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The Elephant Man English 225 Introduction To Film 11/3/2012 I chose to critique the film “The Elephant Man” it is an iconic filmmaking endeavor. Director David Lynch shows the sadness and the scariness of deformities onto the audience in a way that touches your heart and leaves you with a sense of sadness and will also leave a tear in your eye. Most of the people who have watched this film are touched and completely changes the way they view crippled, weak, and deformed people in this world

Journey's End R.C Sherriff uses the characters in his play Journey's End to create tension and drama. In the opening scene Sherriff uses Osborne, an elderly man who is second in command of the company that's coming on duty, and Hardy, the captain of the company that is coming off duty, to set the scene. Hardy starts to do this when pointing out features on a map of the front line, "Here we are, we hold two hundred yards of front line. We have a lewis gun here and one in this little sap here

The eighth scene of The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance, is an extremely significant and crucial part of the story as it develops one of the main motifs of the play. Throughout the play, Merrick is essentially treated like an animal. In scene eight, this is especially evident, as Treves is talking to Merrick as if he is stupid. Treves clearly knows that Merrick is an extremely impressionable being, but he still attempts to brainwash him by making him repeat everything he says. For example, on

John Merrick is defined by appearance, not by his intellectual ability, not even by the his spoken words. Rather, people are entertained by his appearance or disgusted by it. The people that encounter Merrick, only mold him "by the experiences [he] has." Yes, there are the ones like Mrs. Kendal who partially see through Merrick's experiences however, it is hard to convince people around us of one thing, when another is so distracting. Yet, there is a second half to what "molds" one. The perception

“Elephant Man” Olivia Nowland Multimedia 2 Joseph Carey Merrick was born on August 5, 1862 in Leicester to Mary Jane Merrick and Joseph Merrick. His siblings were William, John, and, Marian. Joseph Carey Merrick was born with deformities on his body, head, and even his hands. His parents said that it was caused by Mary being knocked down by an elephant at the fairgrounds while she was pregnant with Merrick. That was how Joseph Carey Merrick got his name that he is well known as

Bernard Pomerance and the Elephant Man Bernard Pomerance was born in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended college at the University of Chicago, where he received a degree in English. In the 1970's Pomerance moved to London, England to become a novelist. He was unsuccessful and then decided to try his hand as a dramatist. He quickly got involved with several left-wing fringe groups, which where at the time thriving in England. Then, along with director Ronald Rees, he founded the Foco Nove

The Elephant Man, by Bernard Pomerance was about a man, John Merrick, who lived in the Victorian Era with many physical disabilities. When portraying Merrick in the movie adaptation, the actor would have lots of makeup on to match the descriptions of him. In the play's adaptation of this story, the actor would not have any makeup or special effects, but would instead have a natural appearance, and contort their body in ways that portrayed Merrick's physical challenges. Based on the short excerpt