Thailand Movie Nang Nak- Report
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Added on 2020-02-17
Thailand Movie Nang Nak- Report
Added on 2020-02-17
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONIn the current report, detail discussion is carried out on the Thailand movie Nang Nak. Thestory of the movie is discussed and along with in by considering story of this movie the reasondue to which in most of movies ghost role is given to females is identified. In the second part ofthe report, dark side of female domestic role and its cost to women, men and society is explainedbriefly. TASK 1Anns Bilson has given the right statement that the female play majority of role of ghostcharacter in movies but are also scary in nature. It can be observed that in the movie, females aredepicted as a ghost in a better way than male. This is because the audiences are scared by thelong hair of women in the dark which is regarded as more dangerous than men ghosts Moreover,by using emotional story, women ghost are presented as more dangerous than male. It can besaid that these are the two factors due to which female are more suitable for the role of the ghostthan men. This is the reason due to which in most of Hollywood and in other cinemas ghost roleis given to females in comparison to males (Ingawanij, 2007). There are some other reasons dueto which most horror movies ghost role is given to females. It can be observed that in everysociety and culture women is in pathetic condition in comparison to males. There are lots ofdreams of the females then males in terms of happiness and comfort in life. In most of themovies, dissatisfaction or non-fulfillment of wishes in human life is revealed as the major reasonbehind origination of any soul as ghost. Thus, women’s have higher expectation and dreams thanmales in their life. Moreover, they are in pathetic condition than males. These are the two mainreasons due to which in most movies ghost role is given to females than males.There are two things that can be verified from Nang Nak movie of Thailand. In thismovie, there is a character Mek. As Mek is a soldier and went for Siamese-Vietnamese war(1831-1834). Mek had wife which was pregnant and he left her alone because as a soldier he hasto fight in a war. During war, Mek got wounded and he survived after facing lot of problems(Ghosts on film why women make the scariest ghosts, 2017). Finally, Mek returned back hometo meet her wife and child. From here the story begins and answers of the question that why onlyfemales get a role of ghost. Mek reached his home and met his wife and child. Friends andrelatives of Mek observed that mentioned person is talking to someone which is not appearing
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