Conflicts in the film “Citizen Kane” In the film “Citizen Kane”‚ Orson Welles’ debut film‚ many conflicts are perpetrated. I feel one of the most showcased conflicts in this film is Welles’ portrayal of William Randolph Hearst as a man who could never experience true happiness through his use of purchasing all things that he loved in one way or another. Although many things were acquired through non-monetary means throughout his life‚ money was typically the motivation or the main way he gained
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and gravely affected the life they led in the Ecuadorian amazon. In the book Savages Joe Kane gives a firsthand account at how the Huaorani fight to preserve their land and traditional way of life. ‘’We live with the spirit of the jaguar. We do not want to be civilized by your missionaries or killed by your oil companies. Must the jaguar die so that you can have more contamination and television?” (Kane 4) In this excerpt from a letter addressed to the President of the United States‚ it was
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The film “Citizen Kane” used many different types of aesthetics to portray the scenes and characters in certain ways. The movie used music to help show what emotion the viewer should be getting from certain scenes. “Citizen Kane” had the characters dress in certain ways to show the differences in what their lives were like at certain points in the movie. These elements in the film help the audience contextualize what the characters are supposed to be like. The film also used different sound effects
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Citizen Kane Scene Analysis The scene we’re analyzing starts off with a shot of the New York Daily Inquirer. It’s a close shot‚ taking up the entire screen. I feel this close up is to show the viewer that the newspaper company is going to be the primary focal point for Kane‚ and his two partners at this point in the film. After the close up‚ the camera pans down to show Kane and Leland sitting in a car looking up at the building. Kane says “Take a good look at it Jedidiah‚ it’s going to look a
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The extraordinary film‚ Citizen Kane‚ was directed by Orson Welles in 1941. Orson Welles is not only the director of the film but the protagonist as well. This film was very different for the industry during the time it was released‚ it brought forth many new camera techniques. The film introduces the film with a dead screen‚ which was something completely new to the audience. Once the film starts‚ the camera tilts up the fence to “enter” the famous castle and it also adds some some suspense because
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melodrama apart from most in its genre. These themes are best expressed in the interactions of the three main characters: Victor Laszlo‚ a heroic political leader; Ilsa Lund‚ an enigmatic femme fatale; and Richard (Rick) Blaine‚ a seemingly morally ambiguous night club owner. An unusual love triangle forms with the two men’s mutual love for the intermediary woman. Unlike the archetypal romantic triangle which includes the betrayed husband and the victorious lover‚ this situation results in unhappiness
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Week 6 Reading Assessment Chapters 4-6 of The Great Gatsby revealed a lot about Jay Gatsby to the readers. The first thing to jump out at me was that Jay Gatsby’s real name is actually James Gatz. Also‚ Gatsby revealed that his parents were originally from the mid-western city of San Francisco. It became clear that Gatsby was living a life of uncertainty and that he was a mystery who chased wealth and greatness. The relationship between Gatsby and Nick changed a lot over these chapters. It
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THE COLOSSEUM The Coliseum was created during the time of A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a gift for the Roman people. The Coliseum was opened in A.D. 80‚ Titus (Vespasian’s son) opened the Coliseum. It was truly known as the Flavian Amphitheater. There would be 100 days of games per year‚ including gladiators fighting‚ and animal fights. The humans fighting would usually be granted freedom (most were slaves) if they defeated their opponent. After 4 centuries
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Ambiguous Media The influential power of the media is not an issue to be taken lightly. This influence can harbor tremendous benefits‚ or catastrophic consequences. Hotel Rwanda begins with a black screen‚ where the only thing we are exposed to is a radio broadcast‚ consisting of negative propaganda concerning Tutsi rebels in Rwanda. This is important‚ in that the black screen represents our minds‚ with the only input being what we hear over the broadcast. This gives us a sense of what the
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we love. This book written by the classic author Nathaniel Hawthorne has a lot of ambiguous characters. Hawthorne used his characters to portray irony and moral ambiguity. The most intriguing character I chose that displays moral ambiguity is Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. His character is fairly interesting being that he is a reverend minister and an adulterer. We learn that Dimmesdale is a prime example of an ambiguous character because he doesn’t have the courage to be the right person and do the right
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