"Dangerous Liaisons"

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This paper presents a detailed examination of the movie and novel. The work "Dangerous Liaisons" is compared through discussions of the movie and the book by Choderlos de Laclosto, to see where they are alike and in what ways they were different. The paper notes that the feminism aspect of each work is different because of the times that they were created but they each work to display the women as driven by sex and emotion. The movie allows the audience to see that the male character is not an innocent victim, whereas the book makes him out to be chivalrous.

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"The underlying anger at females is evidenced but was based in the novel because the movie only differs from the movie in subtle ways. One of the things that is different is the attitude toward the man. The attitudes toward the man are subtle and one has to look carefully to determine what those differences are. Because the novel was written in 1782 the attitudes about men in general was one of admiration and blind acceptance. It is the thing Harlequin Romances are made of today. Because it was written in the 18th century it is unavoidable that the man is almost an innocent bystander, though he is given some evil traits. It is the woman who wants revenge who is portrayed in the worst light. This is not surprising because at the time the book was written a woman who would do the things she did would be viewed as crass, rude, and vengeful."

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