Year 10 – Representing Women

Paragraph Plan BODY – Julia Gillard

Q: Women are always represented negatively?

Topic Sentence Women for hundreds of years have been portrayed in negative point of
views due to gender stereotypes enforced by society.

Explain with Evidence I agree, as evidence has shown with Shakespeare’s Macbeth and modern
time’s Julia Gillard. However, females are not always shown in negative
images but instead, many positive features and characteristics of women are
also exemplified.

Analysis Technique Example Effect

“Gillard Knifed Rudd” Gillard’s desire to
Metaphor become PM is
metaphorically referred
to as an act of murder.
Rhetorical Questions “What is wrong with her The accumulation of
then?”, “Does she hate rhetorical questions in
men?” , “Does she hate this quote creates a very
children?”, etc … aggressive tone that is
 critical of Gillard.
Declarative Statement “She is very much a one- To suggest she is a “one-
dimensional person” dimensional person”
without true feelings or
kindness.
Link Julia Gillard was rendered both positively and negatively through the media
and actions she commits.