Lara Croft Language and Representation

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 Lara Croft Language


Narrative

The narrative (storyline) was based on indiana jones

The genre is action-adventure and it involves fighting villains.






Iconography

That lara croft was the daughter of an aristocrat

Characters

Lara croft has been acknowledged for the launch of the female protagonist in video games 







Setting

 The ruins of an ancient civilisation in the amazon jungle  


  1. What is the historical context of Lara Croft?

Where does the character come from originally and what was the game about? Who made it?    

The historical context of lara croft is that it was originally  from the  tomb raider series and it was made by  square-enix which is based in Montreal in Canada 

  1. What was the narrative and genre of Tomb Raider?

The genre of Tomb raider is an action-adventure game . The narrative of tomb raider is that the main character Lara Croft must save her Friends and escape from a malevolent cult.


  1. What intertextuality was used? (Which other texts does it reference)

That it was based on a book called the same name.

  1. What other products have come about in the franchise (e.g. films etc)?

Films,books 

  1. What is her back story / narrative?

That she explores the ruins of an ancient civilization in the amazon jungle 

  1. What does she look like and how does she always appear?


REPRESENTATION

  1. Analyse the character using CLAMPS to comment on how she is

That she is a person who is fearless,Independent and strong


Does Lara Croft subvert Female stereotypes?

This re-formatting of the classic Lara Croft outfit could connote the gaming industry maturing, as now the plot and character depth, as well as gameplay mechanics are enough to sell games rather than relying on the overactive sex drive of their customers. Therefore we can establish that the modern day Lara Croft is both a mature female character as well as somewhat of a symbol for female power.

 

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