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    Stylistic Perspective Analysis – Fight Club Movie Fight Club is a movie where the director and cinematographer employ heavy use of computer graphics and use of camera angles and color. In this paper‚ I am going to analyze how the film director and cinematographer employ the use of camera angles‚ color and narratives to help convey a subliminal message to the audience that the narrator in the movie is suffering from insomnia and thus have developed an alter ego. The alter ego he has created is

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    I will be discussing the movie Fight Club’s two main characters. They are Jack played by Edward Norton‚ and Tyler Durden played by Brad Pitt. However the twist to the movie turns out that Jack and Tyler is the same person and Tyler is Jack’s real name. Tyler the character is everything that Jack the character is not. The story narration is provided by the protagonist of "Fight Club‚" Jack. An ambivalent protagonist‚ usually the main character‚ is someone the audience likes‚ but who possesses character

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    Fight Club Reader Response The movie Fight Club is based around a concept articulated by Tyler Durden to a ‘lost generation’ of men as‚ "You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake". This ideology represents a counter-culture to the typical American pop culture and creed. As demonstrated throughout the movie‚ this ‘revolution’ is a fight against the widely accepted

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    to increase adrenaline‚ but they underrate the ones that actually has a meaning. There are movies that influence daily lives and there are ones which reflects people’s errors. David Fincher‚ the director of Fight Club‚ is known for his dramatic films and plot twists during the scenes. Fight Club is one of the most complex films that was meant to be watched more than once to understand its masterpiece. Arguably‚ this may be perhaps the most interesting and truthful satire against modern society of

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    The movie Fight Club is a story of one man’s struggle to gain control over his life. His masculinity has become so repressed by his upbringing and society that the only way he can do this is to create an alternate personality. The Narrator’s alternate personality is Tyler Durden‚ the ultimate alpha-male. The Narrator is also interested in Marla Singer‚ who is going through the same type of struggle that he is except she has more confidence then he does and is a stronger character. The film is of

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    The name of the movie I chose to do this assignment on is Fight Club released October 15‚ 1999. I choose this movie because the main character has several disorders that the text discusses. Ranging from insomnia‚ dissociative identity disorder (DID)‚ to hallucinations. I believe the main mental illness implied throughout the movie was (DID). He surfed from extreme hallucinations which caused him to see his other personality as a real person‚ who was actually his best friend named Tyler Durdnt. He

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    post-Nietzschean existentialism. This conceptual form of thinking is used to allow the anti/hero protagonist to begin a journey of finding themselves. They too often look for the villain an unbeknownst to them‚ they wear said hat. In the films‚ Memento ‚ Fight Club‚ and The Talented Mr. Ripley‚ the anti-hero protagonists find themselves on the lower rungs of the ladder and are unwilling to accept their faith. They then use their unconsciousness to explore what they lack‚ strength‚ authority and wealth. They

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    theme in Oedipus the King. The two most affected characters by this main theme are Oedipus‚ the king‚ and Tiresias‚ the blind seer. Oedipus is affected because while he is not literally blind‚ he is blinded by ambition to find the killer of Laius‚ and blind to what is happening around him. Tiresias‚ who is actually blind‚ is a prophet and understands what is happening around him. Oedipus does not understand what is happening around him‚ but can see‚ while Tiresias is the opposite. Oedipus‚ whose

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    “There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex You may have heard about his odd complex. His name appears in Freud’s index ‘Cause he loved his mother.” To what extent do you think the tragedy of Oedipus Rex has been simplified over time? The way in which the tragedy of Oedipus Rex is interpreted has changed significantly since its first presentation to audiences in ancient Greece. The ways in which audiences over many years have interpreted it have changed because of changes to society in matters

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    vital role in Oedipus Rex ranging for the pinnacle of Oedipus’ success to his distressed downfall. Centuries ago during Sophocles existence the ancient Greeks believed that one’s fate was predetermined by the Gods and unable to change. In modern times the definition of fate has evolved; fate is merely a belief that we are what we shape ourselves to be. Oedipus fate was unable to be ignored due to his blindness throughout the play. Blindness also plays an important role in Oedipus Rex. Sophocles uses

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