In the 3 earlier films, ‘the bride of Frankenstein’ (whale, 1933), ‘Dracula’ (fisher, 1958) and ‘Psycho’ (Hitchcock, 1960) the women are very stereotyped.

The baroness in ‘the bride of Frankenstein’ is a very feminine and passive character. At the beginning of the clip she is sitting at a dressing table putting on make-up. The monster stands outside the window watching her, this suggests that she is an object.

When the monster attacks her she barely fights back, she just lets him carry her away. She screams for ‘Henry!’ which suggests that she is dependant on men, and that she can’t defend herself.

The maid in ‘the bride of Frankenstein’ seems to be a very weak character, she has a very trembley voice and says that she ‘worries about leaving you alone’ to the baroness, this makes it very obvious that something is about to happen. When she

re-enters the room and sees the baroness being taken away by the monster she screams and runs to the men crying.

In ‘Dracula’ the vampiress manipulates ‘Harker’ by pretending to be helpless. In the clip she is wearing white, which suggests innocence. When ‘Harker’ walks towards her she backs away

In ‘Psycho’ Marion Crane has a strong personality, she speaks to men without stammering or trembling, however she is having an affair with a married man, ‘Sam’, and she seems to take a back seat in their relationship, she believes everything he says, and it seems he is not being very honest with her. She seems very independent, as she is not living with a man.

Before killing her, Norman spies on Marion which gives the impression that she is an object. When he stabs her he has complete power. Even though she tries to fight back, Norman overpowers her. When she turns and sees Norman, Marion screams – this is a typical reaction.

There are no men in this clip, which suggests that the women are independent. All of the girls are dressed differently. This also says that they are individual. This clip has a positive representation of women.

In her conversation with Norman she seems to be in control, she prompts him on what to say. The camera angle is a high-angle shot, it looks down on them both. You can clearly see the stuffed birds-of-prey in the corners of the room, this suggests he has made her his prey. As when the client in the beginning is flirting with her the shot is looking down on her. The shadows make her con

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, Marion Crane, Norman Marion, Craft’ Fleming, ‘the bride, ‘the bride frankenstein’, bride frankenstein’, beginning clip, earlier films, representation women, conversation norman,