Under the Sun Originality is a thing of the past. The majority of movies, poems, books, short stories, and other literary items are derived from some other source, whether the author intends on that happening or not. This is very evident in the 1964 production of My Fair Lady and the 2005 film Miss Congeniality. Some of the intertextuality woven into Miss Congeniality is discrete, and some of the evidence jumps right out at the viewers. However, through the character motives of each main female actress, the turning points of each film, and the resolutions within the stories, intertextuality plays a major role in the production of Miss Congeniality. As an important part of the intertextuality in the film, the main character in My Fair Lady and in Miss Congeniality both have a desire to change into …show more content…
Eliza is what she has always wanted to be, and she can thank herself for it. Her determination and self confidence brings her to accomplish everything she has ever wanted. Intertextuality is shown throughout the resolution in Miss Congeniality because Gracie also becomes a better person and learns from the other contestants. She did not have intentions of gaining personal self-worth from this experience like Eliza did, but she ends up being “very honored, and moved, and truly touched.” Also, intertextuality through the resolution of Miss Congeniality is very obvious when Gracie speaks to Victor: “You’ll get yours, Henry Higgins.” This is a direct reference to Miss Eliza’s song towards Henry in My Fair Lady. Both Eliza and Gracie gain something memorable from the ending of the experiences they went through, and it is safe to say they both change for the
She explains that it was important to part her life. Next, in “Confetti Girl” the tension comes from the point of view of school. Her and her father have a very different outlook on school. For example, in paragraph 13 it states that things are good until her
This sense of hostility springs forth from the misconstrued view of literature being the superior art form among the two, extending to the apparent artistic inferiority of cinematic adaptations, which seemingly “betrays” its source material. But the idea of cinema as a potent and dynamic art
When Eliza says, “ I’m not going to die. I have too much work to do,” it shows that she wants her life to be for doing her work and helping others (176). The sentence shows how she feels about helping people and how it affects her in her life. Life is an important thing and she would take that up just to do what is right and to do her duties. Using emotions and feelings is not the only author’s craft that Anderson uses to describe the theme.
In the short story “The Landlady,” by Roald Dahl and the short film, “Tales of the Unexpected” series, Billy Weaver goes to Bath, England where he meets an old landlady. Screenwriters change an author's work because they want to expand their ideas from a book into a movie. In both the story and short film there are many similarities to be found. For example, the story and short film the characters motives are the same.
On page 67 he asks, “Blessed be God’s name? But why would I bless Him?” This quote is coming from the same person, who when asked why he prays, he replied with why do we breathe. Eliza was once a strong follower in Judaism, and although he questioned God, and the religion itself, his faith in God never truly went away. Once he was put in the traumatic situation of the Holocaust, his relationship with God was challenged, and
Stephen King, a famous writer once said, “Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They are both fruit, but they taste completely different.” Truly, this applies to all movies and books. This quote is effective describing the novel and the movie, A Raisin in the Sun. Although the two share similar scenes and acts, the movie shows a lot more details which make it better.
Finally, these women proved to be fairly similar in their particular role in life to achieve happiness. Myrtle desired to live the same life that Daisy did: she wanted a life full of money. Myrtle lived her dreams in the small apartment that Tom kept for them in New York. When Myrtle changed her dresses, at the same time she was also changing her ‘fake’ characters. In some way, she achieved her goal, she ‘reached her dream’ for an afternoon, a better lifestyle, a life like Daisy 's. There was a big difference between Daisy and Myrtle but one thing was common, their unhappiness.
At the beginning and after every scene we have picture of crumbled girl. Pictures are supported by quotes from novel, and they have the most significant part in this visual essay: The picture of a crumbled girl sitting alone represents Eliza who is very depressed because of everything that happened. The picture is fading in black. This shows the darkness that eats her, and all the negative feelings. The image of the lock presents her feelings as hidden away and she is unable to talk about them or gain closure.
She wanted real love and actively pursued that desire, proving her autonomy to all. However, this “real love” was tainted in a way she was unable to see, it was in fact seduction, not love. The seduction twists Eliza’s drive for independence and uses it against her. She attempts to decide her own fate, and society punishes her for it. The seduction ruins her name and her life, leaving her alone and with child, then eventually dead.
Storytelling has been a part of people's’ lives since the beginning of time. It started with just verbal communication, then it was translated into written word, and now there hundreds of ways to tell those same stories. Movies and books, for example, are two very different ways to tell stories to an audience. A story can be a book, but not a movie or vice versa. Many books are made into movies, but lose major elements in translation.
Behind each movie lies the meaningful aspects and significant features worth noticing. All movies and books can be carefully examined and interpreted. Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor provides a new view on interpreting literature. In the novel, Foster identifies and analyzes common patterns, themes, and motifs found in literature, many of which are also present in Disney’s film, Maleficent. This movie showcases several of his ideas, including quests, flight, geography, and symbolism.
To summarize this essay, there are several points that highlight differences between the two films, yet the overall context of the film remains the same. One common theme that tends to drive the force between the reasoning in why the two films have varying aspects is because they were made for slightly different audiences at different times in society. Though both versions of the movie have small portions that vary from one another, the main emphasis is the same and both versions are loved by the
Therefore, in this essay the differences of these two women will be defined in order to relate better to the essential meaning of the movie: doubt.
MIP Rough Draft The play “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare and the book, “The Handmaids Tale” by Margaret Atwood, both create a fall of power in society and this loss of leadership opens the door for corruption to take over. Both authors have created this instability in society and use the motifs: loss of power, religion, and relationships to explore characters’ innermost selves. This exploration of characters proves that one will submit to anything in order to obtain stability in a corrupt environment. Both Shakespeare and Margaret Atwood immediately pull the rug out beneath from the characters in their work, creating instability not only in the character’s mind but in the reader’s mind as well.
Being a woman, she manipulates her husband to realize her dreams. F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby depicts the vulnerability and naivety of women. Daisy desires