Parasite: Representations

Question 1

What is the structure journey of gender within Parasite?

Answer 1

The higher up the social ladder; the more patriarchal it becomes

Question 2

What are the roles females take in Parasite?

Answer 2

Relevant to family life and their identities within relationship such as being the young school girl in a romance, the housekeeper, the mother

Question 3

What are the roles within the Kim family?

Answer 3

Equals, lacking a patriarchal structure

Question 4

What are the roles within the Park family?

Answer 4

Mr Park is the powerful businessman with success and status, named as Nathan with American value and assets. He is absent, favours Da-dong

Mrs Park is based around performitivity, she does not take a maternal role as the housekeeper does that. She submits to Mr Park and is very empty

Question 5

How do the Kim’s change in gender roles to fit the Parks?

Answer 5

The Parks and their upper class environment lead the Kim’s to replicate gender norms like the mother as the housekeeper

Question 6

Is the Kim’s household progressive and how?

Answer 6

The Kims household is more progressive than the Parks but the focus is on the social class which impacts gender roles and the separate structure of the two families

Question 7

How far does Parasite challenge and agree with stereotypes?

Answer 7

-Mrs Park with little maternal value as she is not necessary to the household due to housekeeper
-Both women and men are deceptive
-Mrs Park attempts to defy gender roles as she stated Da-song is not a prince but this contrasts to his treatment so it is performative

-Men are violent; women are victims
-Men with most power