Tuesday 28 April 2009



Scene: 02.15-04.50

In this scene Men was presented to the audience as being more powerful than women. 
The part where when the king asks the servants about how much of the medicine is left 
the male servant nudges and the female servant who then is forced to answer the question. 
This shows that despite both of them being servants the male servant has authority over the female servant.

Another example is when the king tells the queen to drink the medicine. The queen was seen to have a fair amount 
of power at the beginning of the conflict when she talks back to the king, However as the scene progresses we see that
at the end the queen has to give in and listen to what the king said. this suggests that women are less powerful.


In the scene women are shown to keep what they're thinking to themselves. This is shown when we can tell from the queen's facial expression
that she doesn't want to drink the medicine, however she doesn't say this aloud to other characters and tries to get the idea across in a less 
obvious manner.

1 comment:

Mr Parker said...

You consider how actor's performance and the script give us a sense of gender and power. You also need to consider the detailed use of film language - mise-en-scene and editing.