Semiotic Notes & Burn The Witch Representations
Semiotics:
THREE STAGES
FIRST STAGE: Signifier, what they mean.
SECOND STAGE: Connotation, what meanings do we bring to that
FINAL STAGE: Myth, the stories that we tell around it.
Stranger Things - Gender Representations Essay
Gender is represented in many different ways in Stranger Things; we obviously have the main male and female genders but these are represented distinct ways in terms of masculinity and femininity. The character of Jim Hopper is rough, scruffy and laid back. He's authoritative and dismissive, whereas men are usually depicted as being responsible and doing the right thing more so in the era that Stranger Things is set in. In one particular scene, where Hopper walks in to his workplace he makes demeaning jokes; to be virile is a key masculine trait. In this scene Hopper also states that ''Morning is a time for coffee and contemplation' ' meaning that he doesn't want to be bothered/hassled. In fact all the men in this scene are depicted as lazy and it's the only female character that's nagging them to do work. Another male figure that abdicates responsibility in a similar way to Hopper is Mr Wheeler. We don't see much of him but when we do he's ...
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