Lara Croft Essays

and sites. An artifact's destruction is the last thing an archaeologist wants to do, the same destruction that is evidently noticeable in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in the search for the triangle that would give a person the power to control time. Many artifacts and even the sites themselves were destroyed as the result of the method Lara Croft or her enemies/rivals have chosen. The movie sets such a bad example of how an aspiring or professional archaeologist should be doing their research;

to various topics, such as violence, explicit graphics, addictions and sexual themes. In this essay I am going to be exploring how women are represented in video games and in particular, I will be focusing on the contrast between Lara Croft and Princess Peach. Lara Croft appears in the Tomb Raider series and Princess Peach features in many Nintendo games such as, ‘Super Mario Bros’, ‘Mario Galaxy’ and her own game ‘Super Princess Peach.’ She is mostly a non-playable character in the games. In the

Asia Ihsan Section 5 Professor: Alex Poppe 11/6/2015 Gilead Republic is Successful in Reeducating Women Margaret Atwood, in her novel The Handmaid's Tale describes a futuristic, dystopian society called Gilead republic in which the system imposes Christianity religion as the main source for their laws. At the root of the laws is Patriarchy by which roles of the women only condensed to the roles that are assigned to them in Old Testament. All of the events that happening in the Republic of Gilead

Have you ever felt like there was a problem in the world that you wanted to solve but you didn’t think anyone would listen? Teen activists are people who see the need for change and act upon it. Teen activism starts with a passion for a cause and continues with determination despite being faced with obstacles. Anyone can make a difference in the world, and teen activism proves it; they always support and help causes that they think are important. Teen activists can believe in the same cause, but

The heroines of Jane Eyre and Fanny Price can be contrasted as the individual persons in relation to the British society. Both novels were written as the works of the different literary movements and thus both authors approached their characters from the different angles. These literary movements – Neoclassicism and Romanticism – represent the contrary attitudes of the society towards an individual. Jane Austen as an authoress of the Neoclassical movement reflects some of its attitudes. According

Heroic Archetypes and Gender Bias in Visual Media By Lisa Mulligan CDG1 Abstract - Visual media such as video games have developed so much over the last twenty years. Games have become a popular media with all types of people throughout the world. This media affects many different people of all ages, religions, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation and especially gender. Gender bias is a huge issue within the games media. Issues such as stereotypes, objectification, overly

Since the first ever video game, Bertie the Brain was released in 1950, video games kept developing and now it became a huge industry which is mainly controlled by the United States and Japan. However, the British made some impact on the gaming industry as well. For example, the first role-playing game for a computer is produced in England by two students from Essex University. Their names are Richard Bartle and Rob Trubshaw, they created MUD, or Multi-User Dungeon. As it can be understood by the

Take for example Tomb Raider, a popular video game series featuring a female protagonist, Lara Croft, who manages to survive in the wilderness, fighting against wild animals and people, while wearing nothing but shorts and a tank top. She is, essentially, a “fighting fuck toy” as Caroline Heldman aptly labels the type in Miss Representation. While Lara Croft might seem empowered on the surface, doing the “men’s job”, she still exists as an object of desire for the average

He was exempted from WWI military service because of a childhood injury (Croft; Kashuba). During the first World War, Yuri Zhivago worked as a military doctor. (Pasternak 101) Pastrnak might have written Yuri as a military doctor because he felt some level of guilt that he was excused from service. There are multiple instances

This paper will be a discussion on the famed Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie’s celebrity persona – her status as an academy award nominee and winner as well as a UNHCR ambassador and the face of global motherhood. This article will focus primarily on Jolie’s presentation of her agency and embodiment and the significant transformation that her celebrity underwent from the 1990s to 2014. From her provocative “disturbed bad girl” image to her action star status, philanthropist efforts, global motherhood

Is Thelma and Louise feminist film? This word is used too easily as others. We live in a world with an invisible dictatorship or perhaps with a hidden repression. According to the sex discrimination laws it is illegal, as is any other on various issues (race, creed, sexual orientation, age) but it exists. We live times of the "politically correct" has degenerated into an institutionalized hypocrisy. Thelma and Louise is an escape, we are in 1991. The two men are inveterate macho. Falócratas are so

Introduction Victory is yours! Don’t you just love the sound of that? I have played a lot video games, and on many consoles in my short life. People play video games to have fun, make money, pass the time, or just to relax, an forget about what has gone wrong in their day. Some people play games all day without sleeping or eating, that’s how serious it is. I play video games to remove stress and just to have fun, but two are the most fun to play.   Theme: favorite video games Game #1: NBA 2k16 Description

Oprah Winfrey is a nationally known television talk show host and many know her as one of the most powerful women in the world. “Oprah Winfrey was named one of the most “100 Influential People of the 20th Century” by Time magazine, and in 1998 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences” (“Oprah Winfrey Biography”). Oprah has partnered with Target and Child Abuse Prevention Association to raise awareness for sexual assault on children. Oprah is

The Research Essay As a growing trend, video games mirrors society’s characteristics: from the use of societal topics such as inequality and violence that stems from the implicit prejudices found in today's culture. Whether video games are merely perpetuating the stereotypes of racism and sexism or providing social commentary on burgeoning social issues remains to be discussed. Despite the game developers or artists’ intent on such issues, there is an ongoing trend of negative portrayals upon

Although she was not the very first strong female character in cinematic universe as there were Ellen Ripley and Lara Croft before her, she is one of the toughest protagonists in contemporary American Cinema. The story about Alice is loosely based on a video game and was successfully brought to a silver screen in 2002. Alice 's struggle with the evil Umbrella Corporation

Everyone has different personalities but interestingly, most of the people have tried to become identical recently. They just follow the instructions of who they should be as much as they saw in the media instead of discovering their true selves. These instructions are mainly created by society and people are getting these instructions mostly in movies and in other media channels. Most of them can be called as gender roles which means the spesific attitudes and behaviors given by society to people

Céline Smith CAT Speech Proposal 11 August 2015 Socialization and social forces rather than natural differences influence gender behavior. Society, culture, politics, location and so on, are what gender roles are dependent on. Gender stereotyping in literature is significantly influential especially in children’s books as they are the key culture method for teaching children gender roles. It is literature that has caused many unnatural masculine and feminine characteristics to become

Leia because they are a main part of the movies as well. In addition, people can see a lot of characters in movies now days that have copied the idea and personality of Princess Leia in other films like Hunger games, Divergent, and Tomb Raider: Lara Croft movies. Other films and TV shows have shown to be influenced by the general idea of Star Wars movies. In short, the reason why Star Wars has able to inspire other films is because of its unique storytelling and being able to tie in each person’s

"Rise of the Strong Female Protagonists - Representation of Women in Contemporary American Cinema" Cinema has always been an integral part of a culture and has been presenting various ideals of the time such as gender roles. American Cinema has been abundant of gender representation and through many years the roles of men and women have been presented according to the formulaic stereotypes. For a long time up to the present, men have dominated the movie industry and have been depicted as saviours

Are actors and professional athletes overpaid? The film industry and professional sports are regarded to be the most profitable business sector in the present scenario. The professional artists and film actors earn millions of dollars due to their talent.many people might have had a dream to be popular and earn more like they do. Despite the fact that their profession is not an easy job that could be done by common people, they are more prone to criticism resulting from their overpaid work. However