Analysis Of Fritz Lang 's ' Metropolis ' And ' The Garden Of Eden '

In the 1967 prison film Cool Hand Luke, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, there are many examples of theological symbolism and religious themes. Most of the symbolism alludes to Jesus Christ, which is often utilized in film to add depth to the protagonist in the story. Such Christ figure symbolism can also be seen in films such as the 1999 hit The Matrix and the original Star Wars film (1977). Along with these visual suggestions, there are also thematic elements that underlie Cool Hand Luke which involve Biblical allusions and metaphysical questions.

Walter Miller, the complex personality who produced the apocalyptic novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, shot himself in January 1996 following the unexpected death of his wife, Anne. His passing is an unfortunate loss to the world, but this novel survives and will continue to influence generations of people whose inner souls have been powerfully influenced and inspired by his work. A Canticle for Leibowitz is an emotional roller coaster, full of the fluctuations of life, and exhibits an eternal tale about treacherous times and the fall from innocence as well as the rise to a more technologically advanced, yet further delusional world. Like many novels, Canticle attempts to answer some of the most fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? These are significant questions that many different religions have attempted to answer, including the Catholic Church. According to Miller, science can answer questions about how the world works, but only religion can answer questions about why things are the way they are. Miller’s religious answers, given by theistic characters, are contrasted with the opinions of secular, nonspiritual characters in a way that embodies both the faith and ethics of the church. Walter Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz contains the debates of the raging conflict of religion versus science, religious ethics and secular ethics, and sin and redemption. It is a comprehensive analysis of apocalyptic sequences and how they

His main thesis is that the history of modern times is defined by how people have either followed the Judeo Christian worldview or have created ill-fitting replacements for those values. He supports this thesis extensively throughout the book with numerous examples. This is defined by a move away from limited self-government toward moral anarchy, and relativism. This move was encouraged by the ideas of Freud, Einstein, Marx and Nietzsche. This led to an increase in the overall size of government as self-government decreased and the desire for destruction of enemies and despotic power increased.

In the beginning Maria was the victim,was bullied or terrified by the school bully Jawanna. Jawanna would be described as the bully in the story due to the fact that she forced her to give her the brownies or she used a face expression to make Maria give her the pencil stated from the textual evidence. Throughout the passage something changed about Maria that made her want become stronger and bolder. 2 of the Main characters that helped her accomplish her goal was Ms. McMillian and Maria best friend, Jessica.

When Maria Reynolds first asked Alexander for help, she was terribly mistreated and abandoned by her husband. Alexander was eager to help, giving her a later time to meet up. After the next few encounters, James Reynolds, Maria’s husband, returned. James saw the money they could earn from

This story uses metaphor to mention lots Christian symbols and the different actions between religion-religious people and non-religious people.

Sixty years separate the publication of the dystopias The Children of Men and Brave New World, but both authors express their depictions of a future world in which religion is drastically changed, and not for the better. Religion and spirituality serve a number of purposes in the two novels, most notably to illustrate the difference between our society and their dystopian society, and also to show the importance of faith in overcoming the difficulties which human beings face.

The early 1940s marked an incredibly dark period of world history where millions of European Jews were executed under German supremacist ideals. This atrocious period was something inconceivable to individuals worldwide and thus, sparked the creation of several compelling works such as the 1986 graphic novel, Maus written by Art Spiegelman and the 1997 film of Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni. These two works, although greatly distinct, homogeneously open the public to personal tales of the unexplainably malicious event known as the Holocaust. Maus, although presented as a graphic novel in black and white, strongly depicts the story of Vladek, a Holocaust survivor through his son’s recollection of the unfortunate events that occurred to him through interview sessions that cause the novel to shift between the “present time” of these sessions and the “past” memories of Vladek. Whereas the film, Life is Beautiful portrays the tale of a Jewish family told by the forever appreciate son, Joshua, of Guido, who creatively distorted the reality of the Holocaust as a thousand point game to preserve the innocence and youthful joy of his son. Both of these works effectively communicate the severity of the Holocaust while introducing the audience to the presence of the humanity in these tales and characters who were a part of an otherwise inhumane event. Both works manage to do such through similar means such as the father-son relationships present that although distinct,

When one notices an injustice in the world, one should stand up to it like Maria did in “The Power of One.” She did not like how her father made rules and laws for everybody else but did not have them apply to him. She says to him “They shouldn’t apply to anybody.” This took immense courage to do. She showed courage just like how Nora in “A Doll’s House” did when she left Torvald.

