Once Upon A Blog

Women are always an influential party in films, books, poems, and even casual conversations. The main role of the woman is to complement the man; to either make him or destroy him; this is the case in nearly all of the “women related scenarios”. Take the case of “Scent of a Woman”, a 1992 classic in which Al Paccino interprets a suicidal coronel who admired every aspect of every woman. He is blind, yet he can describe up to the last strand of a woman’s hair my getting her essence and a scent of her. It might be this same scent, which saves him from his suicidal attempts.

Not only in this film, but in many other situations as well, take for example the “Anna of Byzantium”, a Tracy Barret book, which deals with the dilemma of a female heir who fights endlessly to get her rightful place in her father’s reign. Not only does she commit several unworthy acts but she is not willing to let her devious brother take over what is rightfully hers. Again we see the women to man conflict in which she can be a salvation or the men’s doom or main antagonist.

Even art works have that delusion for a woman. The highly known and admired Van Gogh painting in which his left ear appears wrapped tightly with a bandage result to be connected to a woman related anecdote. As history confirms Van Gogh amputated his left ear with a razor, he then goes to his favorite brothel where he gifts his ear to a prostitute. The ear was conserved for a few days and then thrown away.

As you can see women are present even in the most male predominant societies or legacies (books, films, paintings). No matter how diverse or male centered a community is a woman will always have an influential role upon the men.