In the introduction you should briefly describe the film you have chosen and specifically the relationship(s) in the film that you will be analyzing. Preview the main points of the paper and the role that communication generally played in the success or failure of this relationship.
Choose one of the theories of relational maintenance from Chapter 9 and discuss how your film illustrates the theory. In this section of the paper, you should describe the theory briefly and show how the theory you have chosen best explains the way the characters in the film maintain the relationship, using examples from the film to illustrate your argument. Theories from this chapter include:
Briefly summarize the main points of your paper and explain how these theories provided some insight into the role of communication relational maintenance in the development and maintenance of the relationship(s) you examined in the film.
