...Movie review “The Great Dictator” “The Great Dictator” is a 1940 war comedy of when Hitler or (Adenoid Hynkel as played by Charles Chaplin) started World War 2 but with a funny,awkward,weird,and a dramatic twist. Which becomes very obvious right when the movie starts. The basic plot point to this movie would be Adenoid Hynkel Trying to build a new world all together while a hometown barber is trying to not be arrested by Hynkel’s militia. (who is also played by Charles Chaplin). This movie was not only acted in but written and directed by Charles Chaplin, but many more big faces in this movie like, Paulette Goddard who played a shy but very sweet women named Hannah, and Jack Oakie who played a bit of a bipolar character named Napaloni. The mechanics of this movie were surprisingly well for how old it is. Lets just say with the technology the director had he used the most out of it to make this movie “great”. The acting in this movie could have been A LOT better but you sort of have to give the actors some leeway because this movie is such a high paced movie, there are no breaks in any scene. The music in this film had to be phenomenal because Charles Chaplin was always a silent actor in all his films until this one.Now then, the editing that happened in this movie, to me was absolutely horrible, after almost every scene it would hop to a completely different scene across the world that made no sense to the plot and was just there for a cheap way to stick a joke in. Speeking...
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...One of the many great classic movies of the 20th century and one of the earliest uses of (recorded) dramatic monologue, The Great Dictator. Although it’s old, the dramatic monologue is still one of the most used excerpt today as it delivers a strong anti-fascism and pro democracy point of view. The monologue used ranges of voice and language techniques such as repetition, metaphor as well as a combination of tone and projection to deliver the idea of equality and pro-democracy. In the Great Dictator, Charlie (the speaker) made use of repetition, using it several time across the excerpt combining it with inclusive language to emphasise the idea of equality and democracy. “Men who despise you, enslave you… tell you what to do, diet you, treat...
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...“Modern Times” In Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” there is an unusual love affair between a factory working man (Chaplin) and a woman (Gamin) that just lost her family and is orphaned. Chaplin and the Gamin have a love like no other in which they both share a common dream that brings them together. Chaplin and the Gamin idealize the “American dream”. They witness a happy husband and wife and make it their dream to someday live as they are. This dream includes a husband, a wife, a house and everything that comes with it except the responsibility. In a particular scene in the movie Chaplin fantasizes about life with Gamin. His fantasy includes a cow milking itself. In the fantasy Chaplin wipes his hands on the curtain and throws an apple with a carefree sense, showing he holds no values. He takes the house for granted. Idealistically, when someone has a house they would do the opposite and value every aspect of it. These images from Chaplin display his lack of education. The Gamin also displays a lack of education when she finds a shack and turns it into a mini home. Based upon what she thinks should be, the Gamin foolishly creates her version of a husband and wife scenario. The Gamin makes a meal for herself and Chaplin from bread and meat she most likely stole seeing as earlier in the film she steals bananas from a boat to provide for her family. If the Gamin had any sense of education she would have preserved some food for another time knowing that they...
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... Throughout our lives it’s near impossible to experience hardships and create troubles for ourselves. Charlie Chaplin, one of the most iconic figures during the 1920’s, known for making people laugh was prone to these struggles as well. Chaplin started acting as young as nine years old. At this point, His father had died and his mother suffered an illness that would later send her to a mental asylum. This left him and his brother Sydney to survive on their own. With poverty and the lack of parental support, it was difficult for him to focus on his career. Although he worked hard which overtime helped Chaplin claim the title ‘King of Comedy’. During the course of his life, Chaplin married and divorced acrimoniously to three woman until finally settling down for his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill. Attached to these divorces was legal issue and unkind settlements. Despite all his heartache and struggles Chaplin went through he was still able to have a successful career producing and appearing in 35 films and settle down for his true love. Similar to Charlie Chaplin and every normal human being on Earth, I’ve gone through my own struggles; although they are small they still have affected the way I live my life. My struggle is my habit of overthinking every aspect of my life and over analyzing the interactions I have. My mind surrounds itself around how other people think of me and comparing my self worth to everyone else. It’s a habit I’ve been trying to break and only recently have I...
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...Tales of the Tyrant Rhetorical Analysis A core characteristic between dictators is their certainty that they are above everybody else. They refuse to listen to any input other than their own because of this pride. Saddam Hussein believed that he was a god among people, and subconsciously conveyed this through his interests. In Mark Bowden’s investigation, Tales of the Tyrant, he analyzes two of Saddam’s favorite movies, The Godfather and The Old Man and the Sea, and one of the books Saddam actually wrote, Zabibah and the King, to reveal Saddam’s arrogance and stubbornness. Bowden first relates Saddam to Michael Corleone in The Godfather who is “isolated and unloved, ensnared by his own power” (15). Bowden compares Saddam to Michael so Saddam is no longer just a dictator being read about, but now a fairly recognizable character that builds on Bowden’s arguments against Saddam. He writes about Michael’s “obsessive loyalty to his father” and the “loyalty to code over loyalty to family” so the reader can see that is what Saddam did to his country (15). However, Saddam saw himself as Don Vito, the main character. His arrogance leads him to believe he is always the main character; that he has helped his people and he is just beating the world at its own game. Bowden also states that “it would be easy for Saddam to see himself in...
