1. Women play a particular narrative role in each of the movies above. What is that role and how does it shape the story? Can we make the case that women’s roles have changed in science fiction adventures? If you don’t think they have then lay out what limits you see in the construction of these characters. Feel free to cite films we haven’t watched, like Alien (d. Ridley Scott, 1979) and Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997), in support of your overall argument.
