1. The representation of the chauffeur is portrayed from a biased point of view as the chauffeur is someone representing a follower of the 'black shirts' and this is someone who follows the views of Nazism and at the time of the 1930's being a 'black shirt' wasn't wrong as the views of Nazism were not wrong until the 1940's however the chauffeur is portrayed as being in the wrong as when he goes to his demonstrations the camerawork used and the mise en scene of people shouting to stop it makes it sound like what he is doing is wrong which is biased because it is shown in a pro-Nazi view as it shows police needed to stop fights breaking out which shows that what he is doing must be wrong when he is actually following the perfectly normal views of Nazism.
2. The upstairs family and downstairs staff are staying to tradition in a changing world because there is a clear class divide shown which is not normally portrayed in real life anymore and this is shown with how the downstairs staff sleep in cramped conditions and are working all day while the upstairs family sleeping in massive rooms and not working which is traditional of a class divide. it also fits the stereotypical views of rich people having servants and not changing there lifestyles at all while the world around them is in the way of that there are revolutions like the Nazi's getting powerful.
3. Lady Persephone wants to join the blackshirts because she simply wants a change from her boring lifestyle and wants to do something in her life and she chooses to express this by supporting the blackshirts which is very unconventional of such an upper class person because they don't need change because they are happy the way they are.
4. Similarities from Lady Persephone and Jenny from 'An Education' is that they are both girls who want to experiment and this is shown from Lady Persephone by the way in which she starts to follow a new group and Jenny experiments by experiencing boyfriends for the first time. Another similarity is that they both have strong gender roles as they both have a lot of rights and can do what they like which is different to the stereotypical view of an women from the 1930's also they both are from an upper class family which shows how they are similar because they can both in a sense have more freedom. The last thing that is similar is that both girls have a good family unit and this is because they are well connected to there family and get on with them well.
5. The strongest collective identity is defiantly the downstairs family because it shows them not being dull servants who don't have a life it collectively reflects on how the downstairs staff all get on with each other and are friendly people another reason how the collective identity of them is so strong is because of how it shows in depth of how they have to follow the household rules and it shows how they have to be asked to talk and can't go upstairs which does strongly reflect there identity. The blackshirts is also strong and they are collectively shows as being opposed too by many people and even though they are meant to have freedom of speech they get abused and fought a lot for there normal views which gives implications that fascists/Nazi's are shown as wrong in Britian.
EXAM QUESTION : TO WHAT EXTENT DOES YOUR CASE STUDY TEXT REPRESENT YOUR CHOSEN COLLECTIVE IDENTITY IN A POSITIVE WAY?
Intro - talk about what film will be used and the collective identity of blackshirts and the downstairs family and what time period
Paragraph 1 - family unit
paragraph 2 - gender roles
para 3 - blackshirts
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