This study examined whether gender stereotypes and tropes are still used in movies, through analyzing two popular film trilogies with an age difference of 20 years. Each trilogy’s protagonist and love interest were analyzed with the goal of determining how each character were potrayed. This study was seen through a gender perspective, and based on a structuralism approach. To answer the study’s research questions, Mulvey’s (1975) male gaze theory and Hall’s representation theory were used. The study had a qualitative approach and a discourse analysis was used as an method, and the analysis model Mise-en-scène (Selby & Cowdery, 1995) was used. Upon completion of the study, the following could be ascertained: first, gender stereotypes and tropes are still used in films. But has become better at be hidden into the plot. Second, each character was portrayed according to gender stereotypes as well as tropes. Finally, both similarities and differences could be established in the representation of each character. Where it was clear that even though Elle were the protagonist of one trilogy, it was still the man who controlled the relationship. The same thing was stated in the Spiderman trilogy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-116154 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Linåker, Amanda |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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