commedia dell'arte characters

Arlecchino was  an acrobat and a wit, childlike and amorous. He wore a cat–like mask and motley colored clothes and carried a bat or wooden sword.

Brighella, Arlecchino's crony, was more roguish and sophisticated, a cowardly villain who would do anything for money.

Il Capitano (the captain) was a caricature of the professional soldier—bold, swaggering, and cowardly.

Il Dottore (the doctor) was a caricature of learning—pompous and fraudulent.

Pantalone was a caricature of the Venetian merchant, rich and retired, mean and miserly, with a young wife or an adventurous daughter.

Pedrolino was a white–faced, moon–struck dreamer and the forerunner of today's clown.

Pulcinella, as seen in the English Punch and Judy shows, was a dwarfish humpback with a crooked nose, the cruel bachelor who chased pretty girls.

Scarramuccia, dressed in black and carrying a pointed sword, was the Robin Hood of his day

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The handsome Inamorato (the lover) went by many names. He wore no mask and had to be eloquent in order to speak the love declamations.

The Inamorata was his female counterpart; Isabella Andreini was the most famous. Her servant, usually called Columbina, was the beloved of Harlequin. Witty, bright, and given to intrigue, she developed into such characters as Harlequine and Pierrette.

La Ruffiana was an old woman, either the mother or a village gossip, who thwarted the lovers.

Cantarina and Ballerina often took part in the comedy, but for the most part their job was to sing, dance, or play music.

Laura Muvleys cinema narrative and visul pleasure

Laura Muvley- Believes that the way women are presented in film, is done in such a way to oprress them and establish the idea of patriarchy. The mans gaze is supposed to be the source of power that places women in this position. they are usually presented as a figure to be looked at erotic and beautiful. However when the women falls in love and marries she is not an important figure, and falls only to be the property of man. Female threat to men appears to be as a result of them believing that they may be castrated and their authority coming close to diminishing.........

Significance of various themes in Fairytales :)

Vague settings

Vauge settings are used in nearly every fairytale. It may be places such as 'far far away' or 'forests'
By using these names instead of places, perhaps is used to highlight it's distance from life and a place no one can visit. It also detaches you from anysort of reality of the tale, making you look upon it as nothing more than a myth. However these vauge settings allow the writer to make that place into anything they like. A place with, for example, talking animals or an enchanted creatures...  GRRRRR I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO :(