The representation of women in relation to 'The Cabin in the Woods' (Goddard 2012)

The representation of women in relation to 'The Cabin in the Woods' (Goddard 2012)

Tunstell's 4 character roles for women were:

.domestic

.consumer

.sexual

.marital

These apply to 'The Cabin in the Woods' in the way that some of these roles are easily assigned to the female characters such as the sexual role being fulfilled by Jules as she seductively dances around the cabin and engages in sexual activity with a male in the film. The other main female character (Dana) is more the domestic type, but also challenges the common representations of women in her role as 'The Final girl' where she is feisty and unafraid.


Dana is typical of Clover's final girl in the way the