2. Lesson/Warning Almost all urban legends convey a warning or a lesson. The bottom picture saying, Call 911 or Die for example Fear has a lasting impression and when people think something bad will happen to them because of their actions they will tend to avoid that circumstance
3. STEREOTYPES Urban legends are told as a true stories and contain stereotypes. People tend to buy into buy in to Stereotypes as if we were programmed To believe them. Such as a scary old House must be haunted.
4. FEMINIST APPROACH In some urban legends Woman are looked at as The “danger” or villain Such as AIDs Mary or Bloody Mary and in others They are looked at as weak Such as the Dead Boyfriend Or The Hook just to name A few examples.
5. EMOTION Emotion is very important in an urban legend weather it Is fear, humor, shocked, or astonished…etc. If there was No emotion in a legend then it would not last through time And in turn would not be a legend at all. In this slide I show fear and shock by the strange bird thing.