Posts Categorized "Virgin River and Gender Roles"
by Lucca Kenyon
Feminine: The housekeeper was checking on Mel as she thought she heard a scream. She is super caring and wants Mel to feel welcome. Some of the older…
Feminine: Mel says she came to make sure that Jack was doing okay. This is showing sensitivity to others. Her care and concern for him truly shows. Mel…
Feminine: Mel is trying to help Hope and is showing concern for others. Jack is helping Lily and is talking about how it is good that the whole…
Feminine: Jack shows concern for the baby that was left on the porch. He asks Mel what to do when he is helping to take care of the…
Feminine: Doc is showing concern for Hope. She was in a car accident and is not in good condition. Doc is in a soft spot right now. He…
Feminine: Jack is showing tenderness to his sister, Brie, when he cares for her by taking her to the hospital and being there for her. She needs him…
Feminine: Lilly is showing motherly care and concern for her daughter when her daughter has a seizure and she calls Doc. Her reaction and response to how she…
Feminine: Mel is showing motherly traits when she tells Jack she wants to have a baby. She explains that seeing others with babies makes her heart ache because…
Feminine: Sensitivity to others is shown when Mel is listening to Lily explain that she has stage four cancer. Jack is showing sensitivity and tenderness by comforting Mel…
Feminine: Mel is checking in on Jack because he is working but he needs to be careful because he just had surgery One of the women actors is…
In this episode, I will continue analyzing feminine and masculine traits that I see being shown. This will help to gather more data so that I can have…
Masculine Traits Hope is being very assertive and in charge of what Mel should do on the anniversary of her husband’s death. Hope thinks that she knows what…
In this episode I am realizing that the show appears to show many of the women in a negative light. Manipulation: This can be seen right off the…
In this episode, we can see the breakdown of different masculine and feminine characteristics. Masculine: Jack has to change the lock on the doctors office and upgrade it…
In this episode I will be analyzing the Masculine and Feminine Traits with examples shown in the film. Masculine Traits DECISIVENESS: Doc says that Jack ‘is a man…
In this episode of Virgin River, I chose to analyze the characters so that further down the road in this project I will have characteristics to categorize further….
Sex roles are behaviors that are learned by a person as fitting or appropriate to their sex, and this can be shown to viewers through many ways. Physical…
Gender and Traits Coincide In this episode, Mel and Jack both express traits that go along with their gender. For example, we see Mel utilize Expressive Traits when…
In the opening scene of this episode Mel and Doc are talking about a patient and are having a disagreement as to the best form of care for…
The media I will be analyzing is Virgin River, a Netflix original series, about a nurse who moves from a big city to a very small city, Virgin River, in…