Masculinity In The Maltese Falcon

Athanasourelis’s article depicts Sam Spade’s individuality through his actions leading up to Brigid O’Shaughnessy’s conviction. Sam’s initial intentions are to help Brigid avoid the police. Upon coming to the conclusion that Brigid is the only suspect in the murder of Archer, Sam knows he has to turn her into the authorities. The article discusses that although it may seem as if Sam is acting justly, he is truly just turning Brigid in to avoid his own persecution for the crimes others committed. Hammett establishes Sam’s morals frequently throughout the novel by further describing his character as a “hard-boiled detective”. By allowing the reader to hear Sam’s perspective, the readers can more easily understand his morals and how they affect his actions. Sam’s morals are essential within the novel, The Maltese Falcon, because it determines where his true loyalty lies and whether his actions are influenced by greed. This source could be beneficial when writing a research paper because it includes extensive information on Sam’s character and how it leads him to react to circumstances, such as when he must decide whether of not to turn over Brigid to the police.

In the memoir, The Prince of Los Cocuyos, the performance of masculinity of the people is illuminated. This is seen with most of the men conforming to the gendered expectations of a man, some confidently defying and conforming at the same time, and Riqui not daring to disturb the universe, but having a hard time conforming to all the expectations. As a child when it was just his grandmother giving him a hard time about acting and looking like a man, Riqui defied many of the gendered expectations. However, when these expectations started coming from friends then he started to attempt to act like he was expected. Riqui defies gendered expectations of a boy through his interest in the girly things like Cinderella, dolls and makeovers; however,

In his essay “Black Men and Public Spaces,” Brent Staples explains that people often find him intimidating because he is tall and black. Staples shares his account of a number of personal encounters, arguing that in each situation, he was misinterpreted as being dangerous because of his daunting physical appearance. Staples asserts that as a result of this misinterpretation, he was continually mistreated.

Society in today’s world is very alike to society years ago, with different social classes and stereotypes. In “Just walk on by” by Brent staples, a variety of rhetorical devices are used in order to convey the message of how a black man is trying to show society that he is so much more than the color of his skin. The author explains how the character was characterized as violent and dangerous because he was black. Staples continues on a sort of journey with the character to show how he overcomes that stereotype, by whistling classical music to give the idea that he is mature and less threatening. Throughout the piece, Staples uses devices that will help the reader better understand the struggles that the character has to face on a daily basis.

Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space by Brent Staples discusses the relevant issues of racial bias and how prejudice against people of color has embedded minds, as it demonstrates the importance of being aware of how we conceive others. Staples uses a contrasting element of race by introducing a white female and a black male. He uses his experiences and other people of colour to display the struggles of racism they face everyday. Staples reveals how people are prejudice against appearance, despite the importance of individuality of people and being impartial regardless of someone 's skin or looks.

Crime. Secrets. These words are often associated with the mystery genre. What often comes to mind is the common detective story, where a crime and a detective are introduced. Then, the heroic detective apprehends the culprit by deduction from clues. However, in the 1920s, a new era of crime fiction arose: American hard-boiled crime fiction. In this type of crime fiction, a sense of “graphic sex and violence, vivid but often sordid urban backgrounds, and fast-paced, slangy dialogue” is added to the environment (“Hard-boiled dectective…” Ralph Willet). In the Maltese Falcon, a film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s the Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade is presented with a case to find Ruth Wonderly (who later turns

Is the leading female characters are always supporting or needing the support from the main male protagonist? Well it maybe for many female lead characters, but not for the murderous and deceiving Brigid O’Shaughnessy from Dashiell Hammett novel the Maltese Falcon. Brigid could be considered as one of those femme fatales that might be beautiful, dependent, and helpless in the outside but in the inside Brigid is evil, deceiving, and could backstab you when you are not looking. How and why Brigid may be the evil woman that Hammett’s novel made her out to be?

In a blog from Project Implicit, Jordan Axt communicates the results of a study he conducted from the Project Implicit website. He hypothesized that most people were to change their responses when asked a question about race because it was the “socially acceptable” response. Axt noted that the “[r]esults showed that more direct items, like comfort with having Black neighbors, were thought to produce more socially desirable responding.” The additional tests he included into his experiment “suggest[ed] that some participants likely altered their responses when asked about more socially sensitive issues.” In the 1980’s Brent Staples wrote about the same “socially acceptable” standards; however, they were to be afraid or against African Americans.

The protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Samuel Spade, is a very mysterious man; one who trusts only himself. He solves the problems he encounters alone, and without the help of authority. To him, both the laws and ideas of morality get in the way of his work as a detective. This leads to assumptions that, as a person, he is immoral, to the extent that he is considered similar to the devil. There are comparisons between him and the devil throughout the novel - The author goes out of his way to refer to Spade as a “blonde Satan”(3). Spade’s goal is to outsmart those around him and to emerge winning in the competition of intelligence between him and Gutman, the main antagonist of the book. Even Brigid O 'Shaughnessy, Spade’s potential love interest, is caught in the middle of this “game”, causing both her and Spade to have problems. He likes to manipulate people, tricking them into telling him information so that he can proceed with his schemes. Spade, as a character, was written to confuse the reader, given his difficult to understand personality. As a character that operates on his own strict moral code, it

Racism isn't born, it is taught! This essay "Just walk on by Brent Staples" is written in the mid 70's when racism was at its peak. Racism is not only common today it's been a part of American history. Staples works as a journalist in a predominantly white society. This essay deals with racism, stereotypes, and prejudice. In this essay, he demonstrates to the reader using his own experiences, how stereotypes based on sex and skin color can change the mind of one person and how it can influence many other people. Staples fears about how his appearance and his color make people think of him as a harmful person. a beard and billowing hair, both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket- he also mentions that he possesses an indulgent

In the The Maltese Falcon, Hammett gives multiple characters a sense of code, not entirely consisting of honor, but a code by which each character lives. Through this code a character's decisions do not seem to be so complicated or all together out of the ordinary. A character such as Gutman has a code that allows him to do whatever he possibly can to reach toward the Maltese Falcon. Gutman will move ceaselessly toward the Falcon, no matter if it is as old as he claims, or so new that it is actually a fake. Gutman is indifferent because that is what his code will allow. A character such as Brigid on the other hand, even though she also has a code, her's is not one of Machiavellian proportions such as the one Gutman holds. She would do anything

In Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, we see a range of complex relationships amongst strong characters. For that reason, it is often difficult understand the character’s true intentions. In Sam Spade’s case many ask, “Does Sam Spade, love Brigid O’Shaughnessy?” The answer would no. It is not possible for Spade to love her because he is too focused on his own self-interest.

The Creed by Ryan Coogler is a movie about a person who want to find his memories through the death of his father. His name is Donnie. The film is mostly a story of Donnie on the way become a champion of World Heavyweight by the support of Rocky; who was his father friend and rival. Ryan created a Donnie character who is a strongest boy with wonderful dream and overcome challenges. However, it relates to a speech on Tedtalk by McKelley about “Unmasking Masculinity”. McKelley would reflect on Creed in a few ways: he would see Donnie trying to express masculinity while lacking family support through the trauma of his father’s death. Inclosing Rocky – his “new” father, Donnie risks losing his connection to masculinity entirely.

The James Bond franchise is revered as one of the most iconic fictional pieces to date. I believe the franchise has been so successful over the last 60 years because it has the ability to immerse it’s audience with its distinctive brand. When people think of James Bond, they immediately highlight its themes of violence, hegemonic masculinity, and slew of troubled characters who involve themselves in organized crime to satisfy their greed.

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