Female Characters That Represent Strong Characters By Katie Hampton Characters in books and movies are important because they drive the story along and create different type of conflicts and resolutions. In my podcast, I selected three different strong female roles that I think defeat the "damsel in distress" trope and provide strong-willed, independent young woman to their full potential. https://soundcloud.com/user-644243357/podcast2
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Lady Macbeth: The Complex, Misrepresented Character in Shakespeare By Katie Hampton Graphic By rogistok on VectorStock In high school my AP class read the play Macbeth in class and although the whole plot did not stick with me, I could not shake the way Shakespeare portrayed woman through his depiction of Lady Macbeth. She is pitted as a malicious, crazed woman who feeds off of power and would do anything to become royalty, including murder. Although, yes Lady Macbeth does brew up the plan to murder Duncan, I believe that there are many factors at play to why she behaves the way that she behaves. Lady Macbeth is a complex character that has suffered through toxic masculinity, mental he...
Misrepresentations of Female Characters in Literature and Film By Katie Hampton As a little girl, I grew up absolutely obsessed with Disney princesses. I loved Aurora, Cinderella, and Snow White more than anything. Since then, I have realized some of the negative connotations that these movies have inflicted into my head in regards to how girls should act. I still think that princess movies are great, but I wish that I grew up with role models such as Moana and Elsa , who are true to themselves and can overcome any obstacle thrown at them. I believe that while the media has taken giant leaps in the right direction when it comes to accurate female representation, they still have a long way to go. In this blog series I will be talking about the misrepresentation of one of my favorite literary characters, movie tropes that need to be put to rest, and female characters that have broken stereotypes.