Mildred Pierce, Pleasantville, and On the Beach
Women's roles in American society have been changing since America was founded, but some of the most profound changes have taken place between the 1950's and present day. The films Mildred Pierce, Pleasantville, and Breakfast at Tiffany's all deal with these changes that women have made. In the 50's, women were "supposed" to be housewives and weren't expected to work outside of the house. Many women were also thought of as property of men in the 50's and had very little individuality because of this. As the years past, women attempted to break this mold and women have changed countless amounts since the 1950's. The women of today and the women of the 50's have many similarities, but the women of the 50's struggled to define women and built today's women from scratch.The early 1950's in America had a strange idea for women, the film Mildred Pierce deals with these ideas. Mildred is a housewife, who wants to become independent and make something of her life. She leaves her husband to pursue a career of her own. Mildred finds that Americans in that time don't have much respect for an independent woman. Mildred has a business idea and gets two men to fund her idea. Her business is very successful, but she is fun
The three films show how women have changed and how America's views of women have changed with them for the 1950's until present day. Mildred Pierce is meant to be a negative film, but shows that women actually have individualism and should explore what is there for them. Mildred, Holly, and Jennifer are all women trying something new for their lives. Mildred's business becomes very wealthy, but her investors, who are men, sell her out and she loses everything. After Mildred's business is sold, she is bankrupt and isn't sure what to do. The film portrays Mildred this way to show the attitude of American's in the 1950's. Jennifer realizes that her life in the 90's isn't the right way to live. The film had a very negative attitude towards women and tries to portray them as nothing but housewives. Breakfast at Tiffany's is a film, much like Mildred Pierce, that shows the role and the ever-changing women in the 1950's. Holly's "revolution" was finding a new form of love, one in which a woman could be an individual, but not have to survive on their own. The main character, Holly Golightly, is an independent woman, who searches for a man that will support her and doesn't want to own her. Jennifer enters Pleasantville as a "90's woman" and tries to show everyone that it is ok to have fun and be an individual. Both Mildred and Holly rea!lized that individualism was available for both of them and wanted to get everything out of life they were supposed to find. Jennifer's arrival and her influence on the people of Pleasantville are like the forty years that changed women and made them like Jennifer. Mildred's desire is crushed and she considers returning to her husband and living with America's "role" for women!.
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