Slayer

Throughout the years of the series showing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was highly respected and hailed by critics to be one of the most well-written television series ever. Its smart and witty dialogue was its reason to be so looked upon. It was even ranked to be one of the top fifty television shows of all time by TV Guide. The television series is about a teenaged girl named Buffy, who is the “chosen one” to fight the enemies which include demons, vampires, and creatures. The enemies which whom…

those oppressed everywhere.” This is the 11th century knight-errants’ oath of allegiance taken by a 10-year-old Robert X. Leeds, who went on to author this book titled The Dragon Slayer. Since then, it has been his life’s mission to help the world prevail in a time of peril and help those in need everywhere. The Dragon Slayer is an autobiographical account of all of Robert’s ascents and descents in life and his determination to achieve his goals, despite the often-incredible odds against him. …

In 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art purchased Apollo the Python-Slayer (figure one) which they believe to be the only surviving piece from the Greek sculptor Praxiteles. After the purchase, questions arose regarding the authenticity of the museum’s claims as well as the murky history of how this piece was procured and how it was found in Germany in the 1980’s. Scholars agree that Apollo is ancient, but are irresolute of the label the sculpture should don. Two arguments sprung from the display…

A person can place a stereotype on somebody without knowing them. Everybody has had some form of stereotype placed on them. It could be through their appearance or by their demeanor. I have been stereotyped as the nice colleague who does their work without complaint, I saw this as a good thing but it was turned into the opposite by a friend. Sometimes it is merely a matter of perspective. My friends may see me as the funny outgoing one but my coworker may see me as the shy girl. We may tell…

I chose to do my paper on, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, specifically the episode entitled “The Body”. In this episode; Buffy comes home to find her mother, Joyce, passed out on their couch in the living room. She calls out to her mother and tries unsuccessfully to rouse her. When this doesn’t work, she immediately gets on the phone and calls 911. The 911 operator goes through the steps of CPR with her, while directing an ambulance to her location, Buffy in turn tries to get her mother to start…

The episode “The Body” of Buffy the Vampire Slayer directed by Joss Whedon in 2001, the scene is about Buffy finding her dead mother at home. This scene creates a sense remorse and somber mood. Set in a living room, the scene contains two paramedics with Buffy and her mother. The mood is created from focusing on the interaction of the first paramedic and Buffy with shot/reverse shots while speaking about Buffy’s mother. This scene specifically uses mostly close ups of Buffy as she is clearly…

working, Buffy felt cornered and trapped, and betrayed. Slayers slay and Watchers...sabotage? Lie? Poison you? Make you feel delusional, like you got all the bad parts of destiny, and none of the good? Giles had been stammering after her; Buffy could still hear the swing of the library doors over Giles' repeated calls of her name, and all his English pleading. It made her feel sick to think about; to think about all the other Slayers the Council might have hurt or killed even. Let alone…

its own (white) American identity. She refers these black characters and images endemic to American literature as the “Africanist presence” (17). Through Morrison’s theory of the Africanist presence, we can better understand how Buffy the Vampire Slayer employs characters like Kendra and larger themes of monstrosity and darkness to uphold the power, and fundamental whiteness, of its heroine. Kendra, who has no last name, is first introduced in the season two episode “What’s My Line”. She’s been…

The show Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a very “literary concept” filled show by each situation in this episode containing lessons and themes hidden within the synopsis. The show contains episodes and scenes that display the knowledge of literary and figurative elements due to the writer of “Buffy” having experience in literature and figurative language. The lessons that are displayed in the show tie into real lessons experienced in life as a result of most problems that the Sunnydale inhabitants…

This paper examines the fictional character Buffy Summers from the critically acclaimed TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This paper provides a brief character description of Buffy Summers and her various behavioral, personality and physical attributes. The character of Buffy Summers is then examined in relation to 4 concepts covered in PSYC 366: sexism, gender schema, gender socialization and the heterosexual script. Next, various female stereotypes and gender roles are examined and applied…