Thursday, October 4, 2012

Could anyone give me references to fiction, films and academic texts that portray women as evil?


Question


Could anyone give me references to fiction, films and academic texts that portray women as evil?
I am doing my dissertation on how women are portrayed as deviant if they do not follow the guidelines society has laid for them. This would include women always being labelled badv in religion because of Adam and Eve. In academic texts such as Pollak, Lombroso etc. In films I have alot of examples eg, Thelma and Loiuse, Butterfields , Waterloo Bridge, Fatal Attraction Bad women dying at the end.


Answer


Pride and Prejudice book shows most girls to be flighty and gossipy.brbrThe greek plays were great for that Medea killed her own children and poisoned her husbands mistress.... Probably a bit of Elektra Greek play, not the film!!brbrShakespeare, as mentioned, altho youll find that quite a few of those have their foundations in roman and greek stories.brbrAlso, dont underestimate the Bible etc... Mary Magdelane the ideas of either virgin or whore orignated, arguably, from there.brbrVanity fair book might be worth a look, ive not read it but think becky sharpe, the main character, is supposed to be a total brbrThrough the enlightenment, rationality was supposed to govern all and men were deemed rational, women irrational... I did a unit in crime between and it demonstrated the criminalisation of women. For example, prostitution was a key crime of the quotdangerous classesquot because a prostitute with a STD could potentially take out a whole regiment, at a time when the British Empire was growing. Emsley is a really easy read on this!brbrGood luck!



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