“What’s Up Doc?” and “Harold and Maude” are both romantic comedies, yet their differences are in the details, making them wholly individual and similar all the same. They both show romantic relationships in the forms of Judy and Maude respectively, but “What’s Up Doc?” has the opposing force as Eunice (a platonic relationship) and “Harold and Maude” has an opposing force in Harold’s mom (a parental relationship). “What’s Up Doc?” shows the dynamics of the characters using light-hearted comedy, while “Harold and Maude” uses a dose of black comedy and realistic issues as a way of conveying the relationships between the different characters. It is clear in “What’s Up Doc?” that Judy has developed romantic feelings towards Howard when she serenades …show more content…
In “What’s Up Doc?” Howard is very reluctant to allow Judy in his life, but slowly accepts it as she continuously pesters him while in “Harold and Maude” …show more content…
Early on, Mrs. Chasen is shown as dismissive of her son, waving off his suicide attempts as silly grabs for attention. Some of Harold’s feelings for his mother are exposed when a psychiatrist asks if his suicides were done for his mother’s benefit, in which Harold replies, “No. No, I would not say benefit.” Further on, it is revealed that Harold is hoping to garner a true emotional response from his mother like the day she thought he was really dead and has tried to invoke the same feelings in her since for his own benefit. Mrs. Chasen decides she knows what’s best for him when she fills out the dating service survey for herself and not Harold. A point of view shot is shown as Harold stares down the barrel of the gun at his mother before he then makes the customary suicide attempt on himself, giving the viewer a sense of apprehension at Harold’s feelings towards his mother. When Harold is seen practicing the banjo, Mrs. Chasen pays little attention, even though she should be thrilled that he has a hobby that is not going to funerals. When Harold shares his plan to marry Maude with his mother, she instantly disapproves, yet Harold just walks away, no longer going along with her wishes. The montage of various people talking to Harold about his relationship with Maude is spurred by his mother, showing her to be the main opposing force to their relationship and Harold’s
Throughout her marriages Janie has grown and become a mature woman. When she married Logan Killicks she was a young girl with no idea of the harsh world. She learned that she does not want to be with Logan. “Ah wants to want him sometimes” (Hurston; 3, 26). He does not treat her like wife should be treated, he treats her like a worker. She realizes that this horrible marriage to Logan is not what she dreamed about under the pear tree. When Janie meets Joe Starks he speaks to her in rhymes and promises her the world. Her dreams of a beautiful marriage are alive once again. Joe and Janie move to Eatonville, Florida, an all-black town where Joe becomes mayor. As time progresses and Joe gains more power and respect Janie feels lonely. Joe is so focused with his position that he unknowingly pushes Janie into loneliness and sadness. Joe had taken all the fun and life
Bowman. Rule # 1, never mix business with pleasure. Feeling full of herself, Karry brags to her coworkers about the condominium, new car and new fur coat Dr. Bowman purchase for her. However, when the question ascends about a marriage proposal, Karry avoids the question by talking about her vacation. Nurse Nancy at once responded by telling her that she should be rejoicing over a marriage proposal and not over the frivolous possessions. While alone with Dr. Bowman, Karry speaks with him about her desire to marry him. He sings convincible sweet notes of music while extracting a warm embrace. Karry becomes fragile of his congruent voice she quickly becomes concealed with a belief of true love. As noted this far, women are easily lured in with gifts and the announcement of love. Is it the affection that hinders the thought process or is it the showering of gifts or both? As the film unfolds, the viewer is stunned to find Dr. Bowman to be married and Karry as the caretaker during the delivery of his child. In most cases, the victim subconsciously recognizes issues in a relationship, but cannot bear the thought of exploring in fear of the truth or more deceits. As a result, the victim stays content in what their counterpart can give. For some, the acknowledgment of the truth is not as devastating as leaving and finding true love. What this play detail is excuses how women manage to mask themselves in avoidance to grasp what is present. The
We are born into this world with the realization that life is hard and that life is like a box of chocolates and it is hard to take it at face value. The majority of our time is spent trying to answer an endless stream of questions only to find the answers to be a complex path of even more questions. This film tells the story of Harold, a twenty year old lost in life and haunted by answerless questions. Harold is infatuated with death until he meets a good role model in Maude, an eighty year old woman that is obsessed with life and its avails. However, Maude does not answer all of Harold’s questions but she leads him to realize that there is a light at the end of everyone’s tunnel if you pursue it to utmost extremes by being whatever you
Nanny makes Janie believe that marriage makes love and forces her to wed a much older man, Logan Killicks. Jones believes that Janie?s first efforts at marriage show her as an ?enslaved and semi-literate? figure restrained to Nanny?s traditional beliefs about money, happiness and love (372). Unfortunately Janie?s dream of escasty does not involve Killicks. Her first dream is dead. Janie utters, ?Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think? (Hurston 23). Logan began to slap Janie for control over
The characters of Daisy and Judy are similar in their selfish personalities and want of material things. Both women led the men on, but end up married to other men and are unhappy in their marriages. Jay and Dexter become a distraction to the woman while they are trying to win them back, but it is ultimately not enough. All the money in the world will not fix the second part to both men’s dreams, the loves of their life. Despite all the success, their money can’t buy them the one thing they’ve been striving for and dreaming of.
