1. What were Jeremy Tunstall's 4 character roles for women and do they apply to The Cabin in the Woods?

• Domestic
• Sexual
• Marital
• Consumer

In some sense this theory does fit to the film because you have your stereotypical "slutty girl," Jules, who is of course the most sexualised character in this film, but you also have Dana who could be seen as the 'eager consumer' as she is shown as wanting to take school books etc, your typical final girl. 

2. How is Dana typical of Clover's 'Final Girl' theory? Please mention: the ending; Dana's appearance and her actions during the film.

Dana is very typical of the final girl because although she is not dressed in the most conservative clothing, she is not in short shorts and crop tops like Jules. She is also 'corrupted' by Jules and told to bring a revealing red bikini, which she is clearly uncomfortable with wearing. She is the final girl to survive, alongside Larry (who is your typical unsuspecting hero) and even though she does in fact die in the end, she does not die in the same way as the other characters. She shows persistence and is always the one who has a 'lucky escape.'

3. Jules undergoes mental and physical transformations during the film, what are they and how do they cause her to become a horror archetype?

Right at the start of the film, Jules appears and tells Dana that she has dyed her hair blonde. This has immediate horror stereotype connotations of a 'dumb blonde.' We find out later that the people behind the cabin in the woods put something in her hair dye which actually makes her more stupid. This becomes apparent when she is the first one to die, and she dies during her sexual scene with her boyfriend. Can you get anymore stereotypical?

4. Is Mulvey's Male Gaze theory exemplified in the film and if so, how? 

The Male Gaze theory is certainly exemplified in this film. There are multiple used of POV shots in the sex scene with Jules and there is a pan upwards starting from the bottom of her legs when she is wearing short shorts and dancing. This objectifies her as a sex object almost immediately. The POV shots are from her boyfriends POV so of course, this again shows her off as a sex object.

5. In the film we, as an audience, are made to be voyeurs; when does this happen and why is it important in regards to representation of character?

The definition of Voyeurs is 'one who enjoys seeing others in pain and suffering, and this is pretty much the basis of the whole film. We as the audience have the advantage that we know the whole 'cabin in the woods' is all set up so these kids can die, so we almost instantaneously become a voyeur because we can see that these people who are controlling the events, bet on who will die first/how they will die etc, showing clear signs of enjoyment which makes it all fairly comedic for us. There are also a few scenes which show the workers 'gawking' over Jules during the sex scene which dehumanises women and represents them badly. Again. 

6. Summarise the way women are represented in The Cabin in the Woods. Are they objectified and there to provide satisfaction for heterosexual males and/or do they fulfil another role/purpose?

Women are represented in a wonderfully stereotypically sexist way. Jules is the most sexualised character and the first to die. They are objectified horrendously and a lot of the scenes are there to 'satisfy' males. There are multiple shots of the girls half naked and in bikinis which are put in for the male benefit. Even the opening shot is of Dana in her underwear, and she is not even the 'slutty' character. Overall in Cabin in the Woods, women are seen as sex objects and nothing more. No shown sign of intelligence aside from at the beginning when it is dismissed as being 'silly and boring.' It is even the seemingly stupid male character who figures it all out and has to come and save the damsel in distress, Dana. So in short, they are represented in a very typical-sexist-horror-film sort of way. Original.