Elle Woods Essays

  • Legally Blonde The Musical Analysis

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    hearts of many within the audience. Main character Elle Woods pursues a law degree in attempt to convince her ex-boyfriend Warner that she can be a well-educated, and respectable women. The performers take the audience on a journey following Elle’s college experience at Harvard Law. As Elle faces many hardships she never backs down, showing the audience what a little determination can get you. The musical ends with an happily ever after as Elle does the unexpected. Winning over the respect from her

  • Legally Blonde Stereotypes

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    inferior, she still treats them nicely. She engages in conversation with people vastly different from her and she views everyone as her equal. She doesn’t judge anyone by their appearance, even when they all actively judge her by hers. Although Elle Woods initially only applied to law school because she wanted to win Warner back, after coming to the realization that he viewed her as inferior, like practically everyone else, her initiative changes. She decides that she should succeed for herself,

  • Legally Blonde Essay

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    the protagonist Elle Woods, is what many people consider too blonde. But throughout Elle’s journey, she overcomes such stereotype and proves there is no such thing. Elle is very involved in her school, she is an honor student, very well-known and well liked, and is also the president of her sorority. In addition, she also is very much ready to start her life with Warner, her current boyfriend that aspires to receive a law degree at Harvard University. But, unfortunately for Elle, Warner explains

  • Animal Testing

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    At first glance, animal testing may seem innocent enough, but a glance under the surface shows the real horror behind it. Animals everyday are subjected to cruel and unusual torture, things that we would never allow humans to be subjected to. Many ask why this has been societies modus operandi for so long, having been made unaware to the general public. Supporters of this testing say they are protecting humans from what the drug might contain if not first tested on animals. So why would we make

  • Stereotypes In The Film Legally Blonde

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    the largest feminist icons known to this day. The main character, Elle Woods, is played by the phenomenal actress Reese Witherspoon. The story is about your stereotypical blonde, sorority girl that is just going to college to get a fashion degree, and then do whatever her future husband does. However, all of this changes when Elle’s told she is too dumb to become a law student at Harvard, where her current boyfriend is going. Elle overcomes many challenges throughout the film to beat all stereotypes

  • Legally Blonde Research Paper

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    The entire show was an amazing experience, as Elle is an incredibly layered, interesting character. The most important moment in that show to me was the song “Legally Blonde”. The song is watching all of Elle’s dreams being shattered and all her achievements cheapened. Her worst fear is realized: She

  • Basics of Singing: Performing The Song Ireland from Legally Blonde The Musical

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    song. “Ireland” is present about half way through the play, towards the end of act one. Up until this point, Elle Woods, student of fashion merchandising and sorority president of Delta-Nu at UCLA, is met by a huge shock. Her boyfriend, Warner Huntington the Third, who she expects to propose to her tells her that he wants to break up with her because she is “not serious enough.” Elle, outraged, decides that love knows no bounds and must follow Warner to his post-graduate program at Harvard Law

  • Gender Stereotypes In The Film Legally Blonde

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    The film Legally Blonde surrounds stereotypes and the breaking of them, something many people have deemed as powerful. Legally Blonde surrounds Elle, a blonde sorority girl that initially has her heart broken by her ex, Warren, after being told that she is not serious enough for him to wed. So, after learning that he is attending Harvard Law School, she does the same. Following several bumps in the road, her success on a case she was assigned combined with her talents for school allow her to overcome

  • Women's Misleading Magazines

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    and waiting rooms. They supply readers and the occasional innocent passerby with unrealistic images of what women should be instead of showing diverse age groups and women with natural beauty. Reading through a couple of magazines, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Shape, I found nothing but hidden agendas and... ... middle of paper ... ...ce in society. And the effects of the ideals behind these magazines are all the more powerful because of their subtlety." Women walk away from these magazines with

  • Leslie twiggy Hornby

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    on her thin figure, a nickname of "Twiggy" was derived. Twiggy’s popularity not only produced many people who tried to look like her but also drastically increased the hourly wages of models. She paved the way for current top models like Kate Moss, Elle MacPherson, and Linda Evangelista.Twiggy was major trendsetter in America during the sixties even though she was born in England. She was found by Nigel Davies in a salon, while working as a shampoo girl. He saw her potential and immediately took her

  • Comparing The Content And Presentation Of Teenage Magazine

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    Presentation of Teenage Magazines Analyse and comment on the content and presentation, and the advertising of the Summer 2004 issue of Elle Girl magazine. Examine the relationship between features and the advertising in the magazine and consider in particular how this magazine tries to persuade young women to buy fashion and beauty products. Elle Girl is a magazine aimed at young teenage girls. It contains fashion tips, general life advice and articles about celebrities.

