Hypothesis

My hypothesis/my prediction for this essay is that:

• I will find gender stereotypes throughout Friends
• The gender stereotypes presented will be relatively equal between the male and female characters at the start of the show
• As the show progresses, the female characters' gender stereotypes will change more than the males' will
• American society will have influenced the initial stereotypes presented, but may not be the cause of the changes.

Update RE: Structure - 30/1/2015

Today I rewrote my structure plan incorporating some of the ideas from my supervisor.

My aims for this weekend are to write a rough draft of points 1 and 2 and also finally choose the episodes that I will be referencing in these paragraphs.

Update RE: Structure - 28/1/2015

Since speaking to my supervisor, we have decided that although my current structure plan is good, it may be a little repetitive with paragraphs where there is not a lot to write about because of the way I have given a paragraph to each character. Because of this, I am going to rethink my structure.

Introduction paragraph

This is my initial draft for the opening paragraph of my essay. I still need to add a few things to it but I am going to get feedback on it in the coming days.

Structure plan

Recently, I have been thinking about the structure of my essay so I have a better idea of where my research is headed. My first structure is below:

I am going to have a meeting with my EPQ supervisor to discuss whether this structure is good and where I need to go next with the project.