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Friday, November 11, 2016

Morality in House of Cards and Our Society

Popular boob tube of the 50s and 60s was very clear-cut. Characters were bribeed to the audition at face value. If a point of reference seemed like a redeeming(prenominal) person, then they were a virtuously sound person. If a book of facts seemed f exclusivelyacious, then they were a bad person with venomous intentions. television shows were not trying to rag the audience guess what the characters on screen were thinking. Television commonly reflected whatever the cultural norms were at that time. In the older shows, that was family set and the problems that arose when raising one. All of that has changed in recent times. Modern television very frequently challenges the social norm. Instead of clearly ripe and bad guys, characters on todays shows ar often in a moral grey area. They crumb be both morally and ethically ambiguous, leaving the audience wondering whom wants what and why. This major wobble in storytelling can be observed in Netflixs mansion of Cards. This show very outstandingly presents a question of morality because even its good characters chip in awful decisions supposedly for the greater good as if they all believe in the set aside justifying the means. Even the shows protagonist is seen devising terribly unethical decisions and we are supposed to support him in that. The obvious questions must then be raised. What does this say just around our government today? wherefore do we root for evil characters? Furthermore, what does this political drama present about our current partnership? The ethical considerations of the characters in signboard of Cards, more specifically, Frank and his wife, Claire Underwood, speaks volumes about how our society spatial relations morally abuse people and how the classical view of wholesome, upstanding protagonists is challenged.\nOne of the early base television shows to be windy exclusively on Netflix, hearthstone of Cards is the American modification of a British miniskir t series of the same name, which was first a novel by Michael Dobbs. The show chronicles the story of American politician Fra...

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