In the films "Fatal Attraction" and "Blue Velvet" women in the two films are represented in very different ways although in both films the main female protagonists are represented in a feminine way.
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In the films "Fatal Attraction" and "Blue Velvet" women in the two films are represented in very different ways although in both films the main female protagonists are represented in a feminine way the two directors (Adrian Lyne) and (David Lynch) present the women with different levels of realism. In the film "Fatal Attraction" Lyne present the two main female protagonists as complete opposites. I say this because Beth (Dan's Wife) is seen as an almost type of timid character that's lives in a superficial chaos along with happily married husband, her six year old daughter and dog. Lyne presents her to the audience as a supreme housewife that is content with her domesticated life. On the other side of the spectrum Alex (Dan's week-end mistress) is presented as a tough, hardworking, independent women and in the first or second scene we can she her smoking a cigarette which...

