9.2: It was ironic that the Abbess would scold the nun for taking a lover when she herself had one, who was a priest by the way, and not only did she basically rat herself out by mistakenly wearing pants on her head but she had the nerve to scold the nun without realizing she had it on and giving herself away. The other nuns didn't notice either as they were to blind by the fact that they just caught a fellow nun in an act of sin, they were committing a sin of their own being full of pride and feeling above her because she did wrong and got caught.
When the Abbess realizes that she got caught though she changes her persona and she lets the nun keep her lover as she is not going to revoke hers and the other nuns look upon the nun with envy that she got away and she still had a lover. The nuns then look to satisfy their needs in others ways, in the end it hints that they themselves go and start to live in sin a little. The way the Abbess changed her mind about criticizing the other nun made it seem like it was okay to live in sin as long as people outside didn't know.
9.3: Women seem to get the short end of the stick and men always find a way to invoke their power over them. Tessa is always blamed for the misfortune that befalls Calandrino. Women are seen as bad luck, like sailors thought at one point that having a woman on border would bring them bad luck and women have been the cause of arguments and fights between couples and other men. Women are also the ones that get beaten on by men when something goes wrong or they do wrong to the men. Men pick and beat on the women because women are seen as fragile creatures and are easy targets.
9.5: We do see a drastic change, a nice change with instead Tessa being the target of abuse Calandrino is. He is caught with another woman with the help of his friends trapping him in that predicament and incouraging him to have an affair. They then backstab him and get his wife to find out about him and his "lover" though they never really get to have sex. When Tessa finds them she immediately has no fear and is so full of angry, begins to beat on Caladrino and it was funny how she made the comment of how he would let another woman get him pregnant, though she should know that men can't get pregnant. It was good to see a woman taking charge and standing up for herself, and I believe that is what Boccaccio is trying to show that women have power too, men are dogs and they need to be punished as well. They need to be taught a lesson on the wrong that they have committed and women need to dole out the beatings too, not just take them (though they shouldn't be taking beatings at all). In reading about Calandrino and his foolishness, one simpathizes with the wife and feels that she had every right to beat Calandrino for a wrong that he committed as he beat her up for things she didn't do with I found that ironic the way the reasons behind the beatings were reverse as well.
9.6: I got confused as some points in the story as to where people were and who was sleeping with who and how one person made to another persons bed. I tried to visualize which bed would be where but I couldn't see it and I really had to go back and reread. It was a clever story and the way the characters were trying to outwit each other thinking that they other one didn't know. Like when Pinuccio saw that he was in the wrong bed but went along with whatever it was that was being said about him. I like how the host's wife was the one to manipulate and make it so that she was not found out that she had been with another man. She basically covered for herself, Pinuccio and Adriano and her daughter just by saying that Pinuccio had been sleeping walking, that this was all a dream, none of what was being said was real. This is like 7.5 where both the wives don't really lie but use what is being said by their husbands to form a sort of loop hole to get out of lying. Their husbands speak for them and they just agree with and use what they say to form an alibi.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
In many of Baccaccio's stories the friars and nuns are never really holy and it's true today that the spiritual figures that are around are not as holy as we thought. These spiritual leaders are suppose to be setting examples yet they go around doing what we are told are sinful and we should not be doing. In this story about the nobleman turned friar who still indulged in his regular activities, Baccaccio vents out about how he feels about those who claim to be holy and one with God, to be servants of the Lord. He mentions on pages 489-499 how friars "dress up in finely dyed, elegant garments" (Boccaccio, 499) rather than the "coarse, woolen robes of natural colors made to keep out the cold rather than to appear stylish." (Boccaccio, 499) He also mentioned the way their cells were stored with bottles that contain liquor and perfume and it more resembled an apothecary than a friars cell.
The theme I believe is lust or how humans no matter what are driven by nature, by desire and sins are ever present and are in everyone no matter who you are. Though they try to use excuse to get out of it sin is sin and there is no way to mask it.
