Annalise Keating How To Get Away With Murder Essay

This previous summer, I was recommended by my mother to watch the new show, “How To Get Away With Murder”. Despite a general idea in my mind of what the T.V. series could be about, I asked her what the premise was. She told me it was “a law show about five students taking a women's law class of the same name of the show.” Despite law shows not exactly being my scene, I decided to begin watching it due to my mom insisting I'd love it. From the first five minutes it was already successful in reeling me in. Not only from the suspense built from the non-linear storyline, but how one of the main characters, Annalise Keating, held herself while teaching her class the steps of how to become a successful lawyer. The show caught my interest as well with their
Who isn't afraid of showing everyone around her how she reached her successful career, but does not show to the public how it affects her internally. Something as simple as removing makeup in one scene, she keeps an audience entranced as Viola Davis, the Annalise Keating actress takes off her mask piece by piece during a personal and existential crisis. Removing what she has built up to the outside and revealing how she has had to deal with underneath it all to the audience in the comfort of her own home. Everything Analise does is an expression of what older women and women in power are feeling. That’s what makes the character relatable for women. After winning her Emmy for her performance in How To Get Away With Murder, Davis conducted an interview with “E! Entertainment” “When you’re in a TV show that can span who knows how many seasons, you have to always be in the process of not limiting your character, putting them in a box. We’re both brave and bold enough to always push the envelope.”(Davis, 2) She was allowed to create her own iconic character, and she was in no way afraid of show the dark edges that come with