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    A Review of the Opening Sequence of Pretty Woman Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy, which is based on the stories of Cinderella, the Prince and the Pauper and My fair lady. The film was produced in 1990 and directed by Garry Marshall. It is set in the Hollywood hills and the rough Hollywood Boulevard. Richard Gere and Julia Roberts play the two main characters, Vivien Ward and Edward Lewis. Edward is a wealthy man who is respected and admired by others. Whereas Vivien

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    A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Pretty Woman In the introduction to his book, The Sublime Object of Ideology, Slavoj Zizek acquaints readers with his book’s tripartite aim. He plans, among other things, to illustrate concepts fundamental to Lacanian psychoanalysis – an intention which will serve to further his more ambitious goal “to reactualize Hegelian dialectics by giving it a new reading” in the light of Lacanian psychoanalysis – and “to contribute to the theory of ideology via a new reading

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    Pretty Woman I watched the movie, g Pretty Womanh. The main actors are Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. This movie is a modern version of the Cinderella story, and this is a romantic comedy that made a big hit all over the world. This movie is one of the Academy Award Nominations. The director is Garry Marshall, and the production is Arnon Milchan. Also,it was written by J.F. Lawton . The movie was released in 1990 . Characters There are two main characters in the movie. One of them is Vivian Ward

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    The popular film Pretty Woman is an American romantic comedy that depicts the unlikely love affair of two individuals from different social classes. Edward, a rich and successful businessman, finds Vivian, a strong-minded prostitute struggling to pay rent, on the streets of Los Angeles while looking for directions. After briefly parting ways, Edward invites Vivian into his hotel, where she is evidently very out of place. When they arrive at his penthouse, Vivian tries to initiate sex and to her surprise

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    longer black and white; there is no longer a certain way a woman is supposed to act, modern women are depicted differently from the way they were in the past, this is due to the new norms in society that has been molded throughout time. This can be proven with the old fairy tale “Cinderella” by Charles Perrault and the 1990s movie Pretty Woman directed by Garry Marshall. To begin with, these two story and film both revolved around a woman who goes through many challenges and then found the love of

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    Phenomenal Woman is a poem written by an American poet, activist and a storyteller, Maya Angelou. Phenomenal Woman boasts the powerful and captivating beauty and sexuality of the speaker that attracts men to her. This sexuality includes her independence as well as confidence through all types of cultural norms. Including moral, familial, religious and economic. The concept of sexuality tends to be influenced by these aspects. Interestingly, Maya Angelou’s biography contradicts with her poem. As

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    Ed. Longman), Immoral is defined as morally wrong, and not acceptable by society. Pretty Woman and Breakfast at Tiffany’s are two very immoral movie pictures. Although, they have a lot of differences; however, they are similar in three specific ways: their attraction, their poverty, and their transformation One important similarity between Pretty Woman and Breakfast at Tiffany’s is their attraction. In Pretty Woman, Vivian is a Los Angeles prostitute with her lifestyle and a need to pay her rent

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    The Hollywood movie Pretty Woman (1990) is about a prostitute in Hollywood, marrying an extremely rich businessman, in spite of her mutual distrust and prejudice. The movie contains the basic narrative of the Cinderella tale: through the love and help of a man of a higher social position, a girl of a lower social status moves up to join the man at his level. Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) in Pretty Woman comes from a small town in Georgia, and works as a prostitute on the streets of Hollywood to support

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    once he stop and asked her if he could buy her for the night. This was the beginning of a truly romantic relationship for Edward and Vivian. The review author stated, “Pretty Woman is often described as a romantic comedy.” He say this because of the director was best known for writing comedies, I solely disagree. Pretty Woman character Vivian was a shy prostitute, she did not know what to expect from Edward when she got to the hotel room. Edward is charming, attracted,

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    these imposed roles by society. Chopin opens her novel with the a parrot in a cage repeating the same phrase over and over. The parrot is pretty to look at, but when the bird speaks it is very annoying. This is the way women were potrayed in the late 19th century restricted to very limited space in society, --- "hung in a cage outside the door" pretty to look at, but annoying because

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