In the story about the wife who trick her jealous husband there is a whole paragraph, a type of prologue to the story that talks of how women should be praised and comended for standing up for themselves against the husbands that wrong them. Also, women should not be caged as if animals, they are human too and deserve to be free and have a day of rest. Women should not be the only ones punished when they commit a crime but men should too. I think today it had progressed a little but there is still a double standard when it comes to men and women. Men aren't always punished the same as women and they are punished differently at times too for the same crime committed.
"in a region which is called Bengodi, where they tie up vineyards with sausages and where you can have a goose for a penny and a gosling thrown in for good measure, and there was a mountain there made entirely of grated Parmesian chess upon which lived people who did nothing but make macaroni and ravioli" (Baccaccio, 565) this was comedic in a way where who would fall for that but then you find that Calandrino really believes it.
"being a woman she can cause everything to lose it's power" (Baccaccio, 572) this quote just stood out to me and it was like of course you would blame a woman for your troubles instead of yourself.
In the story about the scholar who got duped and then got revenge on the lady and her maidservant at the end, I found the story to be myers ting but cruel. I took the side of Rinieri and I think that was the one that Boccaccio wanted his readers to take sympathy for at first, but then you have to have some sympathy for Elena who, the poor thing is out there with no sunblack and is becoming dehydrated and she is not looking good and she begs Rinieri to let her go and give her her clothes, leave her with her honor but she doesn't see that she stripped him of his so why should he let her keep hers. Besides everyone knew already what was going on between the two of them and her ex lover. She was just being foolish and she was vain to think that her beauty could over come anything. It almost did her almost didn't go through with it but he reminded himself of what he went through and he got focused again. When it comes to intelligence it is that one should not over think and believe that they have something in the bag, then realize it never really was captured and secured it in the first place. She went to far keeping him out there for so long she overstepped her bounds. She got cocky and believed that she not only got her man bit made a fool of another so easily and in the end she was easily duped.
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The theme I believe is lust or how humans no matter what are driven by nature, by desire and sins are ever present and are in everyone no matter who you are. Though they try to use excuse to get out of it sin is sin and there is no way to mask it.
In the story about the wife who trick her jealous husband there is a whole paragraph, a type of prologue to the story that talks of how women should be praised and comended for standing up for themselves against the husbands that wrong them. Also, women should not be caged as if animals, they are human too and deserve to be free and have a day of rest. Women should not be the only ones punished when they commit a crime but men should too. I think today it had progressed a little but there is still a double standard when it comes to men and women. Men aren't always punished the same as women and they are punished differently at times too for the same crime committed.
"in a region which is called Bengodi, where they tie up vineyards with sausages and where you can have a goose for a penny and a gosling thrown in for good measure, and there was a mountain there made entirely of grated Parmesian chess upon which lived people who did nothing but make macaroni and ravioli" (Baccaccio, 565) this was comedic in a way where who would fall for that but then you find that Calandrino really believes it.
"being a woman she can cause everything to lose it's power" (Baccaccio, 572) this quote just stood out to me and it was like of course you would blame a woman for your troubles instead of yourself.
