Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Representation of Age

Stereotypes:

The youth, are childish, lazy and aggressive.
Adults, are mature, sensible and have the most power.
Elderly people are, weak, grumpy and hard of hearing.

Waterloo Road



Watch clip to 1:05, then skip to 4:00 

Questions:

  1. The older teacher, Grantley, how is he represented? and what makes him represented in that way? using the 4 analysis areas.
  2. What was the third teacher, Chalky,  wearing? What does that show? Is it challenging a stereotype or reinforcing it?
What characteristics are used for a younger character, and what characteristics are used for an elderly character that are not already written above?

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