A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish A Clockwork Orange received critical acclaim‚ made more than thirty million dollars at the box office‚ and was nominated for various awards; however‚ this esteemed film was outlawed from the nation of Great Britain in order to curb its immoral content from permeating society. Before all the controversy began‚ A Clockwork Orange was a novel‚ written mostly in Russian‚ by Anthony Burgess. Stanley Kubrick is known to critics as a film maker who probes
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Few films have replicated the controversy of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971). Created during the ‘Golden age of American Film violence’ between the 1960s and early 1970s and based on the Anthony Burgess novella of the same name. The Orwellian‚ science-fiction film‚ catalogues the life and crimes of antagonist Alex Delarge; a young‚ violent and hedonistic delinquent with an enthusiastic appreciation for music‚ specifically German composer‚ Ludwig van Beethoven. Alex’s ‘droogs’‚ Dim‚ Georgie
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Anthony Burgess‚ the author of A Clockwork Orange. A Clockwork Orange argues that free will outweighs determinism as the ethical way to govern a society. “In Anthony Burgess’s nightmare vision of the future‚ where criminals take over after dark‚ the story is told by the central character‚ Alex‚ who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends’ social pathology.”
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“There is‚ in fact not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation‚ or an increase in wisdom‚ operating in your chief character or characters. Even trashy bestsellers show people changing” (Burgess). In the novel A Clockwork Orange a moral transformation is shown whereas in the film it is absent. Although Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange and the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film version are similar in matters of the use of nadsat language and the presence
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to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has good imposed upon him?” (Burgess 106). Within Burgess’s novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ the significance of choice is emphasized. The methods used to impose good on those who commit evil acts are assessed and address how moral choices are the only way humans are able to distinguish themselves from machines. In the absence of moral choice‚ humans will cease to be humans. Students should not be deprived of reading this insightful novel pertaining
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Addie Zebrowski Moral Ambiguity in Heart of Darkness In _Heart of Darkness_‚ by Joseph Conrad‚ the character Marlow‚ through his actions and experiences‚ shows himself to be morally ambiguous in that he goes on the European’s malevolent expedition to Africa yet he seems to despise the events he sees there and in that he performs both noble and ignoble deeds. These experiences and actions drive Conrad’s theme of European influence and colonialism corrupting‚ in this case‚ Africa. Marlow is a sailor
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Silent Metamorphosis A Clockwork Orange is an enthralling piece of literature filled with luscious vocabulary and controversial topics. Burgess uses his linguistic and artistic backgrounds to suck in his readers into a literary adventure while simultaneously bringing forth moral dualistic questions for them to ponder on. The novel presents a challenge to novice readers due to its unusual dialect‚ ascertaining only dedicated readers can understand it. Nonetheless the message it projects is enriching
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Nadine Gordimer‚ South African writer and Nobel Prize winner‚ said that penetrating fiction doesn’t give answers‚ it invites questions. This quote is accurately reflected in Anthony Burgess’ novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ in which many questions and moral values are explored. Burgess strongly believed that humans’ ability of choice is the only factor distinguishing us between animals or machines. The two most predominant recurring themes of and questions relating to the novel involve ‘good vs evil’
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deeds paired with everlasting youth and a morphing self-portrait keep his conscience alive and his morals in turmoil. Dorian Gray‚ after he is supposedly gifted with forever youth‚ is able to perform evil without his physical immaculacy being polluted. However‚ selfishness becomes the motivation for all his actions‚ rendering him unable to remain content as Lord Henry. Dorian ignores his moral turmoil for a period of time‚ but as the sins’ severity increases‚ so does the tension between his
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"A Clockwork Orange" "A Clockwork Orange" is a film about a gang of "droogs" who take pleasure in crime. They enjoy raping and torturing their innocent victims for their own pleasure. The main characters ’ name is Alex. Alex ’s diagnosis is Antisocial Personality Disorder (Psychopath). When caught and arrested‚ classical conditioning is used in order to rid Alex of his vindictive thoughts‚ but is not very successful. Antisocial Personality Disorder is a Disorder that cannot be easily diagnosed
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