Representation of women in film (film), Metropolis Women were portrayed in different ways throughout the film Metropolis, but the underlying theme was that women were considered purely sexual. Maria was seen in the film as a nurturer, but also as a sexual object. It was she who preached peace and harmony to the workers in the catacombs. Maria was also the caring mother figure seen walking around the garden with all the poor children. The vampire, on the other hand, was clearly presented as a sexual object. This entire film was seen through the eyes of a male point of view, which generally presents women as sexual objects and strips them of any identity. Lang shows Frederson as afraid of femininity, which implies emotion and nurturing of women. The robot was seen as a creation of technology, femininity and sexuality through the male imagination. This creation of the robot was to reflect the fear that men have of women and technology. Women, machines, and nature arouse fear in men because they threaten male dominance and control. The female robot has sparked fears of a threat of male control due to the idea that technology could become so vast and advanced that it would escape human control and destroy humanity. Maria also posed a threat to Frederson due to her emotions and care. As seen in the film, the scene where Rotwang leads Frederson to the catacombs to watch Maria preach about peace is a direct representation of male fear of femininity. This fear comes from the fact that Frederson has no control over this situation because he did not know about the catacombs, which scares him. Men need to control these women because of these insecurities about their own dominance. Throughout the film, there is an underlying theme that men are always controlling women. The tech world has always been seen as all men while women stood on the outside looking in. For example, Rotwang creates this vampire to satisfy his own sexual desires and to be able to control and dominate his every move. Woman was built by man to serve her master, to be totally dependent and to meet his needs. Lang invents his women as technological objects that come to life through the hands and visions of their male masters. This is clearly seen when the robot, disguised as Maria, is put on the stake to burn...