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    Analysis on Charlie Chaplin’s Speech in “The Great Dictator” Charles Chaplin realized numerous films among which "The Gold Rush" in 1925‚ then "The Circus" in 1929 and "Modern Times" in 1974. It was an icon of cinema comedy. The Great Dictator was Charlie Chaplin’s first talking film. It was released in 1940 in New York but was censored in Europe where it was brought out later in 1945 at the end of the Second World War. This censorship was due to the caricature of the Nazis and the present fascists

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    and comment upon specific scenes in the film. In the film ’Modern Times’ written and directed by Charlie Chaplin‚ he attempts to keep up with the ever changing and improving modern‚ industrial society. The machine in the film is a new invention and concept‚ one that is unfamiliar to the workers. Characters struggle to keep up with this mechanism‚ as it does not cater for human needs when Chaplin fails to keep up with its fast pace. The machine is treated as if it is of more worth than human life

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    Johnny Depp is one of this generation’s most talented actor. His character development is beyond compare. Johnny Depp has acted in a plethora of movies‚ but in Benny and Joon and some others‚ his physical movements are very similar to some very famous silent film actors. Johnny’s character‚ Sam‚ is an eccentric one: he’s awkward‚ silly‚ and has a very imaginative mind. Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton acted as fathers to Johnny’s acting‚ leading him to new ideas‚ more characters in his career‚ extreme

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    everything will pan out to be okay at the end. These books are mainly written to show children that by listening to their parents or adults‚ they would end up being successful at the end. As we examine two specific books‚ Charlotte’s Web by E.B White and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl‚ we are able to see how the various roles the adults play in these books and the various ways in which they affect the story in the novels as well as in the children. In the book‚ Charlotte’s Web by E.B White

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    Great Dictator‚” that was created in the year 1940 by Charlie Chaplin. In the year 1940 there was a person named Adolf Hitler and he wanted to rule the world. Adolf Hitler was anti-semitism and this film was to basically satirize Adolf Hitler and to denounce the Nazi party. In the film‚ “The Great Dictator‚” Adenoid Hynkel represented Adolf Hitler. Charlie Chaplin directed‚ produced‚ starred in‚ and wrote‚ “The Great Dictator.”. Charlie Chaplin played two roles in this film. He played the role of

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    content Home Course Description Category Archives: Charlie Chaplin’s Film “Modern Times” – Thesis Statements Modern Times Posted on April 25‚ 2013 by Carita Carryl Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times”‚ an entertainment piece at the surface‚ also serves as a political commentary criticizing the flourishing industrialization and commoditization of big-business America‚ which has developed at the expense of it’s workers. Posted in Charlie Chaplin’s Film "Modern Times" - Thesis Statements | Comments

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    001cc4c002e0/4e30a49f96cbe.image.jpg> [Accessed 24 November 2011]. 2. The feeding machine frenzy. [Online image]. Available from: <http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/moderntimes/r2_3.jpg> [Accessed 24 November 2011]. 3. Chaplin inside the machine. [Online image]. Available from: <http://www.mds975.co.uk/Images/charlie_chaplin02.jpg> [Accessed 24 November 2011]. 4. The Tramp sent back to the assembly-line. [Online image]. Available from: <http://xirdalium.net/wp-content/uploads/modern_times

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    Modern Times (1936) directed by Charles Chaplin Plot Summary The little tramp works in a futuristic factory tightening bolts that pass by on a conveyor belt. One day he has a nervous breakdown from the stress of his job and creates chaos in the plant before being carted off. Recovered from this episode‚ he is wrongfully jailed as the leader of a riot. After having an enjoyable prison stay‚ he is released but finds life on the outside difficult. He tries to get thrown back in prison by taking

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    Different‚ yet the Same Wilbur Mercer and Buster Friendly’s purposes are to unify people. The people on Earth are surrounded by dust‚ fake animals‚ and radioactivity where there was once verdancy. The people on Mars are surrounded by rock fields‚ humanoid robots‚ and an almost uninhabitable‚ foreign environment. In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?‚ Wilbur Mercer and Buster Friendly serve to offer entertainment and distract people from their dreary surroundings. Mercer

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    Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie have similar backgrounds. Parker growing up was a very good student but‚ as he got older he started to be less interested. This was vice versa for Gillespie he started off as a terrible student but then blossom in to a great one‚ earning himself a football scholarship. When Parker turned 13 he received his first saxophone. When Parker first got the saxophone he did not care for it. This quickly changed he soon fell in love with the saxophone and started to pay it

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