Women In 'Shaun of The Dead'

Women in 'Shaun of The Dead'

 At the start of the film the women are shown to be dependent on the men from how Shaun's girlfriend (Liz) expects Shaun to book the table at the restaurant, which then he fails to do that and then Liz takes control and ends their relationship because of his lazy attitude towards life shown when she says "you promised you would stop smoking when i did, you promised you'd go to the gym, you promised you would drink red wine instead of beer, you promised you would come on holiday with me... You promised things would change" shaun: " I'll give up smoking (throws packet) what else?" Liz: "Its not enough Shaun" which proves that she is the grown up and is taking action after years of being together.

This shot here of Liz shows that she is serious on ending it with Shaun because of her facial expressions of anger and aggression.  Liz says to shaun "If I don't do something I'm ganna end up at that pub every night for the rest of my life like those sad old fuckers drinking myself to death wondering what the hell happened to my life " and by that she meant finish with their relationship which then the two shot of Shaun and Liz talking then cuts to a mid shot of Shaun, portraying his misery to what just happened making the men seem as useless by not doing anything to get her back and who are dependent on the women although men in society are shown as strong although here its switched to the women (Liz) to be strong and independent.