define from what social class a person came from. B/c Eliza was from a lower class
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George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion addresses the discourse of education (linguistic retraining in particular) and its interrelationship with other discourses‚ such as class‚ and the transformation of individual and social self. It also deals with the dynamics of teacher-student power relationship in the context of education discourse. Believing that education should produce humane and responsible citizens instead of docile slaves‚ Shaw displays the evils of an incompetent education system. This article
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Royal Orbison’s “Oh Pretty Woman” was released in 1964 and was one of the biggest records of that year. The song has received great recognition since including‚ Grammy Hall of Fame Award. Orbison’s hit record was also named one of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it was ranked #222 in Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time. “Oh Pretty Woman” is considered to be Roy Orbison’s last hit song and the peak of his career. Even though
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In Michael Parenti’s interpretation of “Pretty Woman” I have to say that I agree with his interpretation of how Hollywood usually ignores inequities of class privilege‚ gender bigotry differences between the characters and his view on the moral of the story. Basically‚ the story is about a millionaire that is an educated corporate executive who finds himself lonely in Hollywood so to fulfill his needs; he offers to pay a beautiful‚ low class uneducated‚ non proper prostitute three thousand dollars
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it interesting… that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.” (n.d.). Although flattery was probably not on the mind of 2 Live Crew when they released “Pretty Woman”‚ the group’s intent for the song was to be a parody of Roy Orbison and William Dees’s version of “Oh‚ Pretty Woman” (Deutsch‚ 1995). The facts and legal reasoning behind this case will be discussed to show how the court reached its decision. In addition‚ the fair use doctrine will be defined along with
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