Movie Analysis: The Maltese Falcon

Brigid admits that she shot Miles Archer trying to outline Thursby. Toward the end of the movie, Wilmer slaughters Gutman, and Spade turns Brigid over

“The classical Hollywood film present psychologically defined individuals who struggle to solve a clear-cut problem or to attain specific goals. In the course of this struggle, the characters enter into conflict with others or with external circumstances. The story ends with a decisive victory or defeat, a resolution of the problem and a clear achievement or nonachievement of the goals” (Bordwell 1985). The Maltese Falcon follows this perfectly. At the beginning, Mrs. Wonderly/ Bridget O’Shaughnessy is searching for her sister, but really is looking for the falcon, this is the problem and she is trying to attain a specific goal.

It does so by making the setting the roaring 20’s because that time period is full of moral ambiguity. It’s during this era that women find themselves becoming flappers after being suppressed for so long, the prohibition takes place, and women are gaining the right to vote. The idea of women having rights is inherently good, but to some was an example of their rights becoming less powerful and making this idea evil. Giving the era itself moral ambiguity and creating an environment where Gatsby and other characters feel obligated to throw parties where drinking is encouraged, have a man commit adultery, the idea of divorce, and dishonesty. Overall, moral ambiguity plays a large role in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Chandler located many of his novels in Los Angeles, because it portrayed the worst qualities of the American society during his time. Similarly, Hammett’s novels are frequently located in San Francisco and also in Southern California. Their hard-boiled novels are not about solving the crime like a puzzle, but focus on how the protagonist reveals about the corruption

In episode two of Serial the state claims that Adnan is the one that did it. Sarah states on behalf of the state “ And the motive the State supplied, the basis for the whole thing, was that after Hae broke up with Adnan, he couldn’t accept it. He was so wounded by her, and so furious, that he decided to kill her” (21). This shows that there was a strong motive as to why Adnan killed Hae.

The "need for ritual is a way to identify that a serial killer is at work; it sets him from other murderers"(Dolan 51). Serial Killers and their actions of killing others may easily become an “addiction” and “way of life” (Dolan 1). Serial Killers have rituals that are put into seven phases: The Aura Phase, The Trolling Phase, Wooing Phase, Capture, Murder, Totem Phase and Depression Phase. In the story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, the lady goes through these phases to kill her next victim Billy Weaver. As already known the landlady is a serial killer since she underwent the phases Trolling and Totem.

In addition to these individuals, racist, sexist and homophobic individuals also have this mindset, which causes the need for groups like Black Lives Matter and Feminist groups. Like Gatsby, the members of the KKK and other discriminatory individuals still live in the past and forget that everybody else is living in the present. To add to this, in Hollywood, many entertainment personalities are coming front to admit that they have been raped. They share that in their experiences many influential men rape women and abuse their power. This shows the theme of abusing power like Daisy does as she kills Myrtle without holding responsibility since she is of “class”.

The Latin women are a shame to the author because of their deceitfulness. He believes that when a woman is deceitful or beguiling, she becomes unbearable or inhuman. In fact, he asserts that as a result of all the treatments women were using to deceive it was hard to tell whether the woman was “a human face , or an ulcer” (Fiero 162). He despises the devious actions and hateful plots the women concoct against those distasteful to them. He believes that “there’s nothing a woman won’t do, nothing she thinks is disgraceful” because of her deceitful feature (Fiero

In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the female characters' desire to question the law of Athens and select their own husbands drives most of the conflict in the play. In a way, Hermia, Helena, and Titania are the protagonists of the play because each of their desires are being thwarted by the patriarchal structure of the society in which they live. The way the women try to overcome such hurdles does not sit well with the men. Accordingly, the men get on edge when their patriarchy is disrupted, so they make strict laws to try and keep the women under their control.

Victims. Time and time again women have been victims of misogyny, commodification, and social obligation. Women are forced to squeeze into an idealistic mold and confrom to society’s standards. They have been stripped of their right to have a say in what is being done to them, and are sold off as property to their husbands who treat them as inferior. These husbands seem to have no regard for the opinion of their wives; as if being male brings superiority.

He ultimately leaves to save his friends from Darth Vader and they end up in battle. Twist: "Luke, I am your father", Darth Vader says. 4. Se7en (1995) How it goes: Two detectives, Somerset and Mills, track a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his method of killing his victims.

Depiction of Women in Psycho In the article, “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Depiction of Women in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho” by Sunny Bavaro, it talks about how women in the movie are partaking in different roles and how the female characters that step out of women gender roles perish in the movie. Some of these roles are perceived more masculine than feminine which made these female characters unique. Bavaro specifically stated that Marion is “lawbreaking-sexual/sensual gender role defying woman,” Lila is a “frigid yet socially acceptable woman,” and Mother is a castrating murderous woman.” In the beginning of Psycho, Marion played an active role in the relationship with her lover Sam.

As a feminist growing up in a increasingly feminist society, The Wife of Marin Guerre struck a note for me more so than the movie. Love is beautiful, however, when someone gets a love they don’t deserve from someone they don’t deserve, that lacks justice, and justice occurs naturally around us through the principle of karma. Bertrande is a strong and empowered woman. This wasn’t an ordinary personality trait for women in the 1500’s. In fact, in countless towns, it was frowned upon.