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Tim Burton - Film Analysis

            Often, women are portrayed in weak roles, and decisions are made for them by men. In Alice in Wonderland and Corpses Bride both Alice and Emily are initially put into uncomfortable situations due to their femininity. Both females encounter unwanted marriages,but are able to follow their true desires to be free. Both films portray a strong female lead to show that when put in difficult circumstances , women can over come their stereotypes and do what their hearts desire.
             At that time marriages were very different to what they are now. The societies conception of marriage was to arrange someone with similar status of social class. If you were poor you would most likely be married to someone of lower class, and if you were wealthy you would be arranged with someone of higher class. In Corpse Bride Victor and Victoria`s situation their marriage was arranged as a business deal. in exchange for something else. During the Victorian Era marriages were often considered business deals and few for the idea of love. This was displayed in the film "Corpses Bride " when they prepare the arranged marriage to raise Victors families social class and Victorias family wealth.
             After a series of events Victor finds himself in a rather awkward position after he accidentally proposes to a dead bride Emily. Emily had been robbed and killed by a her fiance' while they snuck off into the woods to secretly elope . No one had ever discovered what happened to Emily, so her body had stayed buried over the years in the woods. This tragic event somehow falls right into place where Victor had been practising his vows after messing up at the wedding rehearsal in the woods where he had finally said the vows correctly and placed the ring on Emily's finger which at the time appeared to look like an uprooted twig. Emily's spirit and corpse rises and accepts his request upon marriage. Victor quickly comes to his senses when he realizes what he had done.


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