Modern Family; Gloria Analysis

            Sofia Vergara portrays a lively Gloria Pritchett, on the new hit television comedy Modern Family, by utilizing her boisterous voice, Colombian accent and inarticulate English to provoke a comedic effect to her character.

            By Gloria being so loud and obnoxious give the audience something to look forward to throughout the show. Every single thing that comes out of Gloria’s mouth, gives the viewer something to giggle about. Once instance would be when Gloria is telling the family about her dream and that “it’s a mouse, they don’t know how to talk! …. Black mouse in dream is a BAD omen”, as she describes the death of one of the other characters after he took a trip to the doctors and was awaiting a response. Her tone of voice gives this serious, realistic topic a sense of humor and gives the family something to laugh about.

Another aspect of the show is the patriarch, Jay, exerting authority and a ‘know it all’ attitude on Gloria by exploiting her country of origin. Accents are not usually something to poke fun at... Well okay, maybe they are. But, Gloria’s accent is so thick, giving it another side of humor. Between her loudness and her accent, she is always the center of attention without even having to try to be. Her personality overall, makes the character of Gloria that much more memorable.

Gloria is further personified due to her lack of speaking English. If Gloria could speak flawless English with no accent, she would obviously lack some of her comedic effect. Without her broken English, Gloria would then understand everything that everyone says, and what she says would not be as funny if she were to say the same thing in an accent and with broken English. Her character would be nothing without these aspects of her character.

Gloria is personified in multiple ways throughout the series, leaving her character to be a very round character. Various situations that Gloria is put into are so funny just because of the mere fact that she can’t speak/understand the English language very well, still even having lived here for a while throughout the series. If Gloria were to be lacking any of these aspects, she may not be as funny as when she did contain all of these characteristics. Overall, Gloria is a very complex character to pull apart and look at in a more detailed fashion.