Martin Luther King said before, “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” In today’s society, the scientific power control the misguided men and will hurt our community. Dystopian literature and movies relate to the Bible in the themes of destiny, conformity and passion.

The Bible is the most well-known piece of literature on the planet, with billions of copies sold and distributed across the globe. Its teachings can be applied to multiple situations, circumstances, and works, even to the far reaches of the cinematic world. Edward Dmytryk, Raoul Walsh and Delmer Daves, directors of Raintree County (1957), Band of Angels (1957) and Kings Go Forth (1958), respectively, have been known to integrate Biblical values and allusions within their distinguished works, including these three films. In Dmytryk’s film Christ in Concrete (1949), he depicts the death of a bricklayer in New York on Good Friday, a day marked to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Regeneration (1915) directed by Raoul Walsh tells

Inside Out and Frankenstein may have multiple similarities, but the fact that they are so different is unbelievable that they can be alike in so many ways. Inside out was published in 2010 is a dystopian work taking place in the future where Frankenstein was published in 1818 is a horror story taking place in the past. Inside out is about a girl named Trella who is un-happy with her way of life because she lives in an over populated metal box, and is told what to do every minute of the day by offices who can kill her at any moment. But this all changes when she undercovers a key to a way out. Trella starts a revolution between her people and the government by accident. The novel is also about the battle that is going on in herself. Frankenstein is about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster because he wanted to see if he can go against the laws of nature, but his experiment turns out as a complete disaster. Yes, both novels are classified under science fiction, but the plot, setting, time period, and major characters are all completely different. As shown both novels have no initial similarities, but by analyzing the work and digging deeper into the themes and the meaning behind the words of the text there are many similarities to be found. Such as the search for knowledge, the search for happiness, and determining right and wrong. Even though both novels are completely different as shown the theme that are shown in both novels are

The film Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang is a futuristic, science fiction, drama that depicts a city where there only exists two classes: the workers and the rich. While the workers work long ten hour shifts everyday underground, the rich live above with much easier lives. Throughout this analysis, I will be discussing a behavior over time graph that shows different themes and motifs and how they change as the movie progresses. Of the many different motifs that become prevalent within the film I decided to highlight: sex, violence, man as machine, and anger in my graph. Sex is an important motif to address because there are many points in the film where sexual references become noticeable

Lastly is Metropolis’s view of organized religion. The movie opposes organized religion. Organized religion refers to organization of people supporting the exercise of some religion with a prescribed set of beliefs, often taking the form of a legal entity. In relation to the movie, the legal entity would be Maria. This is because the workers are obsessed with Maria with almost slavish devotion. Hel, a robot that resembles and replaces Maria, starts sparking violence in the workers. The workers listen to Hel’s revolutionary talks of revolting and follow its directions. The slavish devotion causes uproar and flood before the workers realize that Hel was utterly and completely wrong. This is against organized religion because it is saying that complete faith in one thing or person is not right.

The Truman Show is a movie about a television show staring Truman Burbank, an average, ordinary man who has no clue that he is the star of a television show. His entire existence is within a giant dome, and all the people in the small town are actors, including his best friend, mom, dad, and wife. Overseeing this giant production is “The Truman Show” creator, director and screenwriter, Christof. Immediately, we can see that the movie is clearly a retelling of “The Allegory of the Cave”. Moreover, it explains the dilemma of free will and determinism, and giver a visual for the common contemporary view of God. Before addressing the dilemma of free will and determinism, we need to look at Christof’s role in Truman’s life.