Essay on Real Women Have Curves

With any comparison between a play and its movie counterpart there are bound to be major differences and key similarities between

The differences are the following: First, in the play, you can see the emotions, feelings and expressions of the characters in the film. Since Shakespeare’s play is written between 1590 and 1597, the English language used was deep and hard to understand for the present people. But with the character’s action and delivery, the viewers were able to understand it easily. Titania, who is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, said

The plots are quite similar in both plays, both the film and the play tell a story about a man who meets 3 people, in the

Another difference is the presence of three judges in the movie, whereas in the play there were only two, both of whom where made out to be "bad guys." One additional judge is added in the movie possibly to show that it was not the entirety of the Church that was unjust, cruel, and nearly ignorant. I

Carmen, Ana’s mother, was the root to all the problems Ana had. On a daily

I compared Act One, Scene 2, in the play and the film. The setting in the play is on a Saturday morning, and house cleaning is in process at the Youngers. In the film, the setting is the same as play, with lighting and costumes. The plot in the play is when Mrs. Younger gets the insurance check of $10,000. In the film, the plot is the same, but includes music not mentioned in the play. The dialogue in the film has some deletions from the original text, with new dialogue added throughout the scene.

In Summary, with these three examples it is shown that the play and the movie contrast quite a bit. Most of the story line and the dialogue were very similar to the original story in the movie but some things were changed, possibly to shorten the story to be able to make

When Oscar is eighteen years old he meets an important girl named Ana in an SAT prep class. He immediately falls in love, but unfortunately also falls “into one of those Let’s-Be-Friends Vortexes” (Díaz 41). While Oscar is just one of her

In addition to my love of coming of age films, I was also engrossed in Real Women Have Curves because Ana and I share the same dream of graduating from college. I was glad to know that education was important to Ana. In many of the contemporary films, education doesn’t seem to be a high priority to young characters, and especially minorities. Ana had a teacher, Mr. Guzman, portrayed by George Lopez that encouraged her to attend college. He helped her with college applications, and pleaded with Carmen to let Ana attend Columbia University when she received a full scholarship. Similar to Ana, when I attended Harold Washington College, I had an educator who inspired me to achieve not only for a Bachelor’s, but a Doctorate degree.

Being on the verge of adulthood and having just left the simplicity of childhood, teenagers have always been particularly complex and enigmatic individuals. While most people struggle to see things from an adolescent perspective, Canadian playwright Joan MacLeod is well-known for her accurate portrayal of teenagers. In 2002, she published The Shape of a Girl, a play related to the dramatic story of a young girl named Reena Virk who was tragically affected by bullying, a characteristic behavior of adolescent development. Throughout The Shape of a Girl, MacLeod effectively exploits the Aristotelian dramatic elements and she uses Reena Virk’s story as well as the thoughts that it produces in the antagonist’s mind to portray both adolescent character traits and behavioral patterns.

The change in the location and the time century where this is taking place changes the way that the actors talk, wear and respond to the play that they are doing. Another difference that is in the movie but not in the play is that the character Nick Bottom has a wife in the movie while in the play he is a single man. Even though he is married the wife is only seen in two to three scenes and with that, she is not necessary towards the plot of the movie. Even though this is a minor part of the movie, this is still a notable difference that the movie has that the original play does not have. Another part of the movie that was not in the play was the scene where Hermia and Helena had gotten into a fight in the mud pit. This part of the movie was not originally in the play, but was added to the movie to add a more dramatic scene to the movie. The next difference was that in the book it tells us that the queen of the fairies refused to give her husband the Indian man so her husband, Oberon, curses her and then when he succeeds in getting the Indian man, he tells Puck that he acquired the man. The differences are that in the movie there is no mention of the Indian man after the confrontation and is not brought up again after that. There are many differences in the play and the movie then there is anything else since it was easier to

The film adaptation of the stageplay, Real Women Have Curves (2002), is a coming of age story about a Mexican-American teenager and her working class family in East Los Angeles. In the film, Ana Garcia, played by America Ferrera, is a first generation Latina. Ana, a high school senior is encouraged to apply to college by her teacher Mr. Guzman who is played by George Lopez. Ana explains that she is expected to work in her sister Estela’s (Ingrid Oliu) clothing factory to help support the family immediately after high school. Nevertheless, Mr. Guzman speaks with Ana’s parents hoping to explain why Ana should go to college only to find that it is not their wish. We learn Ana’s mother, Carmen, played by Lupe Ontiveros, has worked since she was thirteen. Carmen believes it is

There are a number of female characters in this film. They include Ana Delgado, Claudio Camejo, Guadalupe Lupe Escobar, and Rafaela Fuentes. However, the standout female character is Ana Delgado. Ana is a shy and soft spoken girl who has an interest in mathematics. She aspires to study hard, go to college, and become a doctor (Stand and Deliver). However, her father stands in her way. He discourages her from studying and wants her to help him run his restaurant. However, with the help of the math teacher Mr. Escalante, Ana continues studying and excels in mathematics (Stand and Deliver). Ana is one of the female characters in the film who struggle against the odds to become successful. She proves that women can also achieve feats which are thought to be a preserve of men. For instance, she manages to solve a problem that no other student had been able to.

When Ana was a junior at the University of Virginia she studied abroad and became associated with a Spanish student. The two became very close over their leftist ideals and political radicalisms. They spent time together during frequent anti-government and anti-American protest. A fellow college student and friend of Ana's stated “After every protest, Ana used to explain to me the ‘atrocities’ that the U.S.A. government used to do to other countries,” and “She was already so torn. She did not want to be American but

goes to school one day, her Spanish teacher tells her about a great opportunity. Ana can live