  • Big Fish Essay Questions

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    Question A: The first question is “does the film Big Fish meet the standards of the monomyth?” The answer is yes. Edward Bloom starts off in a regular ordinary town, with just regular people. He was always on the top, looking for an adventure to be apart of. His first call to adventure would be when the giant came into his town eating their crops and animals and they needed someone to get him out. Edward took it upon himself to get him out. When Edward got over there he realized that this Giant

  • Essay On Firewood Splitting

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    or electric wood splitter but these can be very expensive. So we are going to focus on the most economical tool for the job, the mall. While at first glance a mall can be mistaken for an axe but it is much heavier than the latter. A mall is also a little duller then the axe because it is meant for severing and not slicing. You need to keep your mall reasonably sharp so it does not bounce of the wood.

  • Compare And Contrast Into The Woods Movie Vs Play

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    “I was raised to be charming not sincere.” Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim is about a witch that gives a childless baker and his wife a list of magical items they have to find from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree, Into The Woods is a play as well as a movie; which are different in ways but they are also similar. In the movie there are things that are more fitting than in the play. However the play is more entertaining to watch then the movie because it's funnier

  • Research Paper On A White Heron

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    A White Heron Some people go through situations where the outcome gives them a new outlook on life, much like Sylvia in the short story, A White Heron. The hunter is the corruption that breaks Sylvia's innocence and leads Sylvia to a new experience in her life. The great pine tree enhances Sylvia's courage by making her a better person, while also posing as a guardian for the white heron and an obstacle for Sylvia. The white heron provides a light for Sylvia of her connection with nature. The white

  • Loss of Innocence in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds

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    Loss of Innocence in Rite of Passage by Sharon Olds A rite of passage is defined as a ceremony marking a significant transition or an important event or achievement, both regarded as having great meaning in lives of individuals. In Sharon Olds' moving poem "Rite of Passage", these definitions are illustrated in the lives of a mother and her seven-year-old son. The seriousness and significance of these events are represented in the author's tone, which undergoes many of its own changes as the

  • Reasons and Results of Rebellion: The King of Trees

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    Between 1966 and 1976, the Cultural Revolution swept across China, as Mao Zedong called for the removal of western ideology, and the spread of communism. Though communism promised equality for all, it often brought death, destruction, and pointless labor. Ah Cheng, who lived through the Cultural Revolution and later wrote The King of Trees (three novellas, including The King of Trees and The King of Children), reveals his view on communism and Chinese policy through characterization and tone. Knotty

  • Woodworking Supports a Child's Development

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    Woodworking supports a child’s creativity by allowing them to experiment and explore with materials that they have more than likely had little to no exposure to. When given the proper tools a child can build whatever they like with the wood as well. Using wood and similar materials gives children the right to be creative by thinking for themselves and deciding what they wish to create. Even if what they have made looks nothing like what they say it is to them that’s what it is, so that is what

  • The Similar Paths Taken by Characters in Soldier Boys

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    Soldier Boys is about 2 boys from different places from the world, but they are both fighting for the same thing, and that is freedom. Spencer who is from USA, and Dieter who is from Germany. Both of the boys are from small families,and both of the boys are minor citizens. The book starts of with Spencer trying to convince his father that he want to go the the military, and fight for his freedom. His father and mother does not agree with this, but as the conflict continues, his father signs the contract

  • Forbidden Desire in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    Demetrius unwillingly, submit to an austere, celibate life as a nun, or face certain execution. Confronted with these dreadful options, Hermia agrees to flee from Athens towards the remote house of Lysanders' widowed aunt, in the wood of Greece. While wandering in this nearby wood, Hermia and Lysander lose their way in the silent, moonlit night, and drift into sleep. Here-away from the prohibitions of rational Greek civilization-Shakespeare plunges his audience into the psychological realm of his characters