tropes

what is a trope?. when encountered with this question in class one day i had no idea what the answer could be. At first i thought it was some type of item, but when it was explained to me i understood. A trope is a common reoccuring image that can be seen anywhere. An example of a trope is the way that alot of rich people buy huge gold jesus crosses to show how religious they are. (Even though jesus would probably not approve of it.) Tropes are seen everywhere at everytime people just dont notice it but we know what it is. In the movie firefox staring angelina jolie there is a common trope which is used in many movies. The trope would be the man techer asserting his power over female students to get them to do what he wants, and then the students must overpower the authority. this is also seen in a movie titled the faculty. the facutly is a movie that i had viewed outside of class staring elijah wood and other famous actors while they were young. in the movie they have a revelation