1-CHARACTERS ANALYSIS:

-Jerry Lundegaard

-Jean Lundegaard (his wife)

-Wade Gustavson (his father-in-law)

-Stan Grossman: (Wade´s partner)

-Scotty (their son)

-Marge (police chief)

-Norm (Marge´s husband)

-Carl (the kidnapper with the moustache)

-Gaear (the blond kidnapper)

-Mike Yanagita

-Shep Proudfoot

-The bartender (the man sweeping the floor)

A) Describe the different characters in the movie. Choose from this list of nouns and adjectives:

crooked-barefaced-cheeky-dishonest-cruel-violent-irritable-two.faced - untrusting-  unreliable- clumsy- caring- bossy- positive- grounded- brave- determined- cold- kind- mediocre- ruthless- reckless- funny.looking- tough- sensitive- calm- awkward- proud- warm-hearted - immature- childish- liar- soft- boring-selfish- hardworking- awkward -  psycho

B) Give details from the characters´ behaviour in the film that support your ideas

Examples:

1-Jean:

 a)  in the film before she is kidnapped. What can you say about her?

b)  Jean during her kidnapping. How does she behave?

2-Jerry

1. As an executive sales manager at Wade´s car dealership… how does he behave?
2. As a father- He lets Scot go to McDonald´s...
3. As a husband- He call Jean “hon”, he brings the groceries in...
4. How does he respond when he doesn´t get things his way…

3-Scotty

How does he behave before and after the kidnapping?

4-Marge

When she finds out there has been a triple homicide, she examines the bodies while she is drinking some coffee and she speaks in a singing tone:

“Here´s the second one..”, “I´m hungry again”, “It´s a real shame”

She even tells a joke on the way back to the office after seeing the corpses. (About someone who couldn´t personalize his plates and changed his name)

5- Norm (Marge´s husband)

a)“I´ll fix you some eggs”. He says to Marge early in the morning when she has to go to work… What do you think about him as a husband?

b) What does he do for a living?

6- Lou (Marge´s colleague)

What do you think about him as a workmate?

“Mind your step”, “You´re O.K., Marge?”, “Did you have breakfast?”

7-Wade Gustafson

How does ehe relate to Jerry ?

How does he feel about Jean and Scotty?

8-Stan Grossman, Wade Gustafson´s partner. What is his attitude while debating ..

1. the parking lot business?
2. the drop of the ransom money?

Any other detail about him?

9-Mike Yanagita-

What significance has his role have in the film?

10- Shep Proudfoot

What do we know about him?- How does he behave..a) with Jerry b) with Marge c)with Gaeder?

11- Carl (the kidnapper with the moustache)

12-Gaeder (the blond kidnapper)