The shining- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oip6YUn95ig
Woman is completely defenseless to child; she has a look of complete fear and helplessness.
The child is closer to the
screen than the mother to show that she has far less power than him.
The woman in this film is portrayed in the style of a feminism theory.
Playing to the stereotype of
the woman being weak and defenseless this is an important aspect of the genre
because the woman in a horror is the lady that will be chased and killed; also
she provides the crying and screaming to the horror which is a key convention
of horror
I disagree with your point above as in the shining the women is protecting the child- isn't this a typical stereotype of females? She is not afraid of the child so I think you need to re-think these discussions and push them a lot further because at the moment these two points are not enough on feminist film theory. There are a lot of points you could discuss from this film so work on this deconstruction to push it a bit further.
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