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Gender Roles In 1492 Conquest Of Paradise

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1492: Conquest of Paradise is an epic, adventure, biography, and drama film directed by Ridley Scott and released on October 9, 1992, which was the quincentennial anniversary of Columbus making landfall in the Indies. Not to be confused with the four other Columbus films released in 1992, such as Columbus: The Discovery, 1492: Conquest of Paradise was produced by Paramount and covers the voyages of Columbus (Gerard Depardieu). 1492: Conquest of Paradise along with portraying voyages of Columbus, also portrays themes of social status, gender relations, and racial and religious differences during that took place during the time and that each theme inter-connects. Social Status in the film is portrayed as one’s importance or standing in society or a community. Gender Relations in the film is shown as how one’s gender affects their role in society and lastly, religion and racial differences is shown in the film on how one’s religion and faith has input on their role in society. …show more content…

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