In the story about the scholar who got duped and then got revenge on the lady and her maidservant at the end, I found the story to be myers ting but cruel. I took the side of Rinieri and I think that was the one that Boccaccio wanted his readers to take sympathy for at first, but then you have to have some sympathy for Elena who, the poor thing is out there with no sunblack and is becoming dehydrated and she is not looking good and she begs Rinieri to let her go and give her her clothes, leave her with her honor but she doesn't see that she stripped him of his so why should he let her keep hers. Besides everyone knew already what was going on between the two of them and her ex lover. She was just being foolish and she was vain to think that her beauty could over come anything. It almost did her almost didn't go through with it but he reminded himself of what he went through and he got focused again. When it comes to intelligence it is that one should not over think and believe that they have something in the bag, then realize it never really was captured and secured it in the first place. She went to far keeping him out there for so long she overstepped her bounds. She got cocky and believed that she not only got her man bit made a fool of another so easily and in the end she was easily duped.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
"All about My Mother"
I found it interesting the different 'range' of women in the film and how it just wasn't the regular group of women who were all straight. I liked that it was different from what you would consider as normal. I would never have expected that a nun would have sexual relations with a man who looks like a woman, who is a woman on the outside. The way the film states about gender, femininity and sexuality to me, gender is defined as the sex of a person or what they are categorized as, either a man or a woman. In the film there were transexual women who break that definition as in they were one gender and then they were transformed into another just by adding breast, defining hips and face. The female gender is being defined by the shape and the movement and personality of a person. Though they are not true women, Lola and Agrado both give off attributes of women and are defined when seed as women because of the way they dress, their personality and how they carry themselves. Femininity is a female quality that must have helped Lola and Agrado decide that they wanted to be women and that femininity though is a trait that is associated with women are in everyone as well as masculinity is in everyone. This is a film though that is centered on women and in each they show their femininity. With sexuality which is defined as the quality or state of being sexual and in the film there is a lot of sexual activity, contact, messages. There is the almost rape of Agrado in the beginning and then the circle of whores, prostitutes that men were driving around and checking out. There is the way the Agrado and Manuela greet each other and hold each other. Then, there is the way that Nina is trying to see Agrado's penis and then the guy actor trying to get Agrado to suck it. Sexuality in this film is portrayed as normal in this film and is an everyday thing. Some people make it a part of their living and others want something different when it comes to sexuality.
In the film "All about My Mother", to me there is more than one mother in this film, or more than one type of mother being portrayed in the film. There is Manuela, who is not only a mother to her son but also a mother to the nun Rosa who turns to her when she finds herself pregnant. She is also a mother like figure to the actress Huma and Nina as she takes care of them and sees that things are done for them or covers up for them like she did when Nina got to high to speak and was unable to act out her part.
Then there is Rosa's mother, who is not only mothering her husband who looks to have Alzheimer but she is a mother to Rosa though she is not supportive in her desire to go to El Salvador. She is a typical mother who feels that she knows best for her child even though her child is now a grown woman and can make her own decisions. She is also a person who judges as she turned Manuela away, believing in her story and judging her by her looks that she was a whore and would have nothing to do with her, not even caring about her as a person or what she had for skills or anything.
There is also Rosa who is about to be a mother and she does care for the needy and the unemployed, trying to help those in need. She is not prepared to be a mother but her morals tells her to keep the child and though she does not live to be a mother she still looks out for her child and makes sure that her child has someone to look after them.
I think that Esteban is speaking in the story as even after he dies his notes are read and they speak about his mother and what he thinks about her and what he feels in their relationship. He is brought up a lot in the movie and in the end he is brought up when Manuela and Rosa meet at the cafe and Esteban's last words were read out loud.
I found the dedication at the end of the movie interesting and it got me thinking when brought up as a topic in interest about the film. When it says "To all actresses who have played actresses" brings up the way Manuela played Stella in an amateur theater group and then played Nina's part as Stella. Then there is Huma who I think plays as another famous actress. Then the dedication goes on to "To all woman who act" which to me means to the women who act all these different parts in life, as a mother, a sister, a lover, a friend, a care giver. Then it could also be interpreted as the women who hide behind a part or act in front of others to conceal what they don't want others to see. I liked the line "To men who act and become women", it immediately makes me think of drag queens and of course in the film or Agrado. They are men who act like and transform themselves into women. In the film there there is Lola and there is Agrado who were once men but are now women and act as feminine as women, though Agrado and Lola both screw girls even though I would think if you wanted to be a woman you would want the whole deals as in wanting a male partner as well. The last part was sweet with it going as such: "To all people who want to be mothers. To my mother." That makes me think of those women who can't have children or women who don't live to be mothers. That seems to tie with Rosa who gets pregnant and wants to be a mother but sees that she won't be able to and won't live to be one which is why she makes Manuela promise to take care of her child should anything happen to her. It also makes me think of the Huma and Nina's relationship and how Nina left Huma for a man and has kids already with him. Lesbian couples can't have true children of their own that are made of their own genes, that contains their own DNA because they are missing the other half that makes a baby. Huma was hurt that her lover turned her down to be with a man and that she got what she wanted that they could never have together as a woman-woman couple. The last part was a clear dedication to his mother, to the one that supported him and continues to do so and if not for her, he would not be in this world or who he is now.
