Describe, Explain & Analyse the way in which a religious issue is dealt within a T.V soap opera.

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Describe, Explain & Analyse the way in which a religious issue is dealt within a T.V soap opera.

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ife revolves around a persons beliefs and attitude to the world but this is affected by many things. One of these is religion and it changes the way in which people think, act and behave. Religious issues are around us all the time and on T.V they are shown through a variety of programmes, especially soap operas.

Eastenders is a very popular soap opera that can be viewed on terrestrial television and is one of the many that has dealt with a religious issue. The specific topic that is going to be focused on from this soap opera is abortion. It involves three main characters, Carol, Bianca and Dan. Bianca is the daughter of Carol and Dan is engaged to Carol. Dan gets Carol pregnant and she now wants an abortion but Dan and Bianca don't want this to happen.

Abortion is seen from lots of different points of view and each religion has its own views on the matter. In this soap opera there is a general debate on whether abortion is right or wrong. Here is a summary of the storyline:

Carol and Bianca are in a deep relationship and engaged. Dan has already been together with Bianca, daughter of Carol, and now is having a fling with her back. Carol soon discovers she is pregnant with Dan's child.

Though later, Carol finds photographs of Dan and Bianca and starts to question Bianca. Bianca cannot hold on to the truth any longer and blurts out everything to her mother. Carol now who is devastated by the discovery decides that she does not want the bay anymore.
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Dan actually wants the baby and so does Bianca. Carol and Bianca have a debate over the issue make many different points. Bianca says that Carol only wants to get rid of the baby because she is angry and that her anger is controlling her mind. Carol on the other hand says that abortion is perfectly legal and she has the right to do what ever she wants. Carol's explanation for the abortion is that when she thinks of the baby she thinks of Dan.

At this moment she also regrets giving birth to Bianca. She ...

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