Essay Plan

Paragraph 1:

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  How each female character is represented
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  Look at High School Musical (Film based in this day and age) and Mama Mia Looking at how females are represented now and then and if there is any change.
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  Challenge or Reinforce. Have the characters in all texts done this how are they doing this. (Mise-en-scene)Looking at Tracy (she crosses the boundaries)
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  Are these true representations, looking at the 60’s what where women like.

Paragraph 2:

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  Historical context, women’s rights and segregation and how these problems faded as the 60’s had developed.
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  A social performance, High school day to day life is it realistic.
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  Again look at HSM and Hairspray and are there representations of high school life different or similar. And how the times have changed.

Paragraph 3:

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  Look at how through the film the plot changes in that one girl trying to get into a show changes and how development and change had took place and expressing the need for the development and change to continue.
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  How does this affect the audience and emphasis their stereotypes.

Paragraph 4:

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  How is each character being represented is there a virgin and a whore Look at Edna and Velma and their contrasting characters.
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  Is this a fair representation of females, also look at the male characters and are their representations fair too or is there a difference.
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  The representations in the film Hairspray, do they shine on a positive influence on the audience, does this differ for HSM or do they hold the same basic principal.

Conclusion:

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  SUMARISE EVERYTHING
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  Going back to the question does Hairspray follow the stereotypical representations of women?
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  Argue both side (challenge and reinforce.)
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  Then what have I made my decision.