Maid In Manhatman Character Analysis

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The film Maid in Manhattan is about a single mother, Marisa Ventura, who works as a maid in an upscale Manhattan Hotel. She struggles to be a good mother while also maintaining her good reputation at work. One day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. Marisa, now in a dilemma, is forced to play two contradicting roles: a poor maid and a woman of a high social class. After a charming night together they fall in love. But when Marisa’s true self is exposed not only is Marisa’s job in danger but their relationship is in jeopardy due to issues of class and social status. Other characters in the film are Marisa’s friends and co-workers who are full of excitement to see Marisa with someone of high importance and urge her to continue seeing Christopher. They help her sneak around so neither Christopher nor her boss finds out what she is doing. On the other hand; Christopher’s publicist is completely against him spending time with Marisa. He thinks that she will somehow bring his campaign down and cost him his election as senator. Marisa is a very strong willed woman; she stands up for herself and her position in society. For example when a saleswoman tried to push her aside and…show more content…
The film shows a relationship develop between Marisa and Christopher while there are obvious differences between their lifestyles that would usually be a barrier between people. If this were a real life situation, you probably would not be seeing the maid running around with a high political figure. For example, you do not normally see actors dating their fans, you see them dating people they work with, people of the same social class. This does not mean that occupants of a lower social class are not worthy of being with someone of a higher class, it is just more likely for people of the same class to stick
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