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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Communication

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a well recognized television show that ran from 1997 to 2003. The show won fifty two awards and was nominated for a total of 192 awards. The episode “Hush” was the tenth episode in the fourth season. It aired on December 14, 1999. The directors and writers of the show use the voices of the characters in the episode to symbolize their feelings and how they express them. The characters losing their voices is a symbolic representation of how the characters express their feelings towards each other, illustrating that talking is not the only way to communicate. In the episode, Willow and Tara hardly speak to each other, although it is notable that they want to speak to each other. With the Gentlemen taking their voices, the girls come together and become closer without having to speak at all. Without their voices, they come to realize that their only option to communicate is to put their heads together. Despite the fact that Willow and Tara can not verbally talk to communicate, once the Gentlemen are gone and they get their voices back, they begin to speak to each other more and realize that they have more in common than they initially thought. Tara and Willow come together to save their town. Losing their voices helps Tara …show more content…

They are having relationship problems in the beginning of the episode and it is clear that there are communication issues. They are having trouble communicating their feelings towards each other before they completely lose their voices. Near the climax of the episode, they come together and kiss. While unable to verbally communicate and talk to each other, the only action they can take to show that they care for one another is to kiss. Losing their voices helps them make multiple revelations about their relationship. Buffy and Riley realize, after losing their voices, that verbal communication is not the only way to clarify a

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