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Who Is Mrs. Robinson's Personal Life Depicted In The Film The Graduate
In the film The Graduate, it’s about a young man named Ben who just got out of college and starts to have a relationship with a married woman. The woman’s name was Mrs. Robinson and while Ben and Mrs. Robinson had a relationship Ben promised to never go on a date with her younger daughter. Ben then goes on a date with Mrs. Robinson’s younger daughter named Elaine. Ben is then caught in a relationship with both ladies. Somethings are were done well with the film is the use of light. One scene that was done well was when Ben and Mrs. Robinson just got done making love, and Ben then tries to talk about Mrs. Robinson’s personal life and she tries to change the subject. When the subject is changed and they are both talking kindly to one another

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