Gaze
Queer Subtext
Agency./?
Characters
Tropes
100

The gaze of this film can be understood as male because of

Marketing, shots of body parts, and specific themes?

100

Jennifer and Needy’s relationship deconstructs

Pressure for queer women to either fully “come out” or be rendered invisible?

100

In the film the viewers don't necessarily look to the female lead (Jennifer) as an object, but rather

as a character who holds agency?

100

Jennifer is

the main character, who is possessed, and the story centers on?

100

The movie represents social groups such as

nerd, jock, popular girl?

200
The gaze can be understood as female because

it centers female struggles, desire, and growth, through a lens of agency rather than objectification?

200

Jennifer’s relationship with Needy provides a nuanced look

Into the queer teenage experience?

200

Jennifer takes control, and gains agency in the beginning section of the film in the scene

in the forest? / sacrifice ?

200

Needy is

one of the main characters, who can be identified with the trope of "nerd" and is the friend / love interest?

200

A prominent trope (one of the three tropes that also applies to gay characters, as seen in celluloid closet) is

Villain / Victim ?

300

The relationship between Needy and Jennifer exemplifies a gaze that resists heteronormativity

What is the queer gaze?

300

Needy’s boyfriend, Chip, serves as 

A foil for the patriarchy in relation to lesbian women?

300

Jennifer’s Body challenges objectification by making this bodily trait—which is often sexualized—as a source of power and fear

What is Jennifer’s body?

300

Chip is

Needys boyfriend? 

also will accept:

  • Represents heteronormative expectations?
  • Emotional distraction ?
300

Song by Nico and The Velvet Underground

Femme Fatale?

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