Topic:’Terry says to Charley‚ "I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody instead of a bum. Which is what I am". Does the film support Terry’s judgement of himself? On the Waterfront is a film where a young man has to struggle between conflicting choices in the harsh brutal waterfront days of the 1950s. Director Elia Kazan chose to shoot the film in black and white‚ to use as a contrast between the obvious right and wrong state of affairs on the waterfront. However obvious it is‚ the
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“You’ve got a real friend here”. “The characters On the Waterfront struggle to understand what true friendship really is” Discuss. Set in the harsh environment of New York Docklands‚ “On the Waterfront” presents a picture of the life of longshoremen in the early 1950s‚ as they struggle to survive and make a living in the corrupt world dominated by the union leader Johnny friendly‚ who controlled the entire corrupt world. Friendly made all the decisions on the waterfront‚ as to who works‚
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Over time Elia Kazan’s On The Waterfront has become recognized as one of the greatest movies of all time. Many site the use of method acting or Kazan’s personal affinity with the tale of a whistleblower as reasons to engage in this film. I find the most interesting analysis to be on how Kazan implemented various visual elements to add depth to the characters. This is achieved through elements of mis en scene giving a visual representation for the theme of control‚ that others fight to hold over Terry
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PRESS DURING EMERGENCY The promulgation of Emergency and Press Censorship on June 26‚ 1975 constituted the darkest chapter in press history in free India. The period had its immediate and long term repercussions for the press. In fact‚ in the past decade‚ dark shades of press censorship were indeed hovering over the country. And more dangerously‚ new forms of have been invented in the changed scenario of globalisation. It was the censorship of 1975‚ which showed how the press at large became a
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TOPIC: ‘Kazan uses a range of cinematic techniques to reveal the emotional and moral struggle of Terry Malloy’ ‘On the Waterfront’ is an‚ award winning film‚ directed by Elia Kazan‚ whose audience is faced with Terry’s moral dilemma and emotional battle‚ that forces them to think about their own beliefs about what loyalty‚ love and friendship mean. The films protagonist Terry Malloy‚ portrays the tough-guy attitude‚ in order to try protect himself to from the degradation that surrounds him. Trapped
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hemes‚ Motifs‚ and Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. Informing as the Correct Moral Choice Terry Malloy obeys moral authority by choosing to inform on the corrupt union officials—that is‚ in the film he clearly makes the morally correct decision. Those on his side include a Catholic priest and a kind-hearted teacher trainee‚ and these endorsements increase the audience’s sympathy for one side over the other. Vicious doubt and derision
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and uncertainty as to which direction the story will head. First‚ how the relationship between Mrs. Peebles and Edie catapult Edie to new relationships. Then there is wondering where the relationship between Edie and Chris will head. This causes the short story to have two types of irony‚ situational and dramatic because of the direction the story starts off then changes and ends up. Edie is a fifteen year old girl living on a farm. She has daily chorus to do on the farm that consist of doing laundry
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“How I Met My Husband” Throughout Alice Munro’s short story “How I Met My Husband” the main character Edie changes. She interacts with different characters and her identity is influenced with every person she comes in contact with. Edie seems to reflect each person she talks to and mirrors who they are. By the end of the story though Edie figures out who she is and the reader is able to understand what forced her into being this person. The theme of this short story is that in order to find the
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girl‚ Edie‚ who is hired by Dr. Peebles to work for a higher class family. Edie falls in love with Chris Watters‚ but soon learns that he is engaged to another woman‚ Alice Kelling. One day while Alice‚ Mrs. Peebles and the children were away on a picnic‚ Edie goes to Chris’s campsite to talk with him. He reveals to her that he plans on leaving‚ but promises to write to her. When the other women are told by the local gossip‚ Loretta Bird that Chris has left‚ Alice Kelling verbally abuses Edie under
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Transformation In “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro‚ written in 1974‚ the author presents the setting in the country in a small town of Palmerston‚ Canada. A young girl by the name of Edie‚ gets her first job working for the Peebles family. She meets a pilot‚ Mr. Watters‚ who she develops a crush towards. Edie believed in a fairy tale love; she imagines romantic illusions toward Mr. Watters‚ but at the end of the story she makes a practical decision for her life to have a secure lifestyle rather
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