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GIRL ASLEEP (CHARACTER REPRESENTATION (GRETA (PROTAGONIST** A COMING OF…
GIRL ASLEEP
CHARACTER REPRESENTATION
GRETA
PROTAGONIST** A COMING OF AGE ADOLESCENT THAT HAS TO UNDERGO MUCH CHANGE TO DEVELOP INTO THE YOUNG WOMAN EVERYONE EXPECTS HER TO.
ELLIOT
THE 'WEIRD' KID WITH NO FRIENDS THAT WANTS TO BEFRIEND GRETA, THEY FORM A FRIENDSHIP DISPLAYING HOW KIND HE IS AND HOW MUCH HE CARES ABOUT HER.
GRETA'S FAMILY
STEREOTYPICAL, CLASSIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOTHER , FATHER AND SISTER. CLASSIC IDEALISTIC 70'S DESCRIPTION OF A FAMILY
MEAN GIRLS
THE MEAN GIRLS WERE STEREOTYPICAL AND PORTRAYED IN A WAY DISPLAYING THEIR POWER, THROUGH CAMERA ANGLES AND MANY OTHER CODES AND CONVENTIONS
MOTIFS
PAPER CRANE
"THE PAPER CRANE IN JAPANESE, KOREAN AND CHINESE CULTURE IS A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK AND ENDURANCE. THE TRADITION OF 1000 PAPER CRANES IS SAID TO BRING HOPE AND HEALING DURING TIMES OF STRUGGLE. IN GIRL ASLEEP THE PAPER CRANE LITTERS GRETA’S BEDROOM, MADE FROM HER FINNISH PEN PAL GRETA’S LETTERS AND FILTERS INTO HER EXTENDED AND MIRRORED WORLD."
DOGS
"THE MENACING SIDE OF DOGS IS EXPLOITED IN THE FILM AS GRETA ENCOUNTERS THE TRIPLETS, WHO STRIDE TOGETHER LIKE HUNTERS, TRYING TO PRESSURE GRETA INTO BECOMING SOMEONE SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE. IN THEIR INTERACTIONS THEY CAN BE SEEN TO BE BARKING AT GRETA’S HEELS, FORCING HER TOWARDS UNWANTED SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS. THE DOG MOTIF DRAWS ON THE BARKING, TEETH SHOWING, SAVAGE ATTACK OF ANIMALS WHO SHOW NO MERCY."
FOREST
“IN FAIRYTALE THE FOREST REPRESENTED A STRONG MOTIF FOR A PLACE WHERE CHARACTERS GO INTO THE WILD, DARK, SCARY UNKNOWN AND IT’S A POINT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO TRANSITION AND TRANSFORM AND CONFRONT DEEP, DARK THINGS.” – ROSEMARY MYERS.
ALL TEENAGERS MUST GO THROUGH THE FOREST AND SOME TEENAGERS NEVER COME OUT. IN THE FOREST, GRETA’S REAL LIFE AND THE PEOPLE IN IT ARE MIRRORED.
THEMES
COMING OF AGE
COMING OF AGE IS A KEY THEME THROUGHOUT GIRL ASLEEP WHICH DEVELOPS THROUGH GRETA'S FRIENDSHIPS, EVENTS, DREAMS, ETC. COMING OF AGE IS REPRESENTED IN EVERY SCENE AND TYPICALLY CONSTRUCTS THE MEANING OF THE FILM.
DREAMS
AS GRETA FALLS INTO DEEP SLEEPS SHE TRANSPOSES MANY CHARACTERS TO THEN REPRESENT HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE MUST THEN FIGHT THEM OFF AND FIND HER INNER POWER, QUITE LIKE HER REAL LIFE SURROUNDINGS AS SHE DEVELOPS INTO A YOUNG WOMAN.
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FRIENDSHIPS
FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE EXPLORED THROUGH FAMILY, ELLIOT, AND PEOPLE THAT PEER PRESSURE IN WHICH SHE HAS TO BE MATURE AND DECIDE WETHER THEY HAVE HER BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
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