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Shameless The show Shameless is about a dysfunctional family belonging to Frank Gallagher who is a single father of six. Frank Gallagher is an alcoholic and drug addict that has left his family no choice, but to learn how to take care of themselves. The family is a low class caucasian family that has been taught to steal and lie for a living. Fiona the oldest child being the age of 25, is a highschool dropout that has learned how to take care of her siblings like a mother. When her father is out getting drunk at the bar and causing problems for everyone, it’s Fiona to the rescue to try and fix the problems that her deadbeat father has caused for the family. The family has been through alot, but they all stick together and have eachothers …show more content…
back no matter what. When it comes to gender stereotypes, Fiona and her little sister Debbie are the two mature characters that play the role as a housewife, cooking and cleaning and caring for the family. As Fiona tries to take care of all of her siblings, Debbie is constantly helping her by babysitting and taking care of her baby brother Liam. Most of the characters are caucasian, but their close friends/ neighbors Veronica and Kevin are a cute married interracial couple with twins and a foster child. These close family friends help the Gallaghers with a lot of their problems both financially and emotionally, but they are not main characters because they are not the Gallaghers. Liam the baby brother is also one of Frank’s child, but has a different mother and is a mixed baby. Ian, which is one of the Gallaghers is not Frank’s biological son, but is still apart of the family because his mom Monica is Frank’s ex wife.
Ian is a character that goes through a lot because he has a bipolar disorder like his mother and because he is hiding the fact that he is gay. It’s not until later in the show when Ian comes out and has a boyfriend whose father is most definitely against gay people, which only makes things worse. Ian not only has to deal with himself and his relationship, but also his boyfriend’s dad. Ian's family has accepted him for who he is, but his boyfriend's father tries to “beat the gay out of them both” which clearly didn’t work, because they love each other too …show more content…
much. The family is a mess, living in an old house, that constantly needs to be fixed.
The characters are almost always a mess, they’re not the perfect average family that you would normally see on television. Fiona almost always has messy hair, because she's always so busy with the kids and the house, she’ll sometimes even re wear dirty clothes because she didn’t have time to wash them or money to get a new washing machine. The characters are pretty realistic looking, no makeup, no models and it is shown when they need to use the bathroom or take a shower or eat. Music is played in the background, when something dramatic is happening. Although the family is a crazy mess, the audience feels comfortable when watching the show because they can predict what Frank will do next or who’s going to get in trouble or how things will happen. The show is rated MA for mature audiences, due to sex/nudity, violence/gore, a lot of profanity, alcohol/drugs and fighting/intense scenes. The show attracts a lot of viewers because as mentioned before, it’s something that isn’t usually seen in most people's lives on a daily basis as well as the wide range of ages with the characters on the
show. Shameless is a black comedy drama which is actually a remake from an older british series. The show talks about things that are usually seen as serious or taboo in society. The show has changed over time by adding african american characters, a character with a disorder and shown the usage of drugs. When watching the show, the audience starts to pick up on each of the characters strengths, flaws, motivations and failures. The viewers start to understand how the family works as well as all of the struggles that the families go through. Shameless is like a crazy roller coaster therefore watching the whole show in order really helps.
There is no doubt that Miss. Strangeworth is not an easy person to deal with, let alone live with, and although her character is fictional, there are many people with the same personality. We can tell quite easily that she is a very meticulous woman, with a lot of perfectionist tendencies, a few of which are to nitpick people’s lives and make sure that even the most minute detail is up to her standards. I know of someone with these attributes and as difficult as they are to deal with, with their list of requirements to be met and their eagle-eye for detail in even the smallest things, they mean the best, and are always trying to help, despite the possible repercussions.
Firstly, Brave Orchid is a woman warrior because she receives an education later in life. Kingston writes, “Not many women get to live out the daydream of women – to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself” (Kingston 61). In this passage, Kingston reveals that a woman going off to live at school was not a commonality. Amongst the other women she lives with, she is by far the oldest. Despite the fact that older women are supposed to be wiser, Kingston does not provide any characters at school that share Brave Orchid’s age; she is about twenty years everyone’s senior. Therefore, being a fully grown adult woman attending medical school must have been a rarity. She did not subject herself to
In the well known book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, it discusses the theme of deception within a numerous number of characters. This theme can be explained in Chapter 20 “The Minister in a Maze” Hawthorne wrote “ No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true”. I believe this quote means, within this book there are individuals that seem to be one person but end up being a totally different person, those individuals can only be that different person for a period of time before someone out..Within this quote the two characters who certainly explain this quote are Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth. The major characters
There is a lot to talk about Armand character in the short story of Desiree’s baby. In the beginning of the story, he is such a great person he loves Desiree. This quote “beautiful and gentle” shows that Armand is fall in love with her. However, his character change, when he found out that baby wasn’t white. His character of being a good husband to a cruel husband. The story clearly explains his initial character and final character. I believe he is not pitiable at all because he shows his cruelty character toward Desiree and not only that, he cares about his social standing, which motivates him. When he bought “fine clothing and layettle” this shows a symbolic object of wealth and his possession of Desiree. He wouldn’t act in a cruel way if
In the novel, The Contender by Robert Lipsyte there are numerous characters who encounter opportunities that led them to believe a different perspective about their future. Martin Luther King Jr’s quote “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” can relate to the emotions, characters feel during the beginning of a journey involving new challenges. The protagonist, Alfred Brooks had a complicated life before he met positive influences, such as Donatelli’s Gym. The staircase symbolized Alfred’s perception towards life at the
In the play “Poof” by Lynn Nottage , the author creates an overall message on how abuse in marriages are often overlooked. In the play the two main charters are loureen and Florence , they are both in abusive relationships with their husbands until loureen gets out her relationship by her husband just poofing in thin air.
