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Cruella de Vil - Coggle Diagram
Cruella de Vil
character themes
Female Antagonists often portray a mix of stereotypical masculine and feminine traits and features, since the power that a female antagonist wields could never occur in a regular gentle, motherly, fragile lady
threat to the standard family unit
hates idea of marrige, rejects heteronormative nuclear family,
societal anxieties and rejection of unmarried and ambitious women, unsettled by the non-traditional women
unmarried women linked to bad values: materialistic, erratic, selfish, cruel, insincere(liar), and brash, vain, toxic, narcissist
female sin and greed
mercilessly and stylishly evil, feels no remorse for her actions only their consequences
songs written about her devilry
she has authority over men, gives them orders
evil nature vs nurture
antipatriarchal rage
feminine, queer independent icon
animated character, 1961
sickly, emaciated, old appearance, black&red clothing color scheme w/ negative connotations, reoccuring motif of diablerie (hell hall, cruella deVil), animals dislike her instictually, green cigarette smoke = rotten influence
deVil want to kill their new puppies, which are easily synonymous with pedicide, since puppies and small children evoke similiar empathy
the henchmen she orders about are looked down upon for being below a women, they are presented as stupid naive and halfwits
only an idiot could allow a women to control them
positive emphasis on domesticity, marriage, settling down, traditionality, meeting status quo
the heiress, greedy crone, caricature
she is spoilt, apathetic and always expects to get her own way
psychopath, narcissist, apathy
first Movies 1996 & 2000
first instance of her as main character
she thinks that marriage holds women back from accomplishment and achievements in the world of work
in this instance, she is powerful and corrupt. willing to do anything to get what she wants, her actions are governed by vanity, arrogance and her reputation
seen as a bad quality for women to be ambitious, desire success or even be visionaries. it links evil to women in power or control, even though
Glenn Close "no redeeming human characteristics except for her wicked sense of humor" "she's gleeful in her evilness"
she is a scapegoat for the plotline to serve as comic relief between her evil acts
the self-indulgent, arrogant but hardworking boss
she is demanding, rude mentor and willing to cross any lines to get her way
narcissism, sociopathic tendencies
cruella movie No.2
first sympathetic storyline
the wild, unstable rebel
she is good at heart but is disordered by grief, revenge and stress into demanding and rude like 1996 movie except she retains her morals and lines she will not cross
rooted in antiestablishmentarianism, destroyer of order, subversion of conventions and norms through unforgiving aspirations for greatness
her selfishness and apathetic vengeful nature is caused by need for survival in a hostile, capitalist, competitive environment/world
she is understandable and empowering, forgiving her morally grey characteristics
villainy is excused or permitted because of sympathetic backstory, blame can be laid on nurture not nature, that causes her to embrace her darker side
society forces women to abandon weak-wills, girlhood and kindess to survive in a cruel world
narcissist, sociopathic tendencies, inner saboteur in relationships, borderline personality disorder/DID