In the film "All about My Mother", to me there is more than one mother in this film, or more than one type of mother being portrayed in the film. There is Manuela, who is not only a mother to her son but also a mother to the nun Rosa who turns to her when she finds herself pregnant. She is also a mother like figure to the actress Huma and Nina as she takes care of them and sees that things are done for them or covers up for them like she did when Nina got to high to speak and was unable to act out her part.
Then there is Rosa's mother, who is not only mothering her husband who looks to have Alzheimer but she is a mother to Rosa though she is not supportive in her desire to go to El Salvador. She is a typical mother who feels that she knows best for her child even though her child is now a grown woman and can make her own decisions. She is also a person who judges as she turned Manuela away, believing in her story and judging her by her looks that she was a whore and would have nothing to do with her, not even caring about her as a person or what she had for skills or anything.
There is also Rosa who is about to be a mother and she does care for the needy and the unemployed, trying to help those in need. She is not prepared to be a mother but her morals tells her to keep the child and though she does not live to be a mother she still looks out for her child and makes sure that her child has someone to look after them.
I think that Esteban is speaking in the story as even after he dies his notes are read and they speak about his mother and what he thinks about her and what he feels in their relationship. He is brought up a lot in the movie and in the end he is brought up when Manuela and Rosa meet at the cafe and Esteban's last words were read out loud.
I found the dedication at the end of the movie interesting and it got me thinking when brought up as a topic in interest about the film. When it says "To all actresses who have played actresses" brings up the way Manuela played Stella in an amateur theater group and then played Nina's part as Stella. Then there is Huma who I think plays as another famous actress. Then the dedication goes on to "To all woman who act" which to me means to the women who act all these different parts in life, as a mother, a sister, a lover, a friend, a care giver. Then it could also be interpreted as the women who hide behind a part or act in front of others to conceal what they don't want others to see. I liked the line "To men who act and become women", it immediately makes me think of drag queens and of course in the film or Agrado. They are men who act like and transform themselves into women. In the film there there is Lola and there is Agrado who were once men but are now women and act as feminine as women, though Agrado and Lola both screw girls even though I would think if you wanted to be a woman you would want the whole deals as in wanting a male partner as well. The last part was sweet with it going as such: "To all people who want to be mothers. To my mother." That makes me think of those women who can't have children or women who don't live to be mothers. That seems to tie with Rosa who gets pregnant and wants to be a mother but sees that she won't be able to and won't live to be one which is why she makes Manuela promise to take care of her child should anything happen to her. It also makes me think of the Huma and Nina's relationship and how Nina left Huma for a man and has kids already with him. Lesbian couples can't have true children of their own that are made of their own genes, that contains their own DNA because they are missing the other half that makes a baby. Huma was hurt that her lover turned her down to be with a man and that she got what she wanted that they could never have together as a woman-woman couple. The last part was a clear dedication to his mother, to the one that supported him and continues to do so and if not for her, he would not be in this world or who he is now.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Decameron Day 4
5.8- From what I could gather frM the text, to me the women were the ones with the power. They were the ones being taught the lesson be uase they were the ones who had he power to make men feel bad about themselves and do the things they do for them. The girl that Nastagio is in love with is not letting up the guy, she is tormenting and on page 420 it says that "because of her singular beauty or perhaps because if her exalted rank, she became so haughty and disdainful that she disliked everything about him", didn't even give the guy a chance, she just immediately thought herself better than him. Though the women seem to be the ones that are dominating, the men aren't pitting up with it what with the example of the knight and woman who are forever condemned to her being chased by him until caught and then killed by him. It was smart of him to use the condemned couple to teach the girl he was in love with lesson. Here witness used for good, for the better of the couple because if they had continued on the way they did they would be the same as the knight and the naked lady.
