Write an essay examining the ways in which genre, style and form influence the representation of women in either One for the Money or Notes on a Scandal.

In Zoe Heller’s novel Notes on a Scandal, the subject matter is loaded with finely woven complicity, posing various questions about the nature of secrets, relationships and the way in which women are presented and perceived in a predominantly patriarchal monopolised society. Notes on a Scandal is an intricate and at times chillingly intense character study of human behaviour and the potency of desire. The Novel/Film raises complex issues regarding professional propriety, moral responsibility and societal taboos associated with intergenerational sexual activity. In this essay I aim to explore these themes and the components that make this text so disconcerting to a society so adamantly preoccupied with sustaining and maintaining assigned heteronormative dynamics.

According to Simone de Beauvoir “One is not born, but......

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Title: Yay
Approximate Word Count: 1994
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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