Chosen historical text
The colour purple (1985)
A Southern
black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude to her brutal husband.
Celie pours out her innermost thoughts in letter form to her sister Nettie, but
Albert has been hiding the letters Nettie writes back, allowing Celie to assume
that Nettie is dead. Finally, Celie finds a champion in the don't-take-no-guff
Sofia, the wife of Glover's son from a previous marriage. Alas, Sofia is
"humbled" when she is beaten into submission by angry whites. Later,
Celie is able to forge a strong friendship with Albert's mistress Shug.
Emboldened by this, Celie begins rifling through her husband's belongings and
finds Nettie's letters. Able at last to stand up to her husband, Celie leaves
him to search for a new life on her own.
How is
it similar/different to your main text?
In the movie
'The colour purple', there are many similarities to the 'Fast and furious 7'.
The women presented are seen as vulnerable and weak. They are portrayed as less
powerful then the male characters.Their bodies have been abused and violate -
dehumanising them. The males are seen as dominant and superior and in control
of the women. For example, in the historical text, the male abuses
the female and in the fast and furious 7, the women are told to dance for
entertainment- mainly for males audiences pleasure.
Although they
do have a couple of differences. For example, in FF7 there is an anomaly.
Letty is seen as powerful and strong, whereas in The colour purple all the
women are helpless ans susceptible. So there is some equality shown in Fast and
furious 7.
How does this
show how genre/society/issue has changed?
This shows that
the gains of feminism have been slightly successful in society today. This is
due to the fact that in the past, women were being dehumanised and abused,
however due to changes in society women are
slowly increasingly becoming equal to men and are more independent
rather than dependent. This is clearly seen in fast and furious 7 during the
fighting scene between two female characters. The fact that the fight was so
intense suggests that women are becoming more and more powerful
everyday.
All about my mother (1999)
The movie is about a single mother in Madrid sees her only
son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She
goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named Lola who does
not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, a wild yet caring
transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador,
but instead finds out she is pregnant by Lola. Manuela becomes the personal
assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired, by helping Huma manage
Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover. However, Agrado soon takes over when
Manuela must care for Hermana Rosa's risky pregnancy. With echos of Lorca,
"All About Eve," and " A Streetcar Named Desire," the
mothers (and fathers and actors) live out grief, love, and friendship.
In the movie
'all about my mother', there are many similarities to 'Fast and furiois
7'. For example the women are still seen as vulnerable and weak. Their
typical stereotypes are being presented for example, women are seen
as mothers (Pauls wife) and caring - which is written in the trailer of the
movie.
However, there
are also a couple of differences between the two texts. In the movie 'All about
my mother' the men are portrayed as women, they are presented wearing female
clothing and make-up (cross-dressing), whereas in the 'Fast and furious 7' men
are seen as powerful and dominant. Also, in the historical text, women are not
seen as sexual objects, rather a housewife/caregiver. However, in the fast and
furious 7 they are.
How does
this show how genre/society/issue has changed?
This shows that
womens position in society is still stereotyped negatively.
They are seen as weak and helpless compared to males. It shows that there has
been no major progress to women gaining equality to men. Inequality between
males and females still exist in society today.
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