5.9- my interpretation of the quote "I would rather have a man who lacks money than money that lacks a man", I believe that by this the woman is trying to say that money is not what she is most concerned with, what she wants is a guy who is a true man in all senses as to her her husband is not. She already justified her reason to have sex with other men because her husband had not touched her and he never would be wise his interest lied with men. She makes the comment that "such enjoyment is commendable in me, whereas in him it is most blameworthy, for I would only be breaking the law, but he breaks both that law and the law of Nature as well." (pg433) so because he is gay she finds it alright to have sexual relations with another man as her breaking one law is t so bad as he has already broken more than she. She does not view him as a real man and that can be justified by the fact that it wasn't accepted at the time to be gay, and in the eyes of the church what he was doing was wrong, wasn't as if he wasn't having sexual relations. In the texts it looks like the husband is having affairs on the side as it says in her speech, "This sorry man abandons me to go up the dry path in clogs but I shall see about taking someone else aboard ship for the wet." her husband Pierto looked to marry her just so that others would get off his casebut he wasn't being honest about who he really was and she asks in her speech, "he knew I was a woman, so why did he marry me if women were not to his liking?" I think that it wasn't a real reason to cheat, just because her husband was gay but also he shouldn't really have been mad as he doesn't really like women and it worked out in the end. They both got something out of it in the end.
5.9- my interpretation of the quote "I would rather have a man who lacks money than money that lacks a man", I believe that by this the woman is trying to say that money is not what she is most concerned with, what she wants is a guy who is a true man in all senses as to her her husband is not. She already justified her reason to have sex with other men because her husband had not touched her and he never would be wise his interest lied with men. She makes the comment that "such enjoyment is commendable in me, whereas in him it is most blameworthy, for I would only be breaking the law, but he breaks both that law and the law of Nature as well." (pg433) so because he is gay she finds it alright to have sexual relations with another man as her breaking one law is t so bad as he has already broken more than she. She does not view him as a real man and that can be justified by the fact that it wasn't accepted at the time to be gay, and in the eyes of the church what he was doing was wrong, wasn't as if he wasn't having sexual relations. In the texts it looks like the husband is having affairs on the side as it says in her speech, "This sorry man abandons me to go up the dry path in clogs but I shall see about taking someone else aboard ship for the wet." her husband Pierto looked to marry her just so that others would get off his casebut he wasn't being honest about who he really was and she asks in her speech, "he knew I was a woman, so why did he marry me if women were not to his liking?" I think that it wasn't a real reason to cheat, just because her husband was gay but also he shouldn't really have been mad as he doesn't really like women and it worked out in the end. They both got something out of it in the end.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Decameron Day 2 and Day 3
In answering question 2 about the tale that concerned the wild woman, we have heard actually accounts about this happening and how people adapt to their environment and what is around them affects how they act. The woman in the story after losing her kids in a sense replaces them with young wild animals who had lost their mother. As she kept living with the animals she became more and more like them. She was viewed as being "so tan, thin, and shaggy" similar to that of the roebucks that she was taking care of. She herself had developed animal like feelings, like when she protects the roebucks from the dogs. This not being natural though, when she is found by other they and she as well were shocked at the sight of her and what she was doing. It was as if her humanity was no longer there, it was all animal instincts. After traumatic experiences like losing your whole family and being left alone I think that greatly affected her humanity. She had a void in her life and she filled it with the next best thing which was the young roebucks. Humanity is viewed as something that is fragile here and that it can be lost to us.
Talking about the mute woman and man, I thought in concern with the mute man that he did that to gain advantage and it kid of back fired on him as he didn't find it so appealing after a while to be with all those women. The mute woman didn't choose to be mute, no one could understand her so she might as well not speak. The man had made a choice about it. The use of making the characters mute shows more of their actions and what they would do. Being mute for the woman showed that she had no choice and when under the influence even though she talked of only giving her virginity to her husband, when she felt it for the first time, had her first taste she gave into it with no hesitation. She was easily controlled by the men, just being passed over from on to the other, to me she was a bit slutty (I don't know if we can say that on our blogs, i couldn't come up with another word). She then lied about what really happened on her adventures and made the king believe she was a virgin when she clearly wasn't. The man who went and pretended to be mute so he could get into the convent and be viewed as harmless. That could be compared to politicians who only tell you what you want to hear and are viewed harmless. With gender roles, it is seen in the tale that the woman is mostly quiet and the men are the ones that talk and do all the planning. They are the ones that take control of the woman. In the tale of the mute man though there was a lot of talk from the woman and on purpose the man choose not to talk as part of his plan.
