The 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.
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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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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 and family relationships Purpose Present viewers
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something. Both of them take place to such a great extent that happens to anyone‚ which can be seen from the film “Billy Elliot” by Stephen Daldry‚ the play “Educating Rita” by Willy Russell and the fiction
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to feelings and moods of the start of the movie. Just like in the song Billy knows he can dance but is unsure and scared to reveal it to others because he doesn’t think boys can dance. The song is talking about dancing when “I was twelve” and “out of the womb” meaning danced at a young age like Billy. The phrases “I was dancing…” and “Is it strange…” are repeated many times throughout the song and its message connects with Billy and the movie. There are lyrics in the song that state “danced myself
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that Billy Elliot is different. From Billy’s first glimpse of a ballet class in the gym‚ a new world opens up for him in which he begins to enjoy ballet and learns to become true to himself. Undoubtedly‚ this incident marks the beginning of Billy’s new identity. Furthermore‚ a scene of a black and white film of Fred Astaire‚ a stage dancer‚ dancing in front of a group of other dancers‚ is shown. This film can be where Billy first finds an interest for dancing‚ because in the preceding scene‚ Billy
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THE AWAKENING The opening scene in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ where the caged parrots kept on repeating a statement‚ actually gives a picture to the reader about the title and the story. This scene‚ when analyzed carefully‚ illustrates how the main character of the play‚ Edna tries to overcome the awakening from the worldly and traditional bondages that she is surrounded with. In this story‚ Edna Pontellier‚ a young married woman experiences an awakening of sexuality within her‚ when
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Zealander Andrew Niccol. In it‚ Andrew Niccol explores the themes of genetic modification and its possible future use in human engineering. The opening scenes are stylishly designed and subtly introduce the themes and main character of the film. As mentioned‚ genetics plays a very large role in the film Gattaca’ and is introduced in several ways in the opening scenes. The very first images the viewer sees after starting the film is a quote juxtaposed onto a black background‚ followed by another quote
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Opening Act: A school getting bombed‚ flames exploding onto the screen. Screams can be heard from the inside and distant sirens get louder and louder. The camera comes closer and closer‚ reaching the school the same times the firemen’s get there. They begin to hose down the school while others prepare to enter the building. The camera cuts to the front doors of the school. A women‚ presumably a teacher is shown to struggle out of the building. She leads 4 children out of the flames‚ 3 boys and a
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safe way of life in both the poor mining town of Everington‚ and the back streets of Surry Hills. Throughout this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities between the families in the film Billy Elliot and the novel The Harp in the South. The Elliots and the Darcy’s were poor. The Darcy’s lived in the oldest‚ ugliest house on Plymouth Street‚ where they were charged an exorbitant rent for a rundown‚ ratty‚ gas smelling‚ slum house (Park 1948). Mumma has learned
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