Talk:Repulsion

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Racial Implications of Repulsion. While the film involves the repressed sexuality of the young heroine "Carol," one issue that has not been discussed is the fact that the "rapists" in Carol's nightmares are primarily Black men. In the US there have been many examples in film of the fear that all black men want to rape "virginal" white woman. This was graphically depicted in the film "Birth of a Nation" by D.W. Griffith. While the mental stability of the main character is the basis of most discussion I wonder how bringing in the discussion of race comments on the sign of times in which the film was made or another critique on Carol's mental stability.

-reply- I don't agree that the "Black" men raping white women is a significant theme in this movie. I don't even agree that these men are black. The men are often shadowed, but the features aren't African, they are Caucasian. These are white European laborers; perhaps resembling her father, however there does appear to be several of them so they only loosely resemble her father. I'd like to point out the more significant theme of the rotting rabbit. I believe this is something like innocence lost. I'll also point out the maggots and flies are forcibly penetrating the rabbit’s corpse. The razorblade signifies the violence and dominance of this act. Both the deterioration of the rabbit and the deterioration of the apartment are parallels to her deteriorating mental state, initially triggered by the audible sex of her sister, and the persistent suitor who is later murdered by Carol. Also, significant is the fact that Carol appears to have gotten away with everything. It appears that her innocent beauty is also significant in how she is perceived by our male dominated society.

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I was just looking on an article about Printmaking Techniques and it came up with a link to a page with the name repulsion. Somehow I don't think this is the right article, maybe someone could put up a link to the meaning of the word repulsionKalishnikov 14:08, 3 November 2006 (UTC)