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Maternal desire is the main issue in the film Aliens; for the heroine, it is loss and the subsequent regaining of the object of maternal desire that is significant. The considerable length of time spent in stasis, loss of job and primarily the loss of her daughter contribute toRipley's physical and emotional displacement. Her cat is the only thing familiar to her, and so fills in as object of this maternal desir ....
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.... epresented by the Company, a profit-motivated, exploitative enterprise whose disregard for human life, and the values that maternal desire encompasses pose a comparable threat to human survival in this film.
The female body is introduced in the opening sequence as Ripley, resting peacefully inside her autosleep chamber. It is a 'sleeping beauty' image, complete with male salvagers/rescuers who must break down the barrier of the pod's sealed entrance to discover her. Th ....
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