ABSTRACT
In today's world, the acceptance of masculinity and femininity vary from region to region and from culture to culture. This paper analyses three male characters with different characteristics in the film “The Power of the Dog” from multiple perspectives, based on the script, character performances and audiovisual language, through the measurement of personality masks in Jungian Psychology and the theory of “gender performance”, Anima and “gender performance”, to observe a different kind of rebellion between tradition and non-tradition, and to explore how femininity is externalised and dissolved in a specific living environment and cultural context. It also calls on the public to pay more attention to and accept the existence of “sexual minorities”, to reject the repression of heterosexuality, and to be brave enough to show and release their own selves. The author's research suggests that, due to the long-term influence of the social environment, most people tend to share a common gender and personality misidentification and have stereotypes about gender, thus showing a strong rejection and fear of the so-called ‘heterosexuality’. At the same time, in certain situations, the suppression of one's personality can easily lead to cognitive disorders and mental paranoia, resulting in personality distortions and other negative effects, leading to deviations in values in one's individual life and in the group as a whole.
