Wikipedia defined a trope as a common pattern or theme used in literature. The class definition of a trope is similar. It is a familiar theme repeated; an element used over and over again in stories like figurative language portrayed through characters, plot, or setting. A few examples of tropes are; the arrogant teacher, sympathetic people, eccentric detective, smart but dork sidekick, happy endings, good versus evil, fight between good and bad etc. Many movies portray tropes such as Disney classics: Cinderella, Beauty and the beast, Snow White, classical comics and heroes: Batman, Superman, Spiderman. These adaptations are continuously copied in films, books, and television shows/series for all ages in different genres. Crucial elements of a revelation trope consists of an important message that has to be revealed, a messenger/ revealer that is different than all other characters, something bigger happens to revealer, change in point of view, resistance to the message. Other revelation tropes include: life-changing experiences, fighting unacceptable situations, learning to think for yourself.
While watching Foxfire we applied the elements of a revelation trope. Angelina Jolie was the revealer that was set apart from all the other characters, who seems to appear out of nowhere. The message she tries to reveal is that you shouldn’t just sit around and be harassed by a teacher just because he is an ‘authority figure’. She teachers to the girls to fight against the authority figure and stand up for themselves. She says that if it could happen to one of them, it could happen to any one of them. The obstacle they are faced is with is a teacher that sexually abuses his female students. The cheerleaders resist the message that Angelina’s character tries to get across.
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