Film Analysis Of Vivian

Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles offers an entertaining and thought provoking look at what subjects a documentary can cover as the film follows billionaires David and Jacqueline Siegel and their family as they navigate the 2008 economic crisis and attempt to build a mansion inspired by Versailles. Though the premise of the film is fairly straightforward, on a deeper level the film touches upon such ideas as the unattainability of the “American Dream,” the correlation between wealth and happiness, and family perseverance in the face of adversity. However, one key theme of the film serves to discredit the outside assumption that wealthy individuals lead flawless happy lives, and are in someway elevated beyond typical humanity, not experiencing hardships in the same manner as middle class society. In reality, as the film demonstrates, the wealthy are as flawed and as deeply human as any other class, capable of experiencing hardships and unhappiness regardless of material wealth. To further explore how the film achieves its theme, one must first have a firm understanding of the documentary form and how certain events in the film highlight the theme, which is explored in the following paragraphs .

Vivian’s physical suffering is caused by her illness, which slowly deteriorates her identity. In W;t, Vivian’s physical character is enhanced by her power through Language and it’s discourse. As time progresses, cancer slowly cause’s her to suffer physically, and therefore inverts her powerful identity. On page 25, Vivian’s body is clinically deconstructed, the

Vivian’s condescending nature is a characteristic that becomes amplified in her own flashbacks. This is shown through the quote, “So far so good, but they can only think for themselves only so long before the being to self-destruct… Lost it” this shows how Vivian hides behind her wit which is a parallel drawn from herself and Donne. It shows the audience how they both try to hide from death by using wit.

It is during her final days that she realizes she does need people who care, as well as people who are willing to be around and give her companionship. Whilst Vivian is in her room, talking with her doctor, Jason, she “wishes the young doctor would take more interest in personal contact” (Edson 554). Although just before this line in the play, she describes her state as a simpering victim, Vivian is acutely aware of the fact she wants human companionship. Up until this point Vivian had pushed away all contact, keeping conversations short and only saying what was absolutely necessary. However, now she is wishing that the doctor would stay and keep her company in her final days and moments. The desire she has for human companionship is profound when towards the end of the play she is once again in her hospital, “it was late at night, the graveyard shift. Susie was on. I could hear her in the hall. I wanted her to come see me” (Edson 557). While earlier she was just wishing the person who was already there would stay a tad longer, she had now escalated to the point that she was actively wanting someone to come see her. Vivian did not want to be fully alone, so much so that she proceeded to cause a commotion just so she would have someone to talk to her in her sleepless state. While during her life, Vivan may have wanted people around her and to respect her but she had all the pride in

Throughout the entire play, Vivian dissects the medical banter between Dr. Kelekian and Jason. By doing so, Vivian is able to create meaning behind the language that Kelekian and Jason uses at her. This is first seen with Vivian’s aside that occurs simultaneously with Kelekian’s explanation of her cancer. Vivian decides that she “must read something about cancer. Must get some books, articles” (page 8). She continues on to dissecting medical terms with the definition of each component of the word. This can be seen with the word antineoplastic. “Anti: against. Neo: new. Plastic. To mold. Sharpening. Antineoplastic. Against new sharpening” (page 9). Words help fuel her life. By understanding the words used to describe her, Vivian could stand tall against her treatment. Whenever she didn’t know a word she would “look them up. It has always been my custom to treat words with respect. I can recall the time-the very hour to

Every day is a constant struggle for Vivian. The long months of treatment bring tremendous physical and mental suffering. Vivian admits, “One thing can be said for an eight-month course of cancer treatment: it is highly educational. I am learning to suffer” (31). Throughout the eight-month period, Vivian had to become accustomed to her disease because she knew it would be part of her chapter in life. Cancer is an austere battle that involves agony in the body as well as life. At the beginning of the play, Vivian already introduces her audience to a tragic ending by applying forshadow. She asserts, “I have been, at best, an unwitting accomplice. It is not my intention to give away the plot; but I think I die at the end” (6). Vivian

The 1996 film of The Crucible is a historical drama inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials. The film has won a multitude of cinematic achievements and continuously blows audience members away with the accuracy of the historical events and portrayal of the characters by the actors and actresses. The profound work of Arthur Miller is also expressed within the written play of The Crucible. However, the film did the best job of portraying characters that were both historically accurate and believable to an audience member. One main character from The Crucible that is both historically accurate and extremely believable in the film is Abigail Williams. Winona Ryder, the actress of Abigail Williams, did an impeccable job portraying her character and became widely known for her work through several achievements and film reviews. The recognition that she and the rest of the cast received due to the characterization in this cinematic production is what made the film do the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member instead of the written play. Although the written play describes the actions and thoughts of the characters very precisely, the film did the best job of portraying characters as historically accurate and believable to an audience member through the achievements and film reviews received from actors and actresses such as Winona Ryder, the recognition the cast as a whole earned, and the actions and emotions the actors and

Hocus pocus and snow white have witches that cast spells and cook potions but both of the films have a happy story unlike the film the crucible. The film, the crucible was a drama filmed in 1996. The director, nicholas hytner as the star cast of daniel day-lewis as john proctor and winona ryder as abigail williams. The film was set place in salem massachusetts 1692. This movie review essay will explain the basics of the movie.

Initially, the audience see Vivian as a person who is very uncompromising. The students she taught knew her as harsh, making her an unfavorable teacher. She appeared to not care about the students she taught, and her coldheartedness was reflected in her actions, an example being when one of her students tried to receive an extension on a paper because of the recent death of her grandmother, at this request Vivian concluded “ Do what you will, but the paper is due when it is due.” This impenetrable exterior that Vivian places upon herself discourages the formation of beneficial relationships from being formed in her

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Vivian recalls undergoing tests by various medical technicians and being the subject of grand rounds. She remembers sharing a love of language and books with her father. She flashes back to her experiences as a student of Dr E. M. Ashford, an expert on John Donne. Bearing later finds herself under the care of Dr Jason Posner, an oncology research fellow who has taken her class on John Donne. At the hospital, she recognizes that doctors are interested in her for her research value and, like her, tend to ignore humanity in favor of knowledge. Gradually, she realizes that she would prefer kindness to

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