Analyse and explain the way in which a religious or moral issue has been dealt with in a television soap opera OR the national daily press

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Analyse and explain the way in which a religious or moral issue has been dealt with in a television soap opera OR the national daily press

I am going to analyze the issue of illegal asylum seekers from an episode of Eastenders.

Within this episode, Dot, who is an obvious Christian, meet up with her friend’s son who has decided to stop being a vicar. She disagrees with this action and states her opinion. He says that religion was forced upon him as a child and that dot has done the same to her son, Nick. However, Nick was rebellious and ended up in prison. Dot rushes to church, with feeling of guilt and asks God whether she had been a good mother or not. After this question, she hears a baby’s cry and discovers a baby in a sports bag, left alone. This could symbolize her prayers being answered for another chance to raise a child.

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Underneath a sign in the church that says ‘Suffer little children, come unto me’, this is a quote for Jesus in the Bible, Dot leaves a note with her address so the mother can claim her child. The baby is then taken back to Dot and Jim’s home. Jim thinks that Dot is getting her-self into a lot of trouble when Dot explains what she has done. She claims that she thinks that God has given her another chance at raising a child as a good Christian, whereas Jim thinks that they should call Social services if the Mother does ...

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