... mind. As we follow Jeffrey's discovery of his dark side we are forced to "look" beyond the surface. Gendered and active spectatorship produce narrative identifications such as the male "gaze" within Blue Velvet. Mulvey believes "pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female." Thus ... the audience and the intra-diegetic look of the male characters. In popular cinema, point of view shots and shot/reverse shot editing techniques are used to achieve the effect of seeing the female characters as objects of desire through the eyes of the male characters. In Blue ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... tribulations as it passes through adolescence due to the fact that it lacks a defining gender. X enjoys playing sports, but at the same time, X enjoys playing house too. By using the narrative story structure, Gould is able to mold what she wants the reader to feel about her piece and the theme using words to, in a sense, take the reader on a guided ... as if she was waving one finger at the reader in attempt to punish the reader for being part of a society that created this problem. The use of these literary techniques helps to give a solid foundation to the theme. By using different t...

• Word Count: 1388
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , both Du Bois and Delany focus on segregation and the harmful effects caused by either racial or sexual prejudice. The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. Both of them employ apocalyptic language, with Du Bois displaying it explicitly and Delany implicitly. In this paper, apocalyptic language refers to the extent ... contrast used above is to emphasize Jim's experience of isolation as a black person in a society in which white people are considered superior. The next instance where water appears in the narrativ...

• Word Count: 2007
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... ;aggressive, dominating and boastful.' Women were often portayed as subordinate in their songs and represented as sex objects on LP covers. The music was 'loud, rhythmically insistent, built around techniques of arousal and climax, the lyrics are assertive and arrogant...cock rockers' musical skills become synonymous with their sexual skills' (Frith and McRobbie, 1978: 7). They believe that men dominate and ... performers; 2.) The use of gendered terms (e.g. 'feminine ending' or 'feminine cadence'); 3.) The stereotypically gendered portrayal of female (and male) characters...

• Word Count: 2281
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate