A Woman Scorned
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover by Peter Greenway is an astounding tale of sex, deceit, corruption, and abuse. This movie is partial about a woman named Georgina and the relationship she holds between her and the two men in her life, Michael and Albert. Michael is her lover and Albert, her husband, is a head gangster. Albert both physically and psychologically abuses Georgina throughout their whole relationship. As many women in abusive relationships, Georgina does nothing to stop him. It is only when her lover is killed that Georgina finally takes a stand against Albert. As the old saying goes: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The most obvious way that Georgina is abused is physically. There are the smaller things like when Albert hits her in the face with a menu when she corrects him in his French pronunciation. And the time that Albert hits Georgina on the hand with a spoon at the dinner table because she was not paying attention to him. Grabbing Georgina's breast at the dinner table is another prime example. Of course there are the most obvious ways Albert abuses her. Dragging her around, twisting her arm, and punching her in the stomach when she makes him mad. When Albert rapes Georgina in the car in
Michael, a quiet bookworm whom she meets at the restaurant, becomes her outlet. After Michael is Killed by Albert and his henchmen, Georgina decides it is time to get revenge. She finally does something about Albert's control of her life. Once he has, she shoots him in the head, calling him a "cannibal". Thus freeing Georgina from Albert forever. There may actually have been more verbal abuse than physical abuse happening in this movie. therefore, that is why she needs to sleep with Michael right under Albert's nose and to have someone like the Chef see her. Georgina's happiness disintegrates not long after she has found it. The amount of anguish she put up with is unbelievable. Once Albert is there, Georgina, Along with the staff, present's Michael, fully laid out on a platter, to Albert. I believe she liked the silence between them, the secret rendezvous they have in the bathroom and kitchen. Under Georgina's instructions the chef cooks Michael and sends a formal invitation to Albert to come and have dinner. Michael, on the other hand did not deserve any abuse from Albert, so when Albert kills Michael, Georgina decides to fight back. That way, she knows it is truely happening. However, of all the physical abuse that Georgina received, the two last things, and the raping, seem to be the most damaging both physically and mentally.
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