typical male character roles

Coronation street

Tony Gordan

The typical business man

Tony is 38 years old, originally from Scotland. He is a co-owner of Underworld, which is a lingerie factory. He also is a property investor. Tony has very stereotypical characteristics of a business man. He is a good looking, middle aged man who is married to a gorgeous lady. He always wears a suit and always looks very presentable. He is also hated a lot by many people in the soap. The producers of Corrie would have used these characteristics to represent whats known as a 'typical business man'.

Ken Barlow

'wise old man

Ken is the longest remaining character within Corrie, he is a very kind man. He has been married four times and had three children. He follows the stereotypical 'wise old man' as has been a teacher, a newspaper editor, a community activist and a trolley-pusher at a supermarket, before returning to teaching and writing. He is also always trying to help everybody out as well as being the first to criticise everyone for their wrong doings.

Dev Alahan

'Player'

Dev owns seven corner shops around Manchester. Dev has a history of getting together with unsuitable women. He has had many relationships with different people within the street. He has a daughter and has previously been married. He has also had relationships within familys, for example he was with Deirdre and then moved onto his daughter Tracey.

Norris Cole

'Geek'

Norris has a very camp pasona and is known for his gossiping. His theories are usually true, for example he was suspicious about Richard Hillman being a killer. He has a very big ego and has innacurate views of his own abilities.

When analysing soap operas we can identify the typical male character roles because they are stereotyped to represent their role. For example a typical business man will be middle aged, good looking, have a lot of money and have some hatered by other characters. We can apply the theory of typical male character roles to help break down the program and analyse each character more thoroughly.