https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325 An analysis of semiotics in episode 2, "We're All Someone's Monster," of Netflix Original's Shadow & Bone. en-us 2021-05-18 14:19:43 UTC 2025-10-12 11:19:17 UTC hello@padlet.com aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1535922473 2021-05-18 14:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1535922473 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1535925831 Shadow & Bone tells the tale of a fantasy fiction world that is divided between those who have powers, the Grisha, and those who do not, the First Army. Shadow and Bone's second episode, "We're All Someone's Monster," uses symbols in order to represent the divide in society that race and class cause. ]]> 2021-05-18 14:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1535925831 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536542050 Alina Starkov is the main character of this series. She once was an outcast orphan until one day her powers were revealed. No one thought the girl in the shadow would become the savior.]]> 2021-05-18 16:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536542050 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536585997 Malyen Oretstev grew up with Alina in the orphanage and is her best friend. He is a trained tracker in the First Army.]]> 2021-05-18 17:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536585997 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536609808 The use of symbolism in "We're All Someone's Monster" is between these two characters.]]> 2021-05-18 17:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536609808 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536668929 2021-05-18 17:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536668929 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536670699 Watch timestamps 4:40-7:30]]> 2021-05-18 17:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536670699 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536678936 Mal and Alina in three different scenes throughout the progression of this episode reach for each others hands. In the first scene, they hold onto each other. In the second, they are torn apart before they can touch. In the third, they are worlds away. ]]> 2021-05-18 17:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536678936 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536693487 The hand reach used throughout this episode symbolize the divide classism creates when Alina is announced as Grisha and Mal is First Army. There is a strong division between those who have powers and those who do not and now these two best friends are worlds apart. ]]> 2021-05-18 17:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536693487 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536710789 Alina now lives in the Little Palace with other Grisha. ]]> 2021-05-18 17:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536710789 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536715748 Mal remains at the First Army camp.]]> 2021-05-18 17:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536715748 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536894986 The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo also uses hands as a symbol of a divide. ]]> 2021-05-18 18:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536894986 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536916011 Instead of the divide between God and man, "We're All Someone's Monster" uses the same symbol to represent the divide between human and human. One thing remains the same in both representations, one side has more power than the other.]]> 2021-05-18 18:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1536916011 aliceag1 https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1537337607 2021-05-18 19:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aliceag1/CMST325/wish/1537337607