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’.