Essay plan
Intro
- Write about what the topic consists of and how I’m going to explore this further
- How is sexism presented in crime ction?
- How has it changed over time?
Paragraphs
- How are the frameworks used in my sources to present the di erent female character?
- How is this di erent from how the male characters are presented.
Conclusion
- How do I think it has changed
- Good or bad change?
- What is the outcome of my research.
P1)
I will write about the discourse in each of my texts and how this e ects how women are presented
Women who is pure makes them a more sympathetic women which makes us think the crime is
worst.
P2)
Pragmatics and how this e ects how women are presented using my sources
P3)
Lexis and semantics and how this presents how women are presented.
Discourse
Pragmatics
Lexis and semantics
Discourse-
Primary sources:
Crow trap- three very di erent women are chosen to do a survey on a British place, then it turns
dangerous when several di erent deaths occur
Womans value = perceived purity + attractiveness. Purpose of a woman is to be attractive and
pure enough to attract a husband/have kids.
Virgin/whore dichotomy.
Whore is violated, low worth because unpure.
To make a crime seem more heinous
Lots of tropes used
- Innocent middle class woman
- De led or debased.
- Literature is a re ection to cultural attitudes
- Crime ction presents a situation where there are extreme roles of power and venerability.
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Intro
- Write about what the topic consists of and how I’m going to explore this further
- How is sexism presented in crime ction?
- How has it changed over time?
Paragraphs
- How are the frameworks used in my sources to present the di erent female character?
- How is this di erent from how the male characters are presented.
Conclusion
- How do I think it has changed
- Good or bad change?
- What is the outcome of my research.
P1)
I will write about the discourse in each of my texts and how this e ects how women are presented
Women who is pure makes them a more sympathetic women which makes us think the crime is
worst.
P2)
Pragmatics and how this e ects how women are presented using my sources
P3)
Lexis and semantics and how this presents how women are presented.
Discourse
Pragmatics
Lexis and semantics
Discourse-
Primary sources:
Crow trap- three very di erent women are chosen to do a survey on a British place, then it turns
dangerous when several di erent deaths occur
Womans value = perceived purity + attractiveness. Purpose of a woman is to be attractive and
pure enough to attract a husband/have kids.
Virgin/whore dichotomy.
Whore is violated, low worth because unpure.
To make a crime seem more heinous
Lots of tropes used
- Innocent middle class woman
- De led or debased.
- Literature is a re ection to cultural attitudes
- Crime ction presents a situation where there are extreme roles of power and venerability.
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