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The Tramp In Charlie Chaplin's City Lights
Charlie Chaplin’s renowned film, City Lights, released in 1931, revolves around a love story between a blind woman who sells flowers and a homeless man. The Tramp’s seemingly meaningless life suddenly gains meaning when he finds the Flower Girl on the street corner. The dynamic relationship between the two lovers force them to make sacrifices in their lives. Love causes people to make sacrifices and decisions that they wouldn’t otherwise make. From the second the Tramp lays his eyes on the Flower Girl, it is known that he is madly in love. However, it isn’t known until later that the Flower girl reciprocates this love. When the Flower Girl’s grandmother presses her granddaughter for information about the Tramp, she assumes he is wealthy.
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