Find five examples (a mixture of images and clips) from UK and US TV dramas for the following:

Upper Class (rich/posh)

The stereotype of an upper class or ‘rich’ person is that they are that they are well dressed, stuck up, posh. In most cases they are presented as male. The stereotype for an upper class female is that they sponge off their husbands money and they do not work.

An example of a stereotypical upper class person in a TV drama is Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham from Downton Abbey. This character is a good example of a stereotypical because of the way he acts and dresses

Frank Underwood from House Of Cards

 

Frank Underwood is a good example of an upper class person because of his spitefulness and lust for power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NaFt3Xcbfw

 

Nucky Thomson from Boardwalk Empire

Nucky Thomson is a good example due to his power and overall horribleness to other characters because he controls and is above them in the social standings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nND3a64a8qk

 

Albert Stroller from Hustle

 

 

 

 

 

Albert Stroller is a good example of an upper class person because of his power over a group; he also goes against the common stereotype of upper class people due to him being nice and friendly to his friends and work acquaintances

Claire Underwood from House Of Cards

Claire Underwood (wife of Frank Underwood) is a good example for an upper class female, she only lives the lifestyle she does because of her husband being a politician and this is the only reason she has money, she also has a lust for power and convinces her husband to strive for a better place in government, so they can have more money.