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Analysis Of The Tramp In City Lights
In the film City Lights (Charlie Chaplin, March 7th, 1931) social class changes for both the Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) and The Blind Girl (Virginia Cherrill). At the beginning of the movie The Tramp is clearly in the lowest class and is homeless. As the movie goes on The Tramp meets An Eccentric Millionaire (Harry Myers) who when drunk, is very affable. When sober the Millionaire is not so friendly and open to spending time with the Tramp. Because of the Millionaires night and day actions, the Tramp is able to live two very different lives and be apart of both the upper class and the lower class. This is demonstrated in the movie when the Tramp is not with the Millionaire and buys a single flower from the Blind Girl, but when he is with the Millionaire
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