better. Change is shown in the film “Billy Elliot”‚ directed by Stephan Daldry and the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Throughout the film of Billy Elliot‚ Billy‚ the main character‚ experiences transitions through his life‚ taking on challenges and obstacles as he is determined to pursue a career in ballet. This is shown through the quote “I don’t want a childhood. I want to be a ballet dancer” and the relationship between Billy and his father‚ Jackie. Early
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Billy Elliot A film review Billy Elliot ‚ written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry ‚ is a British film which captures the essence of a ‘ feel good’ movie . It is set in the 80’s era of struggle in North England were the contrast plot of an 11 year old protagonist Billy Elliot ( Jaime Bell)‚ explores his own personal challenges of wanting to become a ballet dancer but is opposed by his father and older brother . Billy’s household represent the common financially disadvantaged
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Context Prejudice against individuals for their gender‚ career path or sexuality‚ which still continues in modern Western societies. Time set during miner’s strike of North England‚ early 1980’s Entire town participating in the strike violently continued presence of riot police against strikers affects Billy into cultivating his pursuit of passion to become a ballet dancer. Audience Not intended for a young audience regardless of an eleven year old protagonist Contains themes of identity‚ homophobia
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and challenges in order to grow up and enter a new phase in life. The challenges a person may encounter could be anything from moving schools to a change of authority in the family home. In the movie Billy Elliot (2000) by Stephen Daldry‚ the audience sees the many challenges a young boy names Billy faces. Also‚ in the poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling‚ the audience reads about what a young boy must go through to ultimately grow up and become a man. Some obstacles the characters face are self-belief‚
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Billy Elliot‚ The Movie Review The story takes place in a coal mining town located in Northern England ‚ during the 12-months long strike in British coal industry‚ which later considered a major political victory for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the conservative party. The main character‚ Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a 12 years old motherless boy. Youngest member of Elliot’s family‚ a patriarchal miner family where the father (Gary Lewis) and older brother (Jamie Draven) are both
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outweigh cost to have a compatible relationship. In the movie of Billy Elliot‚ this is extremely obvious in the relationship of Billy and Mrs. Wilkinson. These two put in time and effort so that they can reap the benefits later in the movie‚ Mrs. Wilkinson teaches Billy how to dance for free during her free time. She wishes nothing more then for him to succeed and in turn he lives out the dream she never could. In the opposite‚ Billy works hard because he see’s that Mrs. Wilkinson’s dream was never
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The poem is based on a strong father-son relationship which is contrasted by the film Billy Elliot. In the poem‚ the Boy seeks ambition through his father whom he sees as God-like and a great encouragement. Analysis of FOLLOWER by Seamus Heaney An analysis of "Follower" by Seamus Heaney "Follower" is a poem which relates back to Seamus Heaney’s past memories which he had experienced when he was at a younger age‚ they are memories of him and hisfather and their relationship. From the poem
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problems that had the most effect on Billy Elliot were his family’s poverty‚ his mother’s recent death‚ his father and brother’s behavior. First‚ Billy was pressured by his family’s lack of income. The Elliot’s poverty was apparent in their living situation. Their house was in poor condition and it was too small for the family‚ which caused Billy to have to sleep in the same room with his brother. Also‚ the Elliot’s lack of income was only getting worse since Jackie and Tony were on strike. This financial
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Representations of Gender – Billy Elliot In the movie “Billy Elliot” there is many representations of gender. The characters challenge and reinforce certain stereotypes shown and the audience is positioned to respond in a particular way. PLOT This story is set in a mining town just outside of London. A young boy‚ Billy‚ has a passion and talent for dance that drives him to defy all the social and cultural rules in his world. By following his dream Billy challenges the stereotype for boys in
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Billy Elliot is an eleven year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and into ballet lessons. He learns to deal with many trials and triumphs as he hopes to change his family’s set ways and the inner conflict between them. Billy lives in a small cramped house with his bad-tempered brother‚ out of control father and his forget-ful grand-mother. All Billy wants to do is dance but Billy is told by his father that “boys wrestle; boys don’t dance”. But Billy loves to dance. This disappoints
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