2) What is the main conflict in the book? Is it external or internal? How is this conflict resolved throughout the course of the book?
Shameless is a U.S TV show that has quickly gathered a cult-like following. The show focuses on a family, the Gallagher’s, and their fight to survive in the Southside of Chicago. The father is an alcoholic and relies on schemes to make money, forcing the children to learn to fend for themselves and rely on their friends in the neighborhood. One of these friends is a middle aged woman named Sheila Jackson, and it is very clear from the first time her character is introduced that she is definitely abnormal and has trouble functioning. Sheila suffers from Agoraphobia, fear and avoidance of situations which causes a person to feel unsafe. (Durand & Barlow, 2016) In Sheila’s case, her agoraphobia causes her to be unable to leave her home. This causes
In the story of the Scarlet Letter, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale possesses more guilt and fear than any other character portrayed within this fascinating book by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are many examples that make this theory evident: by him putting off his confession about his act of passion, it results in a woman being punished and set apart from the rest of civilization, all while dealing with his moral obligations as a pastor and finally comparing him to the other major male character within the story. Even with his abundant knowledge of what is right and wrong, Dimmesdale attempts to rationalize his mistakes and reason to himself throughout the story that what he is doing is best for everyone. Is this a only a sign of just fear or hypocrisy
Mania is an excessive enthusiasm or desire, typically with a negative intention, and that is what Roger Chillingworth suffered from. Throughout the novel, he goes out of his way to make the life of Arthur Dimmesdale awful. He tortures Dimmesdale from the inside out, psychologically outsmarting him at every turn. Chillingworth claims that Hester is the reason he has acted so awfully, but it is not common for others to agree with him. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Chillingworth’s deep desire for revenge is understandable, as he was a decent person before he found out about the affair, but then turned into a maniac in his quest to exact revenge on Dimmesdale.
The theme of hypocrisy is evident throughout The Scarlet Letter, as seen in Hawthorne’s characterization of society, Roger Chillingworth, and most prominently, Arthur Dimmesdale.
She works very hard to create a “normal” environment for the family. Frank and Monica neglected to model proper parenting skills, therefore, Fiona’s parenting skills are very limited. The boundaries within the family system are so loose that they are almost nonexistent. There are times when Fiona shares alcoholic beverages with her underaged siblings. The children are frequently exposed to illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. There is no structure for Liam, he is often up late at night with the older family members. Liam is often left on the couch in front of the television. He is normally watching something violent or adult. There are no age-appropriate activities for him. Debbie and Carl come and go as they please. They do not have a curfew and no one questions their whereabouts. At this stage in their development, Debbie and Carl need structure and rules. They should have limited autonomy and some set boundaries. The lack of boundaries leaves the teens vulnerable to unhealthy situations. This may have lead to Debbie’s unplanned pregnancy and Carl’s
Shameless is an American TV series based on the self-destructive and dysfunctional family of Frank Gallagher, a single father of six children. The program is set in Chicago and illustrates a story of an alcoholic father who spends his day getting drunk, while his kids learn to take care of themselves. Fiona, the eldest daughter, takes responsibility upon herself at the age of 15 to become the caretaker of the family both physically and financially. Although the Gallagher’s do not have the structure of a nuclear family, they still hold the functionalist perspective of having a matriarchal family system, with the sister leading the family. They fit with the functionalist theory, however not in the generic stance of having a mother and a father
For openers: it’s brilliantly written, performed and film. Each episode has the polish of an excellent feature film – with tighter yet more complex... The show is also relentlessly entertaining. The characters are engrossing. The plot twists astonishing but coherent, and the dialogue mined with ironies and poetic resonance quite beyond what we are used to hearing on the boob tube or even on the commercial cinema screen these days. (Yacower, p. 12)
The ways women are presented in Northanger Abbey are through the characters of Catherine Morland, Isabella Thorpe, Eleanor Tilney, Mrs Allen, and the mothers of the Morland and Thorpe family, who are the main female characters within this novel. I will be seeing how they are presented through their personalities, character analysis, and the development of the character though out the novel. I will be finding and deciphering scenes, conversations and character description and backing up with quotes to show how Austen has presented women in her novel Northanger Abbey.