Women In Western Film

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Western films have transcended the culture we live in today. The perception we have on cowboys, the mid-west and the roles of females have originated from western films. Cowboys symbolize a heroic individual who protects the town and the people from the villain. In the film, High Noon, Will Kane the protagonist has returned back to his town to save the people from the Miller gang. The characteristics of a cowboy tend to be very cliche throughout the film. A noble, courageous, confident men who lives by a code of honor. However, we see a similar case in the film, Shane, a lone rider who has the expertise of using a gun and encountered a farm family. Shane taught Joey, a boy from the family, how to use a gun and the farmer's wife, Marion was attracted to Shane. The representation of females in western films conveys this message of females being vulnerable and the cowboys are protecting them. While Shane is protecting the ranch, Marion is at home while he is fighting for her. …show more content…

But these stories came into being only shortly after the towns themselves did and, thought the shooting stopped a few years later, American culture has been obsessed by that particular scene of violence ever since.” This scenario is replayed throughout the viewer's imagination when they think about the setting of a western film. We see cowboys in the center of the town, typically in the mid-west, guns are being drawn and a shooting is about to occur. In the end, the cowboy prevails and the villain is

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