POL 128 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Altar Server
8 Dec 2013
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Conflict between the patriarchal society and the ascendant role of women during the suffrage. In around 1919, various countries around the western world were finally allowing women to vote. Shows the conflict of women getting legal help and were becoming a vital part of the society. American male who is trying to present a victorian idea of women who are potential victims of society who must be saved by men. The co-writer is trying to show a stronger woman role, you can see moments where she is completely defensive, and other times where she takes off her shawl and dives into the river. Husband has been injured, he has never rescued her9. No one comes to her rescue except her. The hero in the film is the dog, at the climactic moment she is control of the dog and makes him behave the way he does (constant contradiction of strong male and weak female)
