Questions 4: Compare and /or contrast the ways that two texts you have studied represents the same group of idea.
In the two texts that we have studied, House of cards and Blackrock, we compare and contrast the characters that represent the group hegemonic males. The play Blackrock written by Nick Enright is set in a low socioeconomic, coastal town in Australia. The play is based on the rape and killing of Tracey Warner at a teenage party. The two dominant figures that will be compared and contrasted are Jarred and Ricko. Jarred is a seventeen-year-old male who looks up, like most of the boys do, to Ricko. Ricko is a deadbeat twenty-two-year-old male who is seen as a role model to the other boys in the town. House of Cards is a television show …show more content…
Frank Underwood is a Protagonist in the TV Series House of Cards. Frank Underwood presents himself as an intellectual hegemonic male because of his job as a house majority whip, his character is also educated, very formal language and influential. As people see him as a person of a high status due to how influential his job is, people feed off him. Zoe Barns is a Jounalist that works for the Washington herald. Zoe’s connection to a powerful figure is increasingly valuable to her own gain as Frank gives inside information, which gives her advanced reputation within the herald. Frank is always in control of what Zoe is going to write, He also is more verbally dominant when he sees her. Franks power intimidates Zoe meaning she is being manipulated by Frank. This illustrates Frank as a hegemonic male due to his manipulation of women and abusing his political power to gain …show more content…
The comparison of Ricko and Frank saw two Highly elevated figures being used by a person in a lower hierarchy position for their gain. Frank was giving information to Zoe Barns so she could have a more elevated position at the herald, and for Ricko the advice he gives Davo and Scott after they rape Tracey Warner so that they could stay out of trouble. Peter Russo and Jared in contrast are very two different hegemonic males as Peter openly discourages his girlfriend while Jared is two faced about it, when he’s with his friends he is a demeaning but when it’s just the two of them he looks after and cares for her. Hegemonic masculinity is represented in Both House of cards and Blackrock through the comparison and contrast of characters in the
In the two texts that we have studied, House of cards and Blackrock, we compare and contrast the characters that represent the group hegemonic males. The play Blackrock written by Nick Enright is set in a low socioeconomic, coastal town in Australia. The play is based on the rape and killing of Tracey Warner at a teenage party. The two dominant figures that will be compared and contrasted are Jarred and Ricko. Jarred is a seventeen-year-old male who looks up, like most of the boys do, to Ricko. Ricko is a deadbeat twenty-two-year-old male who is seen as a role model to the other boys in the town. House of Cards is a television show …show more content…
Frank Underwood is a Protagonist in the TV Series House of Cards. Frank Underwood presents himself as an intellectual hegemonic male because of his job as a house majority whip, his character is also educated, very formal language and influential. As people see him as a person of a high status due to how influential his job is, people feed off him. Zoe Barns is a Jounalist that works for the Washington herald. Zoe’s connection to a powerful figure is increasingly valuable to her own gain as Frank gives inside information, which gives her advanced reputation within the herald. Frank is always in control of what Zoe is going to write, He also is more verbally dominant when he sees her. Franks power intimidates Zoe meaning she is being manipulated by Frank. This illustrates Frank as a hegemonic male due to his manipulation of women and abusing his political power to gain …show more content…
The comparison of Ricko and Frank saw two Highly elevated figures being used by a person in a lower hierarchy position for their gain. Frank was giving information to Zoe Barns so she could have a more elevated position at the herald, and for Ricko the advice he gives Davo and Scott after they rape Tracey Warner so that they could stay out of trouble. Peter Russo and Jared in contrast are very two different hegemonic males as Peter openly discourages his girlfriend while Jared is two faced about it, when he’s with his friends he is a demeaning but when it’s just the two of them he looks after and cares for her. Hegemonic masculinity is represented in Both House of cards and Blackrock through the comparison and contrast of characters in the