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The Females In Shrek And Finding Nemo

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Benjamin Reyes
Professor Keith
Composition 1102
2 December 2014
The Females in Film Movies are an adventure. Whether it’s a fictional galaxy far far away or a true tale of the modern day hero, film has the ability to tell an intriguing story unlike any other medium. Unfortunately, most of these stories told have a similar problem circulating around the demotion of female characters to male characters. Female characters are more often than not othered by their male counterparts and their roles, personality, and purpose in films reflect it. This problem isn’t specific to one genre, nonetheless it’s a cancerous disease spreading the body of work that is film. The first movie genre highlighted is animated films. Many animated films have strong female characters but most still fall under the similar plotline of a girl needing her hero to save her in whatever situation she is in. A few examples are the film franchises Shrek and Finding Nemo. In the series Shrek, a recurring theme throughout all three films is …show more content…

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