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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ALL You Have Viewed Too Many Free Essays, Term Papers, and Book Reports. Examining the Representation of Masculinity in Films Examining the Representation of Masculinity in Films In order to gain an understanding of the varying representation of masculinity through the 1940’s, I have decided to study two films in detail, The Big Sleep (1946), and Dead Reckoning (1947), and to compare them where relevant to the earlier film The Maltese Falcon (1941). My reasoning behind these choices is two-fold. Firstly I feel the later films give clear examples of a ‘crisis of masculinity’ in the post-war male. I was also influenced by the fact that Humphrey Bogart takes the lead male role in each film, thus making comparisons, and differences between his characters easier. Bogart stars as private investigator Phillip Marlowe in The Big Sleep (1946), an adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel. Hired by a millionaire invalid general to stop an acquaintance of his wild and badly behaved daughter, Carmen, from blackmailing him. This is the beginning of Marlowe’s rapid descent into the dark noir world of murder and extortion. There are countless examples where Marlowe has little power over the situation he has found himself in, or where he is de-masculinised or belittled by the other characters. One example of this is he inability to act when Geiger is shot. Marlowe is outside of rip, film, over, marlowe, rip’s, johnny, male, coral, world, war, noir, murdock, masculine, characters, women, johnny’s, time, men, masculinity, lundgren, house, fact, example, bogart, being, because, after, whilst, through, takes, spade, society, sleep, reckoning, private, power, general, geiger, films, disappearance, dead, character, big, between, again, 1947, within, understand, shown, sexual, relationship Word Count: 1782 Acceptance_Essays American_History Anatomy_&_Physiology Animal_Science_&_Zoology Anthropology Architecture Art Astronomy Aviation Biographies Book_Reports Business Computers Creative_Writing Current_Events Economics Education Engineering English Environmental_Science Ethics European_History Film_&_TV Foreign_Languages Geography Government_&_Politics Health_&_Beauty History_Other Human_Sexuality Legal_Issues Marketing Mathematics Medicine Miscellaneous Music Mythology Philosophy Physics Poetry Political_Science Psychology Religion Science Shakespeare Social_Issues Sociology Speech Sports_&_Recreation Supernatural Technology Theater Theses_&_Dissertations

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