I Spit On Your Grave Themes

With rape tracing as far back as Ancient Greece, it is no surprise that it has been in all sorts of media including films, television, books, and music. Rape included in the media is a touchy subject when it comes to if the rape is actually shown or just referenced, and how that platform deals with the aftermath of a character’s experience with rape. Such movies such as I Spit on Your Grave and A Clockwork Orange have their plot lines revolving around rape, and even going as far as to include graphic rape scenes. I Spit on Your Grave features writer Jennifer renting a small cabin to work on her new novel. She ends up being brutally raped and left for dead. After waking up, battered and bruised, Jennifer hunts down her rapists and tortures them, eventually killing them. The

In prison, he is experimented on and even shown graphic videos of gang rape to show him what he used to do was wrong. This movie has two rape scenes shown and one heavily implied. To say Game of Thrones is an extremely popular television series is an understatement, but the show has never shied away from violence, especially rape. In the pilot episode, Daenerys is raped by her new husband, Khal Drogo. Jamie Lannister rapes his sister and lover Cersei next to their son’s dead body. Sansa Stark is raped by Ramsay Bolton, a man she was forced to marry, as her foster brother watches. The entire show repeatedly treats the women as if they are nothing but sexual objects. Thirteen Reasons Why and The Lovely Bones are two books that rape has an impact on the female characters. Hannah Baker in Thirteen Reasons Why had constantly been bullied and lead on during her high school career, but it is during a party when she decides enough is enough. While in the hot tub with Bryce, he takes advantage of their time alone and proceeds to rape her while she lays her head on the side of the tub motionless. Less than 24 hours later, Hannah kills