Theories In American Beauty

In this featured film, American Beauty, I’ve extricated many distinct countenances which show three diverse theories that I will explain. The first theory I will be commentating on is “Sexual Fantasies”. The next theory I will be construing is “Love and Communication”. The final theory I will be acknowledging is “Sexual Orientation”.

Sexual fantasies usually happen in the course of daydreaming, masturbating, or during sexual encounters with another person(s). The movie shows where Angela and his daughter Jane did their performance. He unhesitatingly sets in motion sexual fantasy and impulses, he begins to envision her by herself which can allow a sustainable amount of assertion of “forbidden wishes”. A forbidden sexual deed can generate it

Sternberg’s Theory of Love states, love has three elements: passion, intimacy, and commitment. Those three elements balance a consummate love. Sternberg concludes that the two elements, intimacy, and commitment, endure to build gradually over time. At the opening of the film it is cogent there is no affection between Lester and his wife Carolyn. It seems the only being keeping them “committed” is their “suburban family” reputation. There appears to be lots of tension between the couple. The scene I feel correlates to the concept “Love and Communication” is when Carolyn awakes from her sleep to catch her husband masturbating. She stares in his direction to ensure she is being noticed then she ferociously squirms out of bed and takes no time before she begins to interrogate him. He speaks in an assertive manner, he felt it was appropriate due to the fact that she does not occupy his sexual needs then sexually asks her into bed. Very dumbfounded, she continues on about the unjust things in their marriage then politely contradicts a

But what they are really doing is smoking marijuana in his garage before his daughter Jane arrives home. The Colonial demandingly, in the pouring rain, wearing nothing but a wife beater and a pair of trousers, walks over to Lester’s for answers as to what he thought he saw. Lester opens the garage to find the Colonial standing there and asks him if he can help him with anything. The Colonial stands there for a very short amount of time, acting very suspicious. Lester recognizes this and asks if the Colonial is okay and leans in for comfort. The Colonial misreads the situation and tries to kiss Lester. Lester pushes him away, kindly letting him know he had the situation the wrong