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Utshab Chakraborty October 27th, 2016 SLAV 88H Essay 1 Cinema and literature have been traditionally portrayed with women demonstrating typical traits of emotional and physical characters. Men usually play the role of the hero, and usually following a journey to success. Men sometimes were defined by what the females lacked, and women were tied to their male lover. As time passed, women’s images remained the same as the gender gap grew. Women’s roles have always been tied to the male counterparts relationship. There is a myriad of examples of how the director or author shape the narrative by using stereotypes, but this will focus on a short story A World Apart written by RÃ… ¯Ã… ¾ena Jesenskà ¡, a film Daisies directed by VÄ›ra Chytilovà ¡, and the propaganda film, Confidant. A common focus will be on how the directors or authors reject the gender stereotype that women are the submissive(quiet, calm, polite) and domestic (following a man’s lead). Daisies is a comedy-drama film that follows two naughty girls, both named Marie, who are involved in many strange pranks. There are many gender discourses present in the film that the director, VÄ›ra Chytilovà ¡, employs to reject the gender stereotypes. For example, in the opening part of the film, Marie bites vigorously into a chicken leg at the dinner table. 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