Easy A

After watching the film Easy A, I will attempt to find the female archetypes used in the film. An archetype is relating of behavior, modern psychological theory, and literary analysis. Examples of female archetypes are strong female, femme fatale, good wife, blondes are dumb and brunettes are smart. This is because women are constantly under oppression in that era which contributes to stereotyping of women.  Women are objectified as prize.

The women archetypes in the film could be seen at the ending. The characters Olive, Ms Griffith, Mrs Penderghast, Rhi and Marianne. Let's start with Olive, she is a brunet, smart, independent, sympathetic and kind. Throughout the film, you could see that she is the smartest among the characters as she is the teachers pet, she is also independent as could be seen in the scene where Rhi invites her for a family party but she declines and spends the weekend alone, and she is the kindest character in the film as she helps all of the male characters that needed help.

Moving on, Marianne is the blonde character in the film. As what the archetype has set, she is dumb, mean, egoistic, and unfriendly. She could be seen acting holy throughout the film as her father is a pastor at a church but she is the most evil character in the film. She could be seen always backstabbing Olive by spreading false rumors about her but yet cry in front of her friends as if she is trying to save her. As Olive gets into trouble, Marianne could be seen glaring at Olive in the office while hammering on the stapler trying to scare Olive.