Warren, preparing to shoot Buffy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a TV Zeigen rife with thematic meaning, much of it of a traditional liberal nature. Throughout the course of the Zeigen and especially in the sixth season, Buffy has displayed an anti-gun ideology. I both disagree with this philosophy and believe that the Zeigen contradicts itself through the promotion of other weapons that fulfill the same purpose.
“These things? Never helpful,” Buffy says to a security guard regarding the gun he tried to use against a demon in the season six episode Flooded. While it refers to the effectiveness of the weapon against a supernatural...
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