Character focus of movies- Coursework Prep

10 things I hate about you- Kat Stratford
A new kid must find a guy to date the meanest girl in school, the older sister of the girl he has a crush on, who cannot date until her older sister does.


I am focusing on Kat Stratford- who is the meanest girl in school ,and needs to date someone so her younger sister can. She is a proud, unsociable, non-conforming feminist who listens to Riot Grrrl music and reads books such as The Bell Jar. She is against dating and often 'sneers at the idiocy of teenage social life.
At the start of the story Kat is portrayed as a stubborn teenager but throughout the movie when Patrick Verona, has to date he, he slowly falls for her. Trying to win her heart throughout film Kat changes and become more vulnerable, she finds out Patrick is only' trying to date her' because her sister cant have a boyfriend until she does. But he is starting to actually like her, and she is back. I wanted to focus on Kat (Julia Stiles) because she is portrayed as a mean, tough girl but really is different when someone pays attention to her.

Harry Potter- Lord Voldemort

Lords Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, he first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone released in 1997. Voldemort is Harry's arch-enemy who according to the prophecy has "the power to vanquish the Dark Lord". Almost no witch or wizard dares to speak his name, instead they referred to him as "He who should not be named", "the Dark Lord" or "You know Who".  He is the leader of the Death Eaters, a group of evil wizards and witches dedicated to ridding the Wizarding world of Muggles and establishing Voldemort as its supreme ruler by conquering both worlds to achieve his dominance.


Writer J.K Rowling Describes Voldemort as having 'pale skin, a chalk white, skull-like, snake -like slits for nostrils, red-eyes m cat like slits for pupils, a skeletally thin body and long thin hands with unnaturally long fingers. He also has no hair or lips, Rowling also describes Voldemort as 'the most evil wizard of hundreds of years'. She elaborated that he us a 'raging psychopath, lacking the normal human responses to other people's suffering' and whose only ambition in life is to become omnipotent and immortal. He us also a sadist who hurts and murders people- especially Muggles. He has no conscience, feels no remorse, does not recognize the worth of anyone else but himself. Voldemort feels no need for human companionship/friendship and cannot comprehend love or affection for anyone.






 





 
Forrest Gump- Forrest Gump

He is the main character in this movie. Played by Tom Hanks, he is a simple minded man born in Greenbow, Alabama. After getting into the Alabama public school despite his low IQ level, Forrest Gump goes on to live a life full of adventures.
Forrest Gump provides the viewer with a unique perspective of the world, from innocence and ignorance. Its ironic that Forrest overcomes the difficulties of challenges by being challenged himself. Its is his ignorance to pressure of life and innocence to the world that causes him to be successful, he is so naïve to the things that Jenny knows and has experienced that his character becomes the enviable one. Though "stupid is as stupid does", Forrest proves not be  "stupid" But views the world like no other. His thoughts are very child-like and innocent, because of his innocence he has no prejudice against coloured people, foreigners, different religious believers or the disabled.