Representations of gender

Representations of Gender in Batman and the Dark Knight

FemininityMasculinity

Key Female Characters

The Dark Knight• Key Female Characters

– Rachel Dawes– Ramerez

– Mrs Gordan– Natascha

Batman• Key Female Characters

– Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger)– Alicia Hunt (Jerry Hall)

Rachel

Messages/Values

Vicki Vale

Messages/ Values

The ‘Others’

The ‘Others’

Masculinity

• Using the films and ‘Grab’ find at least ten images of men in our two film.

• Using ‘Grab’ copy them into a word document. Write a brief statement about representation for each image – descriptive words, messages, values and why you think this representation is used (Target audience, attitude at the time, themes of the films etc.).

Essay question• Discuss similarities and differences in the

representation of masculinity and/or femininity in your chosen American films.

• Brainstorming everything that you could talk about.

• Create a mind map of how you would answer this question. Select the 4 -5 most important points and write them as a strong statement (topic sentence). Then list at least 3 pieces of evidence from the films that would support your answer.

Mind Map

Discuss similarities and differences in the representation of masculinity and/or femininity in your chosen American films.

Topic sentence

Topic sentence

Topic sentence Topic

sentence

Evidence

Evidence

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