In my intro my main character, Doctor Straton is a character who holds some other key traits from the lead characters in some films related back to my chosen genre. In this case I will be comparing the character Ripley with Dr Straton in my film. here are some similarities and differences between my two chosen characters.
Similarities
Perhaps the one key similarity between my two characters is that they both share a powerful sense of curiosity when it comes to peculiar things or situations. They both ideally like to solve the problem or find out more about it, which is what ideally this type of character is focused on to do. By following this kind of pattern it easily keeps my characters inline with the rest of my story and clearly links it back to other uses of this genre. Another key similarity is that they are both rather ordinary people and that they don't over exaggerate themselves and make themselves look like they would cause so much damage and be reckless about it, but keep a cool calm head and plan out their sequence of events before they get into the action, which is another direct link with Sraton to Ripley and pretty much all Protagonists in all Sci-Fi films. Lastly the other key similarity between the two characters is their personality. They may seem quite harsh and mean to others when they around them but in a situation when someone is in distress they will risk their lives to try and help them and their softer side will come out, which is really what these two characters also share between them.
Differences
However despite showing the key similarity for the main character in this type of film they actually hold many key differences among one another. Firstly it comes to their gender, even though Straton is male character, he doesn't really hold the typical stereotypes for the person he should be. When he is in a very uneasy or freaky spot he can get spooked easily and make himself appear weak and venerable almost to that we Stereotypically refer to almost a female character. Ripley is also a key example of this, because even though she is a female character, she almost acts in that of the male stereotype. She is not scared easily and does not back down from a fight without putting up one, so she hold key things that Doctor Straton does not have and also implies that he may not be able to survive in this situation due to his key weakness in unable to face or challenge to that danger.
With the two characters compared I am now able to complete activity 3.
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