Captial: Representation

Capital: Representation.



1) Capital Episode 2 summary: 

The events that occur on Episode 2 are that the community are starting to fear the stalker as he starts to do worse things such as mailing mouses to them which eventually leads to them becoming frustrated and annoyed with the police and there lack of effort in solving the identity of the stalker.

The African woman is caught and arrested leading to her having a court case, the man she met at the church who also seems to have developed a relationship seems scared and worried that she isn't coming to church anymore. This causes him to go see her making him wanting to help her but she says to not get involved.

The old woman introduced in episode 1, her dementia or illness seems to be getting worse and her daughter can't cope  with this revelation leading to her feeling sad. She dies. 

The Polish man discovers a suitcase filled with money.

The Muslim family meet with the mother of the three brothers as she arrives in the country as the episode progresses police arriving in to the shop arresting the brothers.



Capital Episode 3 summary: 

The banker is fired from his job which causes his wife to become mad, they fire the babysitter and move to a different location.

The old woman's grandson finds out who was mailing the mouses. One of the brothers is arrested on suspicion of terrorism which is caused due to his room mate searching radical things on his laptop however he is eventually released as innocent. The African woman is deported. The stalker was revealed to be the religious Muslim brother.


2) Key Scenes: 

Scene 1: One of the themes that can be talked about in this scene is the idea of aging which is shown by the montage at the beginning which show the history of the old woman which then cuts back to her in her old age which shows the juxtaposition youth and oldness and the progression of  person after many years.

Scene 2: In this scene, it shows the banker on his way to work in an urban city which is London. The themes shown are overpopulation which is shown by how crowded the train which can also relate to another theme which is Public transport which is something that is integral in urban cities, especially one that is big as London.

Scene 3: One of the themes that can be talked about in this scene is wealth which shows the banker talking about his upcoming financial bonuses and things that he could do which allows him to live more lavishly.  

Scene 4: One of the themes that can be talked about in this scene is Immigration which can be shown in the African woman not being able to access a bank account and also the problems that she could be face if she is deported back to her country.

Scene 5: One of the themes that can be talked about in this scene is the banker's greed this is shown by his anger when his bonus is revealed and his anger towards it, another theme that can be talked is globalisation which is the reason why his financial bonus is small is due to the other company situated in Switzerland didn't preform well leading to his small bonus even though he earned the company lot of money.

Scene 6: One of the themes that can be discussed in this scene is collective community which is shown by the generosity of the shop owner when he gives the banker's wife coriander for free and the idea of family and culture which shown is shown by the family eating together and them skyping a family member in another country who is presented as some a stereotype. 



3) One of the examples of Capital subverting stereotypes is the African woman who is presented as a hard working women even though she is an immigrant which contrasts with the media's depiction of immigrants as lazy and work-shy who are benefitting from the benefits that they receive from the government. One of the examples of Capital reinforcing stereotypes is with the Pakistani family as being shop owners which is a stereotype that is used in the media a lot.





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