Englisch-Brokeback Mountain

general informations and summary

structure

1. general informations:
   • about the film
   • about the short story
2. summary of the plot
3. main characters
4. historic context
5. questions:
   • "it's your fault I'm like this" Ennis says to Jack during an argument. Do you think so too?
   • hhhh

general informations about the film

• based on a short Story by Annie Proulx
• relese date: December 9, 2005 (United States)
  
• director: Ange Lee
• produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus
• genres: Neowestern romantic/drama, LGBTQ
• set in Wyoming
• actors:
  • Ennis Del Mar: Heath Ledger
  • Jack Twist: Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Lureen Newsome: Anne Hathaway
  • Alma Beers Del Mar: Michelle Williams
• awards:
  
  • Best Achievement in Directing (Ang Lee) Oscar winner
  • Best Writing, Adapted screenplay ( Lary McMurtry and Diana Ossana) Oskar winner
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Jake Gyllenhaal) Nominee for an Oscar
    

general informations about the short story

• Short story by Annie Proulx
• originally published in The New Yorker on October 13, 1997
• 1998 National Magazine Award for Fiction
• 1998 third place O. Henry Award
• slightly expanded version published 1999 in short story collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories
  
• story is based on her own thoughts about life in the West
• describes events from 1963, until end of story 20 years later

summary of the plot

Jack Twist

• Jack Twist: Jake Gyllenhaal
• cowboy
• born: 1943/1944
• grows up in Lightning Flat (northeastern corner of Wyoming)
• free-spirited and fun-loving
• interests: playing harmonica, true passion for rodeo
• convincing Ennis to have a real relationship with him, even if in secret
• wife: Lureen Newssome
• son: Bobby

Ennis Del Mar

• born 1943/1944
• youngest of three children
• grows up in southwestern Wyoming
• orphan
• hast to drop out of school
• 1963 metts Jack Twist
• falls in love with him
• 1963 married his fiancée, Alma Beers
• tow dauthers, Alma Jr., Jenny (Francine)
• 1975 Alma divorces Ennis
• traumatized by murder of suspected homosexual couple
• refuse to live with Jack

Lureen Newsome

• Lureen Newsome: Anne Hathaway

Alma Beers Del Mar

• Alma Beers Del Mar: Michelle Williams

historical background

Homosexuality as a disease

• until 1957 considered mentally ill, sent to psychiatric hospitals
  
• 1957 study showd that homosexual men were no different from heterosexeal men in terms of mental health
• 1973 APA removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnessess
• during the McCarthy era, FBI and police investigate homosexuals in an office-like manner

Diskrimination

• in the 1950s and early 1960s, homosexuality has much more taboos than the social discrimination of blacks
• During the Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968), their rights were completely left out of the agenda of civil rights activists
• ederal, state, local laws excluded homosexuals from certain professions, military service
• prevented them from obtaining security clearances
• Homosexuals were discriminated in employment, rental law, in purchase of insurance policies

Sodomy Laws

• 1970, 70% of americans disapproved homosexuals
• Until the 21st century, homosexual acts or sexual practices carried heavy prison sentences and fines
• Law were not eliminated until 2003
• after general criminal justice reforms -> ban on same-sex sexual acts removed (some states)
• Illinois first state to do so (1962), Wyoming (1977)
• early 1990s, about half of all states ban same-sex sexual practice
• Law were not eliminated until 2003
• Anti-discrimination laws only at local and state levels

"it's your fault I'm like this" Ennis says to Jack during an argument. Do you think so too?

Is it justified to sacrifice the responsibility of marriage and family for love?

"it's your fault I'm like this" Ennis says to Jack during an argument. Do you think so too?

"it's your fault I'm like this" Ennis says to Jack during an argument. Do you think so too?

TEXT SOURCES

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain https://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/brokeback-mountain/context/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennis_Del_Mar
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_(short_story)
• https://www.dw.com/de/i-have-a-dream-zwischen-wirklichkeit-und-illusion/a-17044413
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexualit%C3%A4t_in_den_Vereinigten_Staaten
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Homosexualit%C3%A4t_in_den_Vereinigten_Staaten#1945%E2%80%931968
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/awards/
• https://www.charactour.com/hub/characters/view/Jack-Twist.Brokeback-Mountain
• https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/brokeback-mountain/summary

IMAGE SOURCES

• https://live.staticflickr.com/34/89852446_2a4d2a5291_b.jpg
• https://occ-0-2794-2219.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/E8vDc_W8CLv7-yMQu8KMEC7Rrr8/AAAABVIQAWJdzzjhzOU4AzGDNGptPnlgwOF0E0pIrNAGzTKBaV_aMBHdMNB8Rh_vp869yZ9yy3JDJjfz8crE6gHPqiag3VIN.jpg?r=4cc
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Brokebackmountainheathledger.jpg
• https://www.personality-database.com/profile_images/22052.png
• https://cdn.gaystarnews.com/uploads/2015/07/anne_hathaway.jpg
• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OJMnP4cHbdY/UXlTLpy7zAI/AAAAAAAAA9E/gnygv2X2EcM/s1600/michelle8.jpg
• https://de.web.img3.acsta.net/r_1280_720/pictures/17/02/03/14/09/146940.jpg
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Decriminalization_of_same-sex_sexual_intercourse_in_the_United_States.svg/640px-Decriminalization_of_same-sex_sexual_intercourse_in_the_United_States.svg.png
• https://i.gremicdn.pl/image/free/c5e8ad65ec22c110c03f0bc6e88111f4/?t=resize:fill:408:255,enlarge:1
• https://bilder.fernsehserien.de/epg/40f/40f0a217607029a8c03facc82517a0cb5b247314_b-w-970.jpg.jpg

MOVIE SOURCES

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMA30rThECg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhVhZrgYy4M

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5GIlEwPa7I

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvciu7vZmow

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_xFuDReiw

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