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Sophie Carter. “The Nation’s Street…”. The tag line shows in the title is an interesting slogan to use. It suggests that the street is owned by the British nation, implying that it is similar to real life.
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“The Nation’s Street…” The tag line shows in the title is an interesting slogan to use. It suggests that the street is owned by the British nation, implying that it is similar to real life. Coronation Street is set in the Manchester town of ‘Weatherfield’ where the lives of residents along Coronation Street are followed. Many of the characters have been in the street since the soap started in 1963. Different ages and classes are represented, to mimic the variety that you get in real British streets.
Characters representing British stereotypes David Platt represents the British teenager – rebellious, bad attitude and defiant. However, the context of the character being in a soap leads the writers to make extremes of these traits (he has proved to have psychopathic thoughts) The Webster family is a typical British family that is working class, who are aspiring to be middle class. They have two teenage daughters who have rebelled against their parents, with their mother desperately trying to reign them in. The family is representative of family’s wanting to be something they aren’t.
Jack and Vera Duckworth are an old couple who have lived on the street since its beginning. They represent the couple who love each other very much but do not necessarily show it as they argue a lot with comic effect. Becky is a relatively new member of the street. She is an ex-heroine addict that has reformed,. However, she represents the ‘northern’ stereotype of being a ‘ladette’ who enjoys drinking and being boisterous.
Stereotypes of the setting Weatherfield has the famous pub ‘Rovers Return’ in its street. This is where every character goes at the end of the day, which leads the audience to believe that this is the norm for all British people. The ‘pub’ in Coronation Street is a central place to meet and where a lot of the drama occurs. This may be representative of real life, as is the Northern culture of having some drama in a pub. The culture that is maybe a stereotype of British people that ‘everyone knows everyone’ is reinforced in Coronation Street. Also, the idea in Corrie that everyone knows your business, which could represent British people as nosey and interfering.
