Friday 8 November 2013

Evaluate two characters in two different TV dramas

UK based TV drama – Merlin
Gaius
In the ‘Merlin’ Gaius is the physician at the kings court.
He accepts Merlin in as he is medical apprentice and throughout the series is always well versed in the subject of magic. You know from the beginning he has a past with magic as he once practiced magic himself adding a sense of intrigue to the character. 
His character is very mysterious and wise. This combination makes a mysterious aura surround the character that constantly keeps the audience on edge as throughout the series you begin to wonder what the character is going to do next, whether it is meet an unknown alias in secret or giving subtle hints about how to solve the latest problem. But also as he is wise he also seems quite humble when helping out friends in there time of need making him seem reliable.

Morgana
In this series Morgana starts out as the Kings Ward but later turns into a High Priestess. 
In the series she starts out as the heroin, always there in others time of need, constantly helping Arthur and Merlin in their bid to help people throughout the series. This makes her a likeable, loveable character throughout.
After she almost dies Morgana comes back twisted and mysterious. Constantly meeting up with her sister in secret to make plans to steal the throne. People grow to dislike her as she begins playing with people, relationships, life and death in her bid to steal the throne from her newly discovered father the King and soon after that her step brother Arthur. But at some points you can still see the caring heroin she once was, but to the audience what she has done in unforgivable especially to the other favourite female character Gwen. 


US based TV drama – Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
In ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Ichabod Crane is one of the main characters that has been resurrected in order to stop the first horseman of the apocalypse as he's the first witness. 
In the series he is seen as the witty, wise but also confused. This is because his past as a solider meant he is used to action and dealing with the unexpected but in the new age he is completely unprepared for what the last 250 years has bought to the world. 
He is a comical character as he is so different to the typical everyday person. Even though at the start he was called crazy and was sent away to a mental health centre he is very forgiving to those around him, still sticking up of what he believes in. Furthermore he is made to appear devoted as he tries to save his wife trapped in a world between worlds. 


Lt. Abbie Mills
Lt. Abbie Mills is Ichabod Cranes partner and assistant throughout the series. They help each other solve the mysterious and supernatural cases in sleepy hollow. She is the second witness. 
This character is very stern and untrusting. It is revealed throughout the series about her troubled past and how it affects her now. It makes her skeptical about all that is going on around her but she becomes accepting to it as she finally wants to believe that what happened to her so long ago wasn't
crazy. This makes her an important personas people can see that she is becoming a stronger person that is trying to help all she can while rebuilding bridges to those she abandoned in the past as well as figure out what her former partner the sheriff found out about sleepy hollow. The mystery that surrounds her life makes her strong but you can still see behind her hard exterior she is wary of everything that is happening but doesn't want to abandoned people like she did again.   





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