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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Morality in House of Cards and Our Society

Popular tv set of the 50s and 60s was precise clear-cut. Characters were presented to the auditory modality at wait value. If a character seemed identical a goodly individual, indeed they were a incorruptly extend person. If a character seemed unstable, so they were a bad person with evil intentions. Television verbalizes were not trying to make the audience guess what the characters on separate were thinking. Television usually reflected whatever the cultural norms were at that time. In the older evinces, that was family values and the problems that arose when elevator one. All of that has changed in upstart times. Modern television very(prenominal) frequently challenges the societal norm. kinda of clearly good and bad guys, characters on todays shows are very much in a moral grey area. They can be both morally and honourablely ambiguous, leaving the audience wonder whom wants what and why. This major shift in storytelling can be observe in Netflixs House of card. This show very unmistakably presents a question of morality because flush its good characters make terrific decisions manticly for the greater good as if they all moot in the end justifying the means. withal the shows protagonist is seen making awfully unethical decisions and we are supposed to support him in that. The clear questions must then be raised. What does this say nigh our administration today? Why do we root for evil characters? Further more than, what does this semipolitical drama present about our current lodge? The ethical considerations of the characters in House of Cards, more specifically, Frank and his wife, Claire Underwood, speaks volumes about how our society views morally wrong pile and how the classical view of wholesome, satisfying protagonists is challenged.\nOne of the first television shows to be aired only if on Netflix, House of Cards is the American adaptation of a British mini serial of the same name, which was first a novel by Mich ael Dobbs. The show chronicles the story of American pol Fra...

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