Narrative Structure, Corruption and Social Class in the First Series of 'The Wire'
The diploma thesis titled Narrative Structure, Corruption and Social Class in the First Series of 'The Wire' discusses the role of corruption in the enviroments of law enforcement and drug trade in an American metropolitan city such as Baltimore as presented in HBO's TV series 'The Wire'. The thesis' main aim is to search for instances of corruption in both environments with relation to social class, ethics, legality, integrity and other. Corruption as presented by the show gives momentum to the plot and can be percieved in more than one way. Corruption has different effect on different characters, whose motivation for the ways they behave is an important feature for the thesis to discuss. The corner stone for the analysis of the show for this thesis is its narrative strategy as well as the producers' background.