Monday, 13 January 2014

Dawn of the Dead (1978) Scene Analysis 4



This still shows Stephen dead as a zombie. Just by looking at Stephen, he seems to contradict the stereotype of being the male victim as he fits into the category of male hero better due to the colour of his hair, his relationship with Francine and his good health. But after watching the film, there are a few different times when Stephen is shown to be the weakest character. For example when the gang stop to get fuel for the helicopter, Stephen tries to shoot an attacking zombie with a rifle but misses a few times. This is where Roger has to push him out of the way with his rifle and shoot the zombie himself. Both of the rifles are shown to be phallic symbols and Roger’s phallic symbol is a lot stronger than Stephen’s showing him to be the weaker character.


 

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