Buffy The Vampire Slayer: An Analysis

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“Hush” is an popular episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is due to the twenty-nine minutes of the characters not speaking because their voices are taken away. The characters see the value of communication to solve their issues. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is related to life problems such as insecurities and weaknesses. Some of these insecurities and weaknesses involved are identities, relationships, and responsibilities. Also, adolescence because it is a time of growing and realizations. They mature through their experiences and battles of everyday life. This occurs in a place called Sunnydale, where monsters lurk and are hunted. In the episode “Hush”, the voices taken away from the residents of Sunnydale represent the theme that communication …show more content…

She has inconvenient conversations with him. She admits it to Willow when discussing about Riley to her. In addition, she gets anxious, lies, and makes excuses mainly due to her secret identity. Riley also having a secret identity contradicts the communication between them. Both, want to be comfortable to tell each other and progress their relationship. By concealing their secret identities, they hide a part of themselves. As a result, they feel that they are lying to each other and it creates the difficulty of being able to converse. At the end of the episode, Riley states to Buffy “I guess we have to talk” and she agrees. It is significant since during most of the episode is silence, and it ends with having to speak to understand the events that occurred. The lack of communication is the obstacle in their relationship. Because of speaking, they can get to know each other better and figure out how to improve conversation in their …show more content…

The people cannot yell or scream for danger when the gentlemen come. The only thing that could be relied on is noise and sound, but it is not easy to identify as being in danger. Also, it could be considered danger. For example, when Tara is running and knocks on the doors in the college and there is hesitance. Likewise, in the college, explanations are not efficiently explained. Giles had to try a certain amount of times to get his points across. He relied on drawings, writing, and gestures to teach. It slows the process down, while speech can summarize and clarify. Therefore, communication is valuable in safety. As well, to understand one another and have society act

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