“Promise me...Don’t let them take them. Don’t let them take them (What Happened to Monday),” pleas Monday as she bleeds out. Throughout Tommy Wirkola’s film, What Happened to Monday, the eldest of septuplets Monday, conforms to traditional gender stereotypes and roles because of her empathy for future children and spending additional time perfecting her beauty. Although there are characters throughout the film which do not conform to stereotypes and roles they are killed by the end of the film.
Monday is one of seven septuplets raised by her grandfather, Terrence Settman. Her mother died during childbirth. She was born into a one child per family society enforced by political activist and renowned conservation biologist, Nicolette Cayman. To …show more content…
For instance, her sister Thursday is the unannounced leader of the identical septuplets; she dresses in all black, skates, and lives a vegan lifestyle. She does not fall into the hopeless princess stereotype of most women who are waiting to be rescued. “We’re gonna get through this. Every day we set foot outside, we beat the odds. We’re gonna get Monday out, and we’re gonna show the world who Cayman really is (What Happened to Monday),” assures Thursday to her hopeless sisters. Additionally, Cayman, the woman responsible for a one child per family policy holds authority in the world which typically are held by men. For instance, leaders of government throughout the world are primarily male, to pass such a world wide policy it would be unlikely for a woman to demand such a thing. Ultimately, the film depicts her as a villain and kills her off towards the end this further reinforces the traditional gender role as “violent gender scenarios result in women being threatened and killed (Gamble & Gamble).” Another example of breaking gender roles is the fact her grandfather raised septuplets without a woman figure in the household. Typically, most families have mothers raise children and the father working. In this case, a male figure had the responsibility of raising children, but the character does not make an appearance after the first fifteen minutes. Essentially, this steers away …show more content…
As a result of their long-term secret relationship, she becomes pregnant with twins. To save her twins, and own identity she secretly makes a deal with Cayman. The stereotype of women being protective of their children is reinforced as her instinct is to protect her unborn children even if it means betraying her sisters; Monday schemed and found loopholes to save her new family. For instance, the stereotype of women stated in the article, “Nonverbal Behavior: Culture, Gender, and the Media,” by Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael W. Gamble, “females are primed to devote considerable energy to improve… nurturing others, while males learn to display tougher, more aggressive take-charge cues, trying all the while males to control their
Monday is one of seven septuplets raised by her grandfather, Terrence Settman. Her mother died during childbirth. She was born into a one child per family society enforced by political activist and renowned conservation biologist, Nicolette Cayman. To …show more content…
For instance, her sister Thursday is the unannounced leader of the identical septuplets; she dresses in all black, skates, and lives a vegan lifestyle. She does not fall into the hopeless princess stereotype of most women who are waiting to be rescued. “We’re gonna get through this. Every day we set foot outside, we beat the odds. We’re gonna get Monday out, and we’re gonna show the world who Cayman really is (What Happened to Monday),” assures Thursday to her hopeless sisters. Additionally, Cayman, the woman responsible for a one child per family policy holds authority in the world which typically are held by men. For instance, leaders of government throughout the world are primarily male, to pass such a world wide policy it would be unlikely for a woman to demand such a thing. Ultimately, the film depicts her as a villain and kills her off towards the end this further reinforces the traditional gender role as “violent gender scenarios result in women being threatened and killed (Gamble & Gamble).” Another example of breaking gender roles is the fact her grandfather raised septuplets without a woman figure in the household. Typically, most families have mothers raise children and the father working. In this case, a male figure had the responsibility of raising children, but the character does not make an appearance after the first fifteen minutes. Essentially, this steers away …show more content…
As a result of their long-term secret relationship, she becomes pregnant with twins. To save her twins, and own identity she secretly makes a deal with Cayman. The stereotype of women being protective of their children is reinforced as her instinct is to protect her unborn children even if it means betraying her sisters; Monday schemed and found loopholes to save her new family. For instance, the stereotype of women stated in the article, “Nonverbal Behavior: Culture, Gender, and the Media,” by Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael W. Gamble, “females are primed to devote considerable energy to improve… nurturing others, while males learn to display tougher, more aggressive take-charge cues, trying all the while males to control their