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    Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a critically acclaimed masterpiece. One can see this in many ways including how extended metaphors can be seen throughout Buffy. Buffy was and still continues to be extremely popular. It aired from 1997 to 2003, having approximately 177 episodes, and airing for seven seasons. Many episodes had different meanings. In the episode titled “I Robot, You Jane” it warns of the dangers of catfishing without directly saying it, and in “The Replacement” it deals with split personalities

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    Joss Whedon is a writer of many successful TV shows. One of the reasons that his shows have gained so much attention is because he likes to use them to present his views on controversial topics. Joss does this by switching gender roles and using powerful symbols. You can see this in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse. You can see this in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dollhouse. He does this in order to change societies views on woman in society. To prove this I will give a few powerful

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    Jacob Whitmer Professor Lopez English 1B 20 November 2017 Buffy the Feminist Queen Heros do not have to come in the form of having special abilities, it is the fact that you use those abilities to create good in society is what makes someone a hero. The hit television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, written and produced by Joss Whedon created Buffy Summers to be a butt kicking, teenage girl that balances fighting evil forces and being a regular teen. Whedon compares the evil forces to feminists

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    Buffy the Vampire slayer is one of the most beloved Tv shows created by Joss Whedon. Whedon outdid himself in the episode “Hush” in which he was able to use his literature background to make an episode which had many literature elements and was still able to execute the silence. Through the loss of their voices in Sunnydale, bonds and communication became stronger between the couples in this episode. With the presence of the Gentlemen they were able to rekindle their communication. Buffy Summers

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    Vampires have held an interest for many even before Bram Stoker wrote Dracula. I always found it ironic that in most of these tales women were portrayed as the victims. To my knowledge until Buffy the Vampire Slayer came out there were few if any stories about vampires that had a female heroine. Buffy stood out for me with its characterizations of strong female heroines. Not only the main character, but many of the female supporting characters on the show were strong women. Maybe not like Buffy

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    The tenth episode of season four of the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer is known as one of the most interesting episodes of the show’s entire screening. Over many years of its showtime, Buffy has gained tremendous popularity. The show gained credibility throughout the years since the pilot episode in 1997 and was even nominated for an Emmy. The episode “Hush” includes an occasional antagonist who are formerly known as “The Gentlemen” who take the voices of Sunnydale. Although the entire show is known

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    Buffy is a woman known for being strong, smart, and independent. The show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, teaches a multitude of life lessons, not to judge a book by its cover and that actions speak louder than words. Even though Buffy has incredible strength and is seen as an independent woman, she is still a teenager, within the episode “Hush,” she symbolizes typical teenage struggles. Near the beginning of the episode, Buffy is unable to focus during class instead she continuously daydreams. Buffy

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    One of the best and most popular episodes in the famous Buffy the Vampire Slayer series is “Hush.” It has had the highest rating with 6.6 million views. It was also the only episode to be nominated for an Emmy award. “Hush” is well-known for the silence throughout the episode. It consists of twenty-nine minutes free of dialogue and was named one of the best written episodes of the series. In the episode “Hush,” the idea that communication and language is essential in human interactions is clearly

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    In “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” Buffy is a attractive teenage female at Sunny Dale High School. A secret hero known to slay vampires and demons. Buffy is the main character in the show. Buffy excels in her agility to fight with strength, leadership, psychic abilities, super strength, danger senses and great super speed in order to fight the villains in town. This is a life about a teenage student who is characterized to play two roles but is stuck between trying to save people from vampires and trying

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    “Hush” is known to be the most epic episode from the fourth season of the tv series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is recognized for the prolonged silence the majority of the episode contains. The episode's dialogue style is unusual from the authors ordinary writing, in this way it added more of a spunk to the episode. “Hush” is an interesting episode to the people, the story in the episode is so great, it received an Emmy nomination. It being a favorite, greatly brought the episodes ratings to be

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