The film The Wrestler takes advantage of society's deeply ingrained assumptions about domesticity. It teases and plays with heart until the very end, when the main narrative is surprisingly subverted. Through its cinematic realism and awareness of audience expectations of domesticity, The Wrestler creatively rejects this primary narrative of domesticity with its unconventional conclusion. The master narrative is an irresistible force that dictates the audience's expectations of the stories. Ingrained from an early age, the stories of masters are imbued with Western culture. The audience unwittingly accepts the main narrative as what life should be like. When reading a story or watching a film, the main narrative can be so compelling that the audience sometimes cannot accept or is shocked by a narrative that deviates from it. One of these main narratives is society's attitude towards domestic life. Preconceived notions about domesticity guide us through a story. This is easily seen in contemporary literature and cinema. We expect “boy meets girl” and “they lived happily ever after” stories. We hope the characters fall in love, get married, and have 2.4 kids (maybe 2.5 if they can afford it!), because that's the way things should be. This is what will make the characters happy, regardless of the obstacles they encounter. Audiences tend to fall into the “love conquers all” trap of expecting this formal conclusion. Certainly, in a modern, multicultural society, stereotypes of the domestic scene do not always apply. However, in literary and cinematic histories, this primary narrative of the domestic is omnipresent, spanning multiple genres. Representations of conventional forms of love and family are numerous in Disney films, for example. Author and creator ... middle of paper ...... preconceived notions about domestic life - the trap of "love conquers all" -- the film The Wrestler offers us an unexpected ending that is a change of pace welcome, not the rote happy ending. Works Cited Ansen, David. “An endless summer”. Newsweek (Vol. 151, No. 17). April 28, 2008: np SIRSRenaissance. Internet. February 18, 2014. Chopin, Kate. The story of an hour. Vcu.edu. Virginia Commonwealth University. 1894. Web.20 January 2014 « Kate Chopin 'The Story of an Hour': Questions and Answers on 'The Story of an Hour'. » KateChopin.org. The International Kate Chopin Society, nd Web. February 24, 2014Wood, Naomi. “Domesticating dreams in Walt Disney’s Cinderella.” The Lion and the Unicorn20.1 (1996): 25,49,153-154. ProQuest. Internet. February 22, 2014.The Wrestler. Real. Darren Aronofsky. By. Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. Twentieth Century Fox, 2008. DVD.