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    City Lights was first released on 1931. The movie director, producer and writer were Charlie Chaplin who was also the main character. The cast of the movie was Virginia Cherrill as a blind girl, Florence Lee as the blind girl grandmother, Harry Myers as an eccentric millionaire, Allan Garcia as his Butler, Hank Mann as A prizefighter and finally Charlie Chaplin as tramp. Chaplin is a resilient tramp who falls in love with a blind flower girl on the city streets. After he had learned that she and

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    Jessica Roe English 113-2 J. Atil 29 October 2014 Rough Draft: Pogonotrophy Working Thesis: Does a beard make a man, or does the man make the beard? What it Means: Facial hair is a sign of power, adulthood, aggression, masculinity, poor hygiene. Ancient Beard History: In the times of the Greeks and Romans, beards were considered a symbol of great wisdom and testosterone. If you could grow a beard, you had testosterone, and if you had testosterone, you weren’t a eunuch. It was important for men

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    Traditionality vs Modernity Younger generations in the 1920s wanted to be different than their parents. Traditionalists are people who have a deep respect for long-held cultural and religious values while modernists are people who embrace new ideas, social trends, and styles. In this case, they wanted to be more modern rather than stick with traditional values and ways of life, and they wanted to embrace new cultures too. The John Scopes Trial is an example of how one man wanted to be more modern

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    must consider specific examples of their work. Artists / work Charlie Chaplin Film: ‘Modern Times’ - 1936 ‘The Great Dictator’ - 1940 Pablo Picasso: Drawing: ‘Portrait of Joseph Stalin’ - 1953 Painting: ‘Guernica’ - 1937 Intro Modernism was shaped by mass social, technological and political change. The reaction to these aspects were what shaped the lives and artistic creations of Charlie Chaplin and Pablo Picasso. This reaction is highlighted through several

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    types of Music as the Background. One type is called ‘Spaghetti Western’ and the other type is called ‘Silent Movie’. These two types are seen in Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’ and the melody created by Ennio Moriccone in ‘Once upon a Time in the West’. First we will

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    Gold Rush Satire

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    In 1925, Charlie Chaplin created and starred in his own movie The Gold Rush. This movie is a comical satire of the Gold Rush as well as a reflection of the general attitudes during The Great Depression. The genre of film that The Gold Rush falls under is known as a silent film where there is no dialogue. However, the music enhances the feelings and themes that Chaplin set to get across to his audience. The attitude that Chaplin wanted the audience to grasp when he introduced his character, a Lone

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    control over the world. In Charlie Chaplin’s film, The Great Dictator, he gives a speech when they call him dictator of the world, and although he may have just been acting, his words rang true. Everyone has to fight for freedom, untie to free the world, to progress together, to free all men. This is a very effective speech, because it capture the audience attention, and in a way plays with their emotions, almost tricking them into believing every word that Charlie Chaplin says is the truth.He makes

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    The Great Dictator

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    As soon as The Great Dictator, directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1940, begins the audience is immediately brought back into World War I and then the following decades of international conflict and turmoil (Dir Chaplin 1940). However, the entire film is filled with twists and metaphors, as the film serves as a satire of Hitler’s regime. Chaplin even resembles Hitler, which not only provides the double-casting of the film but enables the message of the film, echoed in the concluding speech, to resonate

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    “Estranged Labor” from his Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Marx describes his theory of alienation and specifies on the four types of ways in which the worker is alienated. A vivid example of Marx’s theory of alienation can be seen through Charlie Chaplin’s comedy film Modern Times. In his film, the central idea of the theory of labor alienation and how the worker is affected by the alienation are depicted. The notion of alienation depicted in Marx’s “Estranged Labor” is also depicted in Chaplin’s

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    Modern Times is a classic comedy film that depicts the suffering of Americans during the Great Depression. It reflects on moments of poverty and food shortages, and includes humorous moments to ease the seriousness of the topic. Charles “Charlie” Chaplin’s main character, a factory worker, illustrates the struggle of living in society as a poor and unfit man while trying his best to do well with what he has. The significance of the clip with the flock of sheep at the beginning of the film symbolizes

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