This is a typical representation of women in the 1960s, where they were usually presented as housewife's and were portrayed as weak, powerless and inferior to men. In this film, the female character is seen as a mother figure for the children, and she is presented as the "Madonna", which has connotations of innocence and purity. The male voice over, suggests that men are dominant The female is nearly always shown with the children, which relates back to the maternal side and she is represented as caring.
This is also a film from the same decade (1960s), however in the trailer for this film, it is clear that there are no female characters and the men dominate the film and the swords can be a symbol for their power, this could relate back to Tuchman’s theory that "women are symbolically annihilated".
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