Talking about the mute woman and man, I thought in concern with the mute man that he did that to gain advantage and it kid of back fired on him as he didn't find it so appealing after a while to be with all those women. The mute woman didn't choose to be mute, no one could understand her so she might as well not speak. The man had made a choice about it. The use of making the characters mute shows more of their actions and what they would do. Being mute for the woman showed that she had no choice and when under the influence even though she talked of only giving her virginity to her husband, when she felt it for the first time, had her first taste she gave into it with no hesitation. She was easily controlled by the men, just being passed over from on to the other, to me she was a bit slutty (I don't know if we can say that on our blogs, i couldn't come up with another word). She then lied about what really happened on her adventures and made the king believe she was a virgin when she clearly wasn't. The man who went and pretended to be mute so he could get into the convent and be viewed as harmless. That could be compared to politicians who only tell you what you want to hear and are viewed harmless. With gender roles, it is seen in the tale that the woman is mostly quiet and the men are the ones that talk and do all the planning. They are the ones that take control of the woman. In the tale of the mute man though there was a lot of talk from the woman and on purpose the man choose not to talk as part of his plan.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Decameron Day 1 and Day 2
"And let me say the same thing to you, my lord, concerning the three Laws given to three people by God our Father which are the subject of the questions you put to me: each believes itself to be the true heir, to possess the true Law, and how to follow the true commandments, but whoever is right, just in case of the rings, is still undecided." (Boccaccio, 45) I thought this to be a clever response to solve the problem and get out of the trap that had been laid out for him. I saw it as if the boys didn't think that the other had the true ring that they all had power, that they were all heirs. Why contest something that could or couldn't be true? Ignorance is bliss here and helps to answer yet not answer the question that was proposed. The tale is so short, it is a quick tale to teach a moral to the reader. To think that after Melchisedech answered Saladin's question, Saladin comes out and right out just asks him for the money that he later pays back, more than he had to and Melchisedech was esteemed by Saladin who also praised him with gifts. In the end it was Melchisedech getting the better end of the deal.
"And if this is the case, we can recognize the greatness of God's mercy toward us which pays more attention to the purity of our faith than to our errors by granting our prayers in spite of the fact that we choose His enemy as our intercessor- fulfilling our requests to Him just as if we had chosen a true saint as intermediary for His grace." (Boccaccio, 37-38) I found this quote interesting and in a way sarcastic as to say that it doesn't matter what you did, as long as you believe in God and fear him he will grant you your request. It was so easy for Ser Ciappelletto to get those people to believe in what he said and to get them to accept his lies so he could be buried in the church. Not one person that he wronged before stood up and denied any claims that we made concerning him but I guess when someone dies the hate that was there is turned into pity for the person that is deceased.
"And since I have observed that in spite of all this, they do not succeed but, on the contrary, that your religion continuously grows and becomes brighter and more illustrious, I am justly of the opinion that it has the Holy Spirit as its foundation and support, and that it is truer and holier than any other religion; therefore, although I was once adamant and unheeding to your pleas and did not want to become a Christian, now I tell you most frankly that I would allow nothing to prevent me from becoming a Christian." I found it ironic that even though that guy didn't want his Jewish friend to go to the church because he knew how bad it was and it wouldn't help him convert it did only for different reasons. The jewish man converted because he thought that he could do better, teach people better about the word of god.
