Tina Norwood
BSHS 385
MAY 04, 2015
Sharnisha Wheeler
Role and Conflict Paper
The movie I chose was Legally Blonde. Just like anyone else Elle Woods wanted to be accepted or like by someone. Rather if that’s by their parent(s), friend, or boyfriend/girlfriend. Elle was a normal young lady, who is petite, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Not only did she have the looks, but she was also rich. But she portrayed as a dumb blonde. So once her boyfriend broke up with her, Elle went and join Harvard Law School, in order to get Warner back. Once into Law School, you can’t miss all the disputes, self-disclosure, and power amongst each characters. In my paper, I will share my opinion on what the movie is showing about communication, analyze the role of communication between each characters and their relationship, as well as power and conflict issues.
Vivian Kensington and Elle Woods first met each other in class, but didn’t realize they had one thing in common, which was Warner. When Warner introduce Vivian and that they are engage, you can start to see the tension amongst them. Elle start to act jealous of Warner and Vivian relationship. Therefore in the beginning, Elle and Vivian doesn’t have good communication skills. Elle and Vivian both feel threatened towards each other, Vivian start to say things about Elle to others, in order to make Elle look bad. But once Vivian find out that Elle wasn’t a bad person, they finial was able to set and talk. They were able to sit and listen to each other without any problems, as they sit and listening to each other, they grew to know each other. While all this was taken place, Elle and Vivian talking, etc… Warner is feeling lost between the two women. He still have feelings for Elle but he’s engaged to Vivian. Instead of Warner expressing himself, he just hold them in and do what others expect him to do. Close to the end of the movie, once Vivian and Elle communicated, they were able to understand