How men are represented in Bridget Jones and Sleepless in Seattle!

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Compare how men and/or women are represented in the romantic comedy genre using the films Bridget Jones Diary and Sleepless in Seattle

In Bridged Jones men are represented in a stereotypical way and a non-stereo typical way because mark Darcy was represented in a kind, loving, desperate person but Daniel cleaver is represented as a player, cheat and as a violent person. Bridget was the complete opposite of a stereotypical woman. She was rude, loving and weird; she also smokes and drinks alcohol. These are three protagonists of this film.

In Sleepless in Seattle Annie Reed was represented in a stereotypical because Annie is shown desperate, loving and caring. Sam was shown as a non-stereotypical way as he was shown as loving, caring and a loving dad. These 2 are the protagonists of this film.

In the following paragraphs in going to be talking about how the men were represented in the two films.

In Bridget Jones they were shown as aggressive when they both had a fight against each other. This tells us that they are desperate for the girl and that they are violent. While they are fighting they are in the dark this signifies their inner darkness and badness. In most of the fight Daniel is lower than Mark this signifies that Mark is more dominant.

Mark Darcy is shown as loving and caring when he goes to buy a diary for Bridget. This tells us that he caring as he buys Bridget a new diary to start a new life. When he is giving the diary to Bridget he’s face is half in light, the light signifies that he is slowly moving towards the good side.

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Daniel is shown as a cheat and a player when he is caught cheating on Bridget. This proves that Daniel is not caring and loving. From this we can see that he’s not a stereotypical man because he’s a cheat and not a serious lover whereas a stereotypical man will be the complete opposite.

In the scene where Mark is talking to he's mum we could see that mark has a rude side as well. We know this because Mark talks about Bridget in an impolite manner. We can also see that Mark is dominant in this scene as he ...

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