A Woman Scorned
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover by Peter Greenway is an astounding tale of sex, deceit, corruption, and abuse. This movie is partial about a woman named Georgina and the relationship she holds between her and the two men in her life, Michael and Albert. Michael is her lover and Albert, her husband, is a head gangster. Albert both physically and psychologically abuses Georgina throughout their whole relationship. As many women in abusive relationships, Georgina does nothing to stop him. It is only when her lover is killed that Georgina finally takes a stand against Albert. As the old saying goes: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The most obvious way that Georgina is abused is physically. There are the smaller things like when Albert hits her in the face with a menu when she corrects him in his French pronunciation. And the time that Albert hits Georgina on the hand with a spoon at the dinner table because she was not paying attention to him. Grabbing Georgina's breast at the dinner table is another prime example. Of course there are the most obvious ways Albert abuses her. Dragging her around, twisting her arm, and punching her in the stomach when she makes him mad. When Albert rapes Georgina in the car in
The abuse that Georgina goes through is appalling. The amount of anguish she put up with is unbelievable. She seems to accept it, however, until it is no longer just her. In some way she may have even thought that she deserved the abuse she received. Michael, on the other hand did not deserve any abuse from Albert, so when Albert kills Michael, Georgina decides to fight back. She finally does something about Albert's control of her life. Hell definitely hath no fury like Georgina scorned. Georgina's happiness disintegrates not long after she has found it. Albert finds out about the two lovers and vows to, as he put it, "I'll kill him, and then I'll eat him!" To escape from Albert's wrath Georgina and Michael hide in a truck full of rotten meat and flee to Michael's book depository where they spend but a very short time in bliss. After Michael is Killed by Albert and his henchmen, Georgina decides it is time to get revenge. Along with the chef and the rest of the restaurant's staff, Albert finally gets what he deserves. Under Georgina's instructions the chef cooks Michael and sends a formal invitation to Albert to come and have dinner. Once Albert is there, Georgina, Along with the staff, present's Michael, fully laid out on a platter, to Albert. Georgina pulls a gun on him and forces him to take a bite of her dead lover. Once he has, she shoots him in the head, calling him a "cannibal". Thus freeing Georgina from Albert forever. the back of the restau
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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