Class and status

The social class is broken into 3 categories which is upper class, middle class and working/lower class. The upper class is usually people who have lots of money and have a good jobs or may even not have to work,. The middle class is people who are not poor but are not rich either and usually work in good jobs but may work lots of hours to provide for their families. The lower class is people who spend most of their life working on low wages for long hours and struggle to pay for things so they may rely on benefits or bonuses to keep them afloat.


Examples

Upper class-
Downton abbey is a example of upper class people who live in a large and expensive house and is a good example of upper class as they pay for lower class people to do their 'bad' jobs for them such as cooking and cleaning and these staff are seen as servants.





Upper class-
 This example is from the TV drama holby city and this character is called Dr Hansen, he always wears a suit when he is working unless he is performing operations and speaks very formally to his staff he is highly intelligent and runs the hospital and uses his upper class to gain power over the other members of staff.











Middle class-
This example is from the TV drama Doctor Who and her name is Clara. She lives a fairly normal lifestyle when she is not travelling and ahs a occupation as a teacher. She is not wealthy but also not poor and usually dresses well and looks after herself so she is not scruffy which represents her character having enough money to support this.




Middle class-
This example is from the TV drama Cuffs the character is called PC Ryan Draper who is a policemen and is not high up in the forces but is known for having a good record as a policemen he provides for his two kids being a single father of two who live in a normal house and are able to eat every day when they want and also have fresh clothing to wear.




Lower class-
This character is taken from the TV series The Walking Dead in which he is classed by other characters as a 'redneck' which is another word for working class members we see he wears scruffy clothing and spends lots of time hunting and has lots of skills that involve nature and the outdoors which shows he may have not been able to get a good education so he spent the majority of his time with nature as a child.

Lower class-

This example is taken from the TV drama Downton abbey and these characters are employed by upper class members of society to do their 'dirty work' we see them being spoke to informally and badly and they usually wear old and battered clothing.