Response 1 Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936) Silent films were of huge proportion in the early 1900’s. It wasn’t until the advent of sound in 1927‚ with the production of “The Jazz Singer” that would indefinitely change the ever-expanding landscape of cinema. Audiences and movie-lovers alike were shocked and mystified when Charlie Chaplin released Modern Times in 1936‚ still being proclaimed as a silent film (excluding the movies soundtrack and occasional Foley sounds). Even in such changing
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Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times The film Modern Times done by Chaplin can be described as a satire of the machine age and has a theme of the dehumanizing effects of different aspects such as modernity‚ industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and even law enforcement. Modern Times was filmed in the 1930s during the era of the Great Depression. The film’s main concerns were directed towards unemployment‚ poverty‚ and hunger; however‚ Chaplin was able to film this in a way where everyone would still be able
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vital question. Machinery should benefit mankind; it should not spell tragedy and throw it out of work” (Bourne‚ 2003). This was the seed that eventually grew into his masterpiece‚ ‘Modern Times’. At this point in time things were rapidly and continuously changing‚ and Chaplin believed that the majority of these changes would not be for the better good. The movie depicts the life of The Tramp as a factory worker in a world where labour is considered no more than another component of the machine. The feeding
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How far do the two representations differ? Representation one and representation two differ but also agree with each other too. Representation one is a historical‚ factual‚ formal commentary produced by Clive Emsley‚ whereas representation two is a satirical critique published in Punch Magazine. Furthermore‚ representation one’s purpose is to inform the readers briefly of the job’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of how effective the police were in the late 20th century. On the other hand‚ representation
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Pragmatics and How They Differ Communication sometimes can be somehow tricky and disconcerting since language itself sometimes can confuse the participants of a conversation since the meaning of the conversation can be confusing sometimes. In the linguistic field the term ‘meaning’ and what it implicates have been studied from different points of view. In semantics when they try to understand the meaning of something in a conversation‚ they focus just on the word and what does it mean and how its syntactical
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World History: Modern Times The American and French Revolution were two very different things‚ yet also very similar. We usually don’t think too much of it‚ we just think they were another war. Most people would ask‚ aren’t they different‚ how are they even similar? Come to think of it‚ they do have a lot in common‚ but also a lot of differences. The American Revolution was anti-religion‚ while the French was vice versa‚ yet they both started over taxes. The American Revolution started in 1775
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of Othello As Thomas Macaulay once said‚ “Othello is‚ perhaps‚ the greatest work in the world”‚ and that statement may be true. Othello‚ a tragedy by William Shakespeare‚ follows the military and romantic life of Othello and those he comes into contact with throughout the play. During the course of history‚ this famous play has been performed on both the stage and on film hundreds of times. The stage and film portrayals equate and differentiate from Othello in Shakespeare’s Othello. Othello is
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Elaine Woo “Modern Times” short critique The movie ‘Modern Times’ (1936)‚ directed by and staring Charlie Chaplin‚ was set during the Great Depression and industrial revolution period‚ where machines and technology were starting to dominate humanity‚ which led to severe unemployment and poverty. Machines were also served as a method to illustrate how people are supposed to deal with fast-paced living‚ when factories were starting to use machines and technology as their main ways to produce‚ and
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brought many architectural innovations to the world‚ and their art influenced art for many centuries. Roman art includes architecture‚ painting‚ sculpture and mosaic work. In this short Learning Journal I will discuss how did the purpose of the sculpture and painting of Rome differ. Roman sculpture was heavily influenced by Greek sculpture. In fact‚ many of the Roman sculptures were just copies of Greek sculptures. But the Roman sculpture was created to serve a purpose: namely‚ to impress the public
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Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times Being told that we were going to watch a 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie made me excited. I have never seen any of his films so I did not know what to expect. Seeing the movie title as “Modern Times”‚ however‚ made me think that the film is about the lives of the people during the Great Depression. As it turned out‚ I was correct. But aside from showing the concerns and difficulties of those who lived during a severe economic depression‚ the film also shows how modernization
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