"And if this is the case, we can recognize the greatness of God's mercy toward us which pays more attention to the purity of our faith than to our errors by granting our prayers in spite of the fact that we choose His enemy as our intercessor- fulfilling our requests to Him just as if we had chosen a true saint as intermediary for His grace." (Boccaccio, 37-38) I found this quote interesting and in a way sarcastic as to say that it doesn't matter what you did, as long as you believe in God and fear him he will grant you your request. It was so easy for Ser Ciappelletto to get those people to believe in what he said and to get them to accept his lies so he could be buried in the church. Not one person that he wronged before stood up and denied any claims that we made concerning him but I guess when someone dies the hate that was there is turned into pity for the person that is deceased.
"And since I have observed that in spite of all this, they do not succeed but, on the contrary, that your religion continuously grows and becomes brighter and more illustrious, I am justly of the opinion that it has the Holy Spirit as its foundation and support, and that it is truer and holier than any other religion; therefore, although I was once adamant and unheeding to your pleas and did not want to become a Christian, now I tell you most frankly that I would allow nothing to prevent me from becoming a Christian." I found it ironic that even though that guy didn't want his Jewish friend to go to the church because he knew how bad it was and it wouldn't help him convert it did only for different reasons. The jewish man converted because he thought that he could do better, teach people better about the word of god.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Talk to her
I don't really get how the movie has a connection with the fairy tale of sleeping beauty. I mean there is the girl, Alicia as well as Lydia who are both in a coma though it's more Alicia than Lydia. Alicia is the daughter of a psychiatrist and appears to be his only child. So she is the princess in a sense and he is the king. She is hit by a car not pricked by a needle that puts her in a coma for 4 years. In her state Benigno ensures that she remains the same as in looks the same so that when she wakes up there is no difference. I don't remember a lot of or make any connections with parts of the movie to the fairy tale.
Benigno and Alicia's relationship is one sided. The guy has feelings for her and she before her accident didn't really know him well and in her coma she doesn't even know he exists much less knows that he is taking care of her. It is one sided, there is no way she can reciprocate his feelings because she feels nothing at the moment and she doesn't acknowledge anything that he says or does. The word benign means kindness in demeanor or manner. He is a nice guy but his actions later on and his feelings are misunderstood and people see him as a danger.
The relationship between Marco and Lydia is different from that of Benigno and Alicia is because first Marco and Lydia are in an actual relationship and not one created by their mind like that of Benigno and Alicia. Second, Marco and Lydia were two people who jumped into a relationship with their pasts still unresolved. They both are still recovering from hurts. They are using each other in a way to try and fix what is wrong with them. They both didn't talk much about their past, their relationship wasn't that strong as seen in the way that Marco doesn't talk to Lydia like Benigno talks to Alicia, nor does he help take care of her like Benigno does Alicia. It is similar to Benigno and Alicia because one side is in love with the other that is not so committed and we find that out when El Nino reveals that Lydia and him were planning on getting back together.
I find it interesting the fact that Lydia even though she is a bull fighter is scared of a snake but everyone no matter how strong or brave has a weakness. Her having a phobia like that, I don't know what it means in terms of the movie but I can see that she is very trusting in being afraid in front of Marco. With the part of Marco always crying, it makes him a sensitive guy and show that he is more emotional than Lydia. She does not seem like one to break down and cry except at the wedding. It seems like the past still haunts him as he finds a lot of things are n close connection to or trigger memories of the past. '
Benigno and Marco's relationship, they clicked the moment they meet and Benigno was so trusting in relying on Marco and confiding in him. The two are a pair that both share the feeling of loneliness though Benigno is more child like and he hasn't gotten out much, being held to a one place by women that he cares for. Marco is a sensible guy compared to Benigno. Marco thinks things through while Benigno is more dramatic and doesn't think things through entirely as seen with the way he handled his obsession as I see it of Alicia. Marco is there for Benigno even though they haven't known each other that long. Benigno only talks to Marco and confides only in him.
