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Movie Review Yentl     Everyone at one time or some other has felt out of power. Feeling unsureof ones place in hostel is an experience that every young adult faces barelydeals with differently. Some develop while others comply with whatever has beenset out for them by ordering or their parents, or both. The role of the woman insociety is eer changing. Where women were once obligated to stay in thehome and dote on their husbands, they are now working in the same types of jobsas their husbands. What was typically the male role has been blurred andpractically obliterated. Religious roles hasten followed societys bakshis in theirevolution. For example, since its creation over five thousand years ago, the Judaic religion has evolved in some movements to involve women and men equallyin ceremonies. The orthodox movement has always remained traditional in itsbelief that women have their place in the home, cooking and raising children,and serving their husbands . Education cadaver the mans duty. The movie Yentlstarring Barbara Streisand, shows this traditional belief through with(predicate) its plot,characterization, music, lights, camera angles, and symbolism.      bent in Eastern Europe in 1904, Yentl captures the essence of the Jewishwomans incessant struggle. It is the business relationship of a young girl, in love withlearning but forbidden to do so by Jewish tradition. Upon her fathers death,Yentl disguises herself as a boy to attend a yeshiva (religious school) andcontinue her studies. She befriends Avigdor, a male scholar at the yeshiva,and falls in love with him. Driven by her love for him, Yentl will do all thatshe can to ensure that he is near her and that her secret is not stoped.Yentl struggles with her secret until the day she can no longer remain silent.She tells Avigdor what she has done, and of her love for him, but he cannotaccept a woman who refuses to act as a traditional woman should. So Yentld eparts for America in hope of a different mentality, but never forgetting herlove for Avigdor and all that she has learned.     Based on Isaac Bashevis Singers acclaimed short story, "Yentl, theYeshiva Boy," the story is somewhat unrealistic but serves its purpose inproving a purport the point being that women have always been just as undefendable asmen in studying and education, an... ...ebird, is able to soar - through the prejudices of her traditions and through theworld of knowledge for which she so longs. She displays this thought in the delay line of the movie when she sings "Papa watch me fly." As well, when Yentltransforms herself into Anshel, the boy, she looks at herself in a crackedmirror and cuts her hair. This displays her uncertainty of herself and herplace in Jewish society, and the cutting of her hair symbolizes hertransformation and the beginning of a new spirit for her. Symbolism throughoutthe film, contributes to the films t heme of self-discovery and role reversal.     The plot, characterization, lighting, camera angles, and symbolismreveal thoroughly the plot of this highly thought-evoking film. The plot mainlycontributes to proving that a womans place is not solely in the home. That"story books for women, sacred books for men", as the bookseller says at thebeginning of the story, is not an accurate assessment of a womans cerebralcapabilities. Because of Barbara Streisands fabulous and completecharacterization of Yentl, this movie comes to life and touches the hearts ofits viewers.