Suggest two ways in which women/men have been represented in The Walking Dead?


Merle is a typical redneck American who is prejudice against black people. He takes actions into his own hands and is presented as a wild character who doesn't think before doing. At the begginning we understand him as a fiery personality who pin points 'T-dog' because of his racial background. He believes he should not take directions from a black man. This causes him to lash out into a violent rage, beating up 'T-dog' as the others try to defend him. Merle is dressed in scruffy clothing and has a ruggid looking persona. He is big built and follows the conventions of a uneducated white southern American. He also begins to slyly flirt with one of the female characters in a provocative way, showing him as a dominant character that sees women as a posession.

Rick Grimes the Sherriff, soon takes control by cuffing him to the pipe work on the roof. He is left raging and grunting like an animal. His uncontrolable behaviour soon changes, as a more vulnerable portryal is shown. Merle understands he deserves the punishment, after being left to fight off the zombies. Never the less, his angry, violent ways are exposed as he expresses how he has never begged for God to save him and he never will. This shows how Merles ignorance and attitude has led him to be left alone.