Janie's grandmother was one of the most important influences in her life, raising her since from an infant and passing on her dreams to Janie. Janie's mother ran away from home soon after Janie was born. With her father also gone, the task of raising Janie fell to her grandmother, Nanny. Nanny tells Janie "Fact uh de matter, Ah loves yuh a whole heap more'n Ah do yo' mama, de one Ah did birth" (Hurston 31). Nanny's dream is for Janie to attain a position of security in society, "high ground" as she puts it (32). As the person who raised her, Nanny feels that it is both her right and obligation to impose her dreams and her ideas of what is important in life on Janie. The strong relationship between mother and child is important in the African-American community, and the conflict between Janie's idyllic view of marriage and Nanny's wish for her to marry for stability and position is a good illustration of just how deep the respect and trust runs. Janie has a very romantic notion of what marriage should be. "She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace . . . so this was a marriage," is how the narrator describes it (24). Nanny's idea of a good marriage is someone who has some standing in the community, someone who will get Janie to that higher ground. Nanny wants Janie to marry Logan Killicks, but according to her "he look like some ole
In Janie’s relationship with Jody she struggles with having a voice and never getting to make decisions in her marriage. When Jody makes a speech at the lighting of the lamp Tony and the town ask if Janie wants to say something but Jody speaks for Janie and insisted that “ [his] wife don't know nothin’ ‘bout no speech-makin. [And] [that] he never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home” (Hurston, 43).
Harold is a young boy who is an attention seeker, a disturbed child and one who is obsessed with death. He loves to act out suicide scenes for a hobby, which usually means that there are deeper issues. Maude, who is an older lady is also interested in death but she is as some people describe her to be “high on life” is always joyous and looking to live life to the fullest.
She discovered something about the case when selling carrots at home. There was a plant that was making predators go crazy. Judy had not giving up quite yet on her dreams. She was going to save the day. When Judy found out that Mayor Bellwether was targeting the predators so that the prey could get all the power. She saved the day, and went back to being a cop. Judy never gave on the challenge she was given, the real world. At the end she left everyone with the words of:
Drama, love, heartache, adventure, a vicious dog chase, and even a geriatric battle is notably integrated into Disney Pixar’s compelling animated film UP. Director Pete Docter and Co-director Bob Peterson have not only managed to deliver these scenes flawlessly, but they also offer a renewed perspective on intergenerational friendships.
At the start of A Matter of Balance, Harold struggles with emotional imbalance. Attending counselling sessions and spending time panning in provincial parks are solutions he practices to cope with the death of his wife. About a year has past since her death, and he is slowly returning to the balance he had before. The death of loved ones is always difficult to deal with, moreover if they died a violent death.
Poppy yelled, “ I won’t let that happen!” So Poppy and Judy were fighting and like Stitch,Judy was passed out and Poppy drug her out of the house.
Regardless of the deleterious internal effects on her psyche, Mrs. Alving protects and uphold her values. She respects marriage;
It is also at this same time that the reader becomes aware of Bertha’s yearning for her husband. It is very evident in the line, “She only wanted to get in touch with him for a moment (146).” Bertha is brimming with life, she wants to reach out and share it with someone. She tries to share it with her baby, but “all her feeling of bliss came back again, and again, she didn’t know how to express it (146).” Bertha has trouble expressing these new feelings to others. The nanny is angry when Bertha wants to feed the child, showing how little Bertha is involved in her daughter’s life. The audience becomes aware that Bertha and her husband are not intimate; they have more of a friendship and partnership. With Bertha saying that she wanted to get in touch with Harry, an explanation for her feelings begins to suggest itself; without her realizing what is happening, he sexual desire is brewing inside of her.
The narrator Judy classifies herself as a wife and a mother, realizing the many duties she had to do to keep up with her family. Judy lists the reasons why she wants a wife using literary purposes. Now already having experience what it was like being in a role of a wife, taking a bold stand. So the reader realizes the major roles wife’s play in a husbands life and isn’t always equal yet it’s what is expected of a wife. Giving her opinion on basic gender roles, Judy believes the wife does everything and the husband