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damsels and were
Female characters were generally distressed damsels to be rescued or protected, or otherwise served as an inducement or reward for a male hero's adventures.
She felt she had proven herself capable of playing more than the demure ingénues and damsels in distress that were quickly typecasting her, and began to reject scripts that offered her this type of role.
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Also offended by the countess's elevation were King Frederick's younger unmarried siblings, Princess Sophia Hedwig ( 1677 – 1735 ) and Prince Charles ( 1680 – 1729 ), who withdrew from Copenhagen to their own rival court at the handsomely re-modelled Vemmetofte Cloister ( later a haven for dowerless damsels of the nobility ).
Such melodrama influenced the fledgling cinema industry and led to damsels in distress being the subject of many early silent movies, especially those that were made as multi-episode serials.
At the time, most female characters in sword and sorcery were little more than stock damsels in distress, or pawns who were distributed at the conclusion of the story as " bad-conduct prizes " ( Bradley's term ) for the male protagonists.
Nazis tormenting damsels in distress were perennial favourite subjects for the lurid, sub-pornographic covers of sensationalistic " true adventure " magazines such as Argosy in the 1950s and 1960s ; the film seeks to be a more explicit reversal of the same sort of sexual fantasy.
Aquarium literature of the time suggests that the most commonly kept marine fish were the percula clownfish, sergeant major damselfish, small, brackish-water pufferfish and scats, jeweled blennies, and blue damsels.
Nazis tormenting damsels in distress were perennial favorite subjects for the lurid, sub-pornographic covers of these sensationalistic magazines which, by the end of the ' 60s, were in decline.
O ' Casey and Bellew were down on their luck adventurers looking to transport cargo, search for the odd bit of treasure or help damsels in distress.

damsels and feature
European fairy tales frequently feature damsels in distress.
A number of tales in the One Thousand and One Nights ( Arabian Nights ) also feature damsels in distress.

damsels and serials
Noel appears in the last of the original Charlie Chan movies, Sky Dragon ( 1949 ), and also played damsels in distress in Monogram westerns and Republic Pictures serials.

damsels and by
However, there are also several differences, such as the victory and provisions being obtained by Abigail's peaceful actions rather than a heroic victory by David, the 200 that stayed behind doing so to protect the baggage rather than due to exhaustion, the main secondary character being the wife of the enemy ( Nabal ) rather than their former slave, David's forces being joined by damsels rather than rejoining their wives, and Nabal rather than the Amalekites being the enemy.
However, there are also several differences: such as the victory and provisions being obtained by a heroic victory by David rather than Abigail's peaceful actions ; the 200 that stayed behind doing so due to exhaustion rather than to protect the baggage ; the main secondary character being the former slave of the enemy, rather than the wife of the enemy ( Nabal ); David's forces rejoining their wives rather than being joined by damsels ; and the Amalekites rather than Nabal being the enemy.
Bretonnia is, in many ways, similar to the fairy-tale kingdom of Lyonesse or Logres under King Arthur, with noble knights who live by a series of vows ( to uphold the virtues of honor and chivalry ) and beautiful damsels who are rescued by courageous, dragon-fighting heroes.
Still, the modern image of " medieval " is more influenced by the romance than by any other medieval genre, and the word medieval invokes knights, distressed damsels, dragons, and other romantic tropes.
" The sultan arrives, preceded by a parade of damsels, eunuchs, etc ..
In the early 1990s, the video game market was skewed toward the young male demographic, and games more than often portrayed women as damsels in distress, submissive and requiring rescue by the male protagonists.

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