Ridicule Film Analysis
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Film Analysis Paper “Ridicule” Desperate for a solution to the sickness and death plaguing his village, Baron Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy journeys to the palace of Versailles in hopes of receiving monetary support and assistance from King Louis XVI. Along his journey, Ponceludon comes to know and acquire the support of Marquis de Bellegarde, who conveys to him the importance of wit, and stresses that wit, and wit alone, is the only way that would allow him to make a name for himself at court. During this time, Ponceludon meets Mathilde de Bellegarde, Marquis de Bellegarde’s daughter, and slowly falls in love with her thought out the film. But, at court, Ponceludon is forced to pursue Madame de Blayac, in order to gain lineage and have any chance of obtaining the kind’s support to be able to rid his village of disease. He is quick to learn the skill of wit, and proves to be quite successful because of it at court. Yet, all the while, Ponceludon cannot seem to come to grips with how corrupt, shallow, and uncompassionate the court truly is.
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But, as a whole, largely ignores other issues in 18th century France that were also primary causes that lead to the French Revolution. The storyline and representation of the main characters in “Ridicule” are not entirely accurate. I do not believe it would be realistic of Ponceludon to be able to achieve such success in court merely off the merit of wit. He was conveniently aided in multiple instances whereas it is highly unlikely such occurrences would not have been at-all common. Generally, only inherited-family merit and money, in conjunction with wit, would have the ability to gain any sort of standing in court. If Ponceludon did, indeed, have the money to “buy” lineage, or had come from a more reputable family, thus inherently having lineage, this story would be more
Film Analysis Paper “Ridicule” Desperate for a solution to the sickness and death plaguing his village, Baron Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy journeys to the palace of Versailles in hopes of receiving monetary support and assistance from King Louis XVI. Along his journey, Ponceludon comes to know and acquire the support of Marquis de Bellegarde, who conveys to him the importance of wit, and stresses that wit, and wit alone, is the only way that would allow him to make a name for himself at court. During this time, Ponceludon meets Mathilde de Bellegarde, Marquis de Bellegarde’s daughter, and slowly falls in love with her thought out the film. But, at court, Ponceludon is forced to pursue Madame de Blayac, in order to gain lineage and have any chance of obtaining the kind’s support to be able to rid his village of disease. He is quick to learn the skill of wit, and proves to be quite successful because of it at court. Yet, all the while, Ponceludon cannot seem to come to grips with how corrupt, shallow, and uncompassionate the court truly is.
The lesson …show more content…
But, as a whole, largely ignores other issues in 18th century France that were also primary causes that lead to the French Revolution. The storyline and representation of the main characters in “Ridicule” are not entirely accurate. I do not believe it would be realistic of Ponceludon to be able to achieve such success in court merely off the merit of wit. He was conveniently aided in multiple instances whereas it is highly unlikely such occurrences would not have been at-all common. Generally, only inherited-family merit and money, in conjunction with wit, would have the ability to gain any sort of standing in court. If Ponceludon did, indeed, have the money to “buy” lineage, or had come from a more reputable family, thus inherently having lineage, this story would be more