GENDER TSOTSI ESSAY

GENDER:

DUE 3RD APRIL (BEGINNING OF LESSON)

Traditionally, in Afrikaan culture women are seen to be responsible for the homestead and their main role is to bare children. Discuss the representation of male and female characters in ‘Tsotsi’ and explain how their roles are divided.

1. explain when we first meet miriam, she is wearing orange clothing and has a baby strapped around her. women in the neighbourhood are queuing for water. 

1. MEN ARE SEEN AS PROVIDERS. EXPLAIN HOW THEY CAN BE PERCEIVED AS ‘BREADWINNERS’ DESPITE THE FACT THEY’RE CRIMINALS. 

1. EXPLAIN WHEN WE FIRST MEET TSOTSI’S FAMILY - HOW DO HIS FATHER AND MOTHER DIFFER? 

1. TSOTSI FORCES MIRIAM TO FEED THE BABY, HOW DOES HE SEE HER AS INSIGNIFICANT IN COMPARISON TO HIM?

1. EXPLAIN THE LAST SCENE WHEN WE SEE PUMLA IN A WHEELCHAIR. DESPITE HER HANDICAP JOHN IS THE INSTRUMENTAL IN RETRIEVING BACK THE BABY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS?

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS TSOTSI ESSAY

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: 

DUE 3RD APRIL (BEGINNING OF LESSON)

Signs and symbols are a way of implicitly enhancing central ideas in a film. Discuss how signs and symbols enhance the narrative in ‘Tsotsi’. 

1) Immediately we are greeted with the use of the dice. The dice, coupled with the use of hands ‘rolling the dice’ symbolises?

2) When we first meet Tsotsi he is wearing black, later on in the film his clothing changes to white. Explain the use of his clothing change. 

3) Boston explains the use of the word ‘decency’, he spells it for Tsotsi and his gang as it isn’t a word they’ve heard before. What does this mean?

4) The baby is found in the back of the car, you might want to comment on the lighting used and the effect of Tsotsi finding the baby. How does the baby influence Tsotsi’s journey. 

5) Tsotsi often sits watching over the city like a vulture - what is the relevance of this?

6) Miriam is a religious name used in the bible, look it up and explain the symbolism behind her name. Miriam also wears orange and creates mobiles out of rust and broken glass. Explain the relevance of these symbols.

TSOTSI PLAN AND FUN FACTS

Tsotsi Plan Economic & Apartheid

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TSOTSI QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1: DUE 22/03 Since the apartheid black and white segregation and the economic divide is still present in Johannesburg, South Africa. In what ways has Gavin Hood (the director) chosen to portray these ideas in Tsotsi?

QUESTION 2 (YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES, DO ONE YOU HAVE NO COVERED IN REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE)

DUE 02/04 Traditionally, in Afrikaan culture women are seen to be responsible for the homestead and their main role is to bare children. Discuss the representation of male and female characters in ‘Tsotsi’ and explain how their roles are divided.

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DUE 02/04 Signs and symbols are a way of implicitly enhancing central ideas in a film. Discuss how signs and symbols enhance the narrative in ‘Tsotsi’. 

ESSAY PLANS - GENDER, SYMBOLISM AND POLITICAL CLIMATE

Hi Year 13, please see attached plans for you for your next essay on RWAC. End of the week we'll be finished and we can start on Tsotsi! Scroll down and you'll see each plan. Feel free to download and answer questions if this helps you. The grading criteria is still fairly similar, YOU CAN FIND THIS BELOW.

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