Though Alicia got raped though it doesn't look as if she realized it, to Benigno it wasn't rape, he was making love to the woman he loved. Everyone else thought it rape because she could not and didn't consent to it. She didn't seem quite phased or changed by it. She moved on and worked to get stronger and she looked mostly to be affected by the accident. She was not told of what had happened to her. The only other violence I recall was that of Lydia and her bull fighting. Though many are against, don't believe she can do it she proves them wrong. But after she gets injured many are just wishing that she hadn't started in the beginning and that they knew this would happen. I can't really wrap my mind around why Almodovar did this. Maybe to show how women are viewed as frail creature in the world. Or trying to show a way in how love treats women. I don't know.
The theme of dance is ongoing we see a lot of scenes with the characters either going to see a dance company or talking about dance, especially when it comes to Alicia as it was her passion. Lydia in a way was a dancer in the way she moved with her cap and moved around the bull. The theme is a way shows how love is, a dance between two people. How everyone wants to have a dance partner, someone they can keep time with, who will lead and they will follow. And sometimes you have to dance alone or be able to dance alone before you dance with someone else.
Benigno and Alicia's relationship is one sided. The guy has feelings for her and she before her accident didn't really know him well and in her coma she doesn't even know he exists much less knows that he is taking care of her. It is one sided, there is no way she can reciprocate his feelings because she feels nothing at the moment and she doesn't acknowledge anything that he says or does. The word benign means kindness in demeanor or manner. He is a nice guy but his actions later on and his feelings are misunderstood and people see him as a danger.
The relationship between Marco and Lydia is different from that of Benigno and Alicia is because first Marco and Lydia are in an actual relationship and not one created by their mind like that of Benigno and Alicia. Second, Marco and Lydia were two people who jumped into a relationship with their pasts still unresolved. They both are still recovering from hurts. They are using each other in a way to try and fix what is wrong with them. They both didn't talk much about their past, their relationship wasn't that strong as seen in the way that Marco doesn't talk to Lydia like Benigno talks to Alicia, nor does he help take care of her like Benigno does Alicia. It is similar to Benigno and Alicia because one side is in love with the other that is not so committed and we find that out when El Nino reveals that Lydia and him were planning on getting back together.
I find it interesting the fact that Lydia even though she is a bull fighter is scared of a snake but everyone no matter how strong or brave has a weakness. Her having a phobia like that, I don't know what it means in terms of the movie but I can see that she is very trusting in being afraid in front of Marco. With the part of Marco always crying, it makes him a sensitive guy and show that he is more emotional than Lydia. She does not seem like one to break down and cry except at the wedding. It seems like the past still haunts him as he finds a lot of things are n close connection to or trigger memories of the past. '
Benigno and Marco's relationship, they clicked the moment they meet and Benigno was so trusting in relying on Marco and confiding in him. The two are a pair that both share the feeling of loneliness though Benigno is more child like and he hasn't gotten out much, being held to a one place by women that he cares for. Marco is a sensible guy compared to Benigno. Marco thinks things through while Benigno is more dramatic and doesn't think things through entirely as seen with the way he handled his obsession as I see it of Alicia. Marco is there for Benigno even though they haven't known each other that long. Benigno only talks to Marco and confides only in him.
Though Alicia got raped though it doesn't look as if she realized it, to Benigno it wasn't rape, he was making love to the woman he loved. Everyone else thought it rape because she could not and didn't consent to it. She didn't seem quite phased or changed by it. She moved on and worked to get stronger and she looked mostly to be affected by the accident. She was not told of what had happened to her. The only other violence I recall was that of Lydia and her bull fighting. Though many are against, don't believe she can do it she proves them wrong. But after she gets injured many are just wishing that she hadn't started in the beginning and that they knew this would happen. I can't really wrap my mind around why Almodovar did this. Maybe to show how women are viewed as frail creature in the world. Or trying to show a way in how love treats women. I don't know.
The theme of dance is ongoing we see a lot of scenes with the characters either going to see a dance company or talking about dance, especially when it comes to Alicia as it was her passion. Lydia in a way was a dancer in the way she moved with her cap and moved around the bull. The theme is a way shows how love is, a dance between two people. How everyone wants to have a dance partner, someone they can keep time with, who will lead and they will follow. And sometimes you have to dance alone or be able to dance alone before you dance with someone else.
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