Female Characters in Movies Eat Pray Love Eat Pray Love tells a story of Elizabeth Gilbert, a woman who has attained everything that most other women dream of having in their life, yet finds herself unhappy, disappointed, and not knowing what she truly wants in her life. To understand what she wants her life to be like, she divorces her husband, and soon begins a romantic relationship with a theatre actor. She soon realizes that she needs to “find herself”, and plans a journey to three places: Italy – to find enjoyment in food, India – to have an experience of yoga and obtain some spiritual peace, and Indonesia – to see a certain medicine man who, as she hopes, can provide her with more insights into her life. As a result of her journey, she discovers enjoyment in many things and finds a man who she falls in love with. Thelma and Louise Thelma and Louise tells a story of two friends, Thelma and Louise, who decided to go for a two-day holiday in the mountains to have some rest from their dull lives. Unfortunately, their rest turns into a nightmare. Having stopped at a local motel, they meet a man named Harlan. Harlan accompanies Thelma outside of the building, where he tries to rape her while she is under the influence of alcohol. The incident ends with Louise killing the man; the friends, being afraid that no one will believe their claims about the attempted rape due to Thelma’s intoxicated state, decide to run to Mexico. On their way, they meet another man, J. D, who sleeps with Thelma. J. D. turns out to be a thief; he steals Thelma’s things. The friends rob a shop to get some money, and, with further unpleasant adventures, flee. They are chased by the police, who catches up with them near the Grand Canyon, but the women decide not to surrender, and drive their car down from the cliff, falling into the Canyon. The movie illustrates how the disadvantaged position of women, who are often perceived as sexual objects for men, and the resulting culture of rape, when sexual harassment is a common phenomenon, leads to ruined lives. Terminator 2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a part of a famous series about the Terminator, a robot from the future in which the humanity loses a war to AI-controlled machines. John Connor is a boy who is known to play a crucial role in defeating the robots in the future, and the Terminator arrives to save him. Together with John’s mother Sarah Connor, they strive to protect John from the T-1000, a robot assassin sent to murder the boy. Sarah Connor is the central female character of the film. She is depicted as a strong woman who knows of her son’s destiny and, despite being placed in a mental hospital, trains to protect him in the future. When she gets out, she fights almost recklessly against the T-1000, trying to save her son and prevent the coming nuclear apocalypse, proving herself a brave and capable warrior. After the T-1000 is defeated, the audience hears the words of Sarah, who says how she faces the future with the sense of hope. G.I. Jane G.I. Jane is a fictional story about Lt Jordan O’Neil, the first woman to be accepted into a training program for the U.S. Navy Special Warfare Group. Lt O’Neil, a topographical analyst, is selected by a local Senator Lil