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What Is The Effect Of The Movie The Great Dictator

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The movie “The Great Dictator” is based on World War I, where the protagonist Hannah (Chaplin) was fighting in the army of the Tomania, who also resembled Hynkel (Chaplin), who eventually became the Dictator of Tomania. After a series of events, Hannah the soldier was mistaken for the Dictator and Hynkel was arrested by his own soldiers. In this speech, before the assembled crowd of Tomania, Hannah denounces everything that Hynkel stands for and made a rousing plea for democracy. Chaplin started his speech with great humility and pain, in the words “I am sorry, I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business.” He was pained by the long lasting acrimonious effect of the continuous war, which was creating more and more dictators. Addressing

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