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...Baker, G. P. Sulla the Fortunate: The Great Dictator; Being an Essay on Politics in the Form of a Historical Biography. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1967. Print. This hardcover biography was found in Fresno State University’s Henry Madden Library by first searching through their website for Sulla book topics. The purpose of this source is to inform and educate mainly college-level students on politics during the Roman republic and how Sulla became to be who he is remembered as today with a language that is to the point and not as complicated to understand. This was helpful in understanding Sulla’s early life and how he came to rise in power. It was not recently written, but was published by a respected publisher company, and written by an author who has published many other books on ancient Roman history. Keaveney, Arthur. Sulla, the Last Republican. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005. Print. The format of this book is a biography that includes bibliographical references and an index. This source was found in Fresno State University’s Henry Madden Library by first searching through their website for Sulla book topics. The purpose of this source is to inform and educate its readers on one of the most controversial and debatable figures...
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...stem from passion of freedom. The importance and necessity of freedom is indisputable and M.Roshwald (2000) emphasized the importance of freedom with these words; ‘’Give me liberty, or give me death’’ (p.1). However, in today’s world, freedom is limited by dictators or majorities. J.S.Mill (1859), claims that, majority, which means the most active part of the society, may desire to oppress minorities and precautions are needed against this abuse of power. Mill raised awareness and warned against tyranny of majority. Social tyranny is more formidable than political oppressions, because tyranny of majority limits freedom of thought, prevents social progress, which is the beginning of all corruptions, and it is more difficult to escape and severer to endure than oppressive political regimes. First of all, majority’s opinions, values and norms determine all society’s values and point of views. Tyranny of majority can manipulates and suppresses minority’s thoughts and opinions. One step further, social tyranny may limit freedom of thought. According to K.Stone (2008), ‘’ Social tyranny penetrates even more deeply into everyday life, into the soul itself’’ (p.1). Starting from this point of view, tyranny of majority has a great power hence; it can manipulate all people thoughts easily and penetrates in all thoughts. Most in demand thoughts and are popular thought which can determined by majority. Stone (2008) clarified that, ‘’ ascendant part of the social structure, the big part...
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...Parallel Roots of Evil World War II was an essential part of history, great leaders emerged from it. Unfortunately, bad leaders arose from it, too, creating great damage. Two villainous leaders in that time period were Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union, and Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany. These archenemies murdered millions of people during the time of their ruling. They fought to expand their territory along with their political beliefs. Both found themselves continuously fighting for the same territories. Stalin wanted to implement Marxism, while Hitler wanted Nazism, a form of socialism. Despite their enmity, they had parallel lives. Stalin and Hitler, the deadliest dictators in history, shared similar background, political agenda, and denial of crime. Stalin and Hitler shared a common distressing childhood that originated hatred and bitterness towards people. As children Stalin and Hitler were bullied. They...
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...Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a prominent figure in the late 8th century republic of Ancient Rome, rising to power through his strategic establishment of allies and his significant military accomplishments. As a member of the advantageous patrician class, Sulla rose to power via the hierarchical Roman political ladder (Cursus Honourum). Sulla was the dominant victor of the Italian social war in 91-88 BCE, conducted war against the Mithridates and successfully headed the first civil war in Roman history against Marius. Through his many victorious military accomplishments, he gained support from the Roman senate, was later elected consul and then transitioned into dictatorship. He became a renowned Ancient Roman dictator in 82 BC where he established...
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...start. The U.S government has been overthrown by a dictator who hates women. Ever Since he had been in charge women are only allowed to give birth to baby boys, if you give birth to a baby girl the baby would be killed and the mother of that child would also be killed. If you cannot give birth you are used as a toy. The dictator, Theodore Landwell, was an American congressman who hated the way the American government worked. Theodore was well loved by Americans so when he ran for president, he won. With him as the commander in chief people thought that America was going to become the greatest nation again. But people had no idea that his thought of making America great again would be by Tyranny. Theodore hated women because of his mother, his mother used and beated him. Because of this, he grew up believe that a woman's duty on earth is to give birth. He took this belief and used it to create the new America....
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...The American people and the nations of the world endured six days of anxiety and tension, praying while they waited for the president’s order to be carried out. (Gow pg. 11) In addition to being a politician President Kennedy was also a historian. In his book Why England Slept he compares a democratic government with a dictatorship during a time of war. (Gow pg. 15) “The representatives of a democracy cannot run contrary to the basic wishes of the people in any game of bluff when the decision must be whether it will be peace of war, the fundamental instinct of man against war binds, the hands of democratic leaders. In a dictatorship, on the other hand, people are often powerless to impress their wishes on the dictator until it is too late....
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...core of democracy very interesting , it improve the integrity of citizens. It gives each citizen, a sense of responsibility to develop and improve our country. Many countries accept the idea of democracy and it is also one of the core values of the United Nations. Dictatorship is a form of government in which one person possesses the absolute power without any constitutional limitation. The coming of dictatorship is usually unexpected. The old system cannot be restore and it's not ready for the alternatives of democracy. Because, it still requires great development and improvement with the right intentions. Adolf Hitler is one of the most well known dictators in history. A dictator usually tries to maintain strict control of educational and economical life. They also tend to control the media as well as the police and armed forces. Anyone disagreeing is subject to brutality because dissent is a threat to a dictator and people become prisoners for holding ideas deemed to be a threat to the State. I think the idea of dictatorship is too extreme to the point where is no longer necessary. I think...
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...Julius Caesar was a powerful general, politician, and dictator in the Roman Republic. Caesar was born july seventeenth 100 BC. He died by assassination on march fifteenth 44BC. His rise to power was continuous in his life. In 73 BC he became a Pontiff or High Priest at a high ranking college. THis gained him popularity with the people, and caused him to side with the nobles by supporting their roman citizenship. He became the governor of spain in 61 B.C. He was later appointed dictator and remained as such for many years. Caesar made a name for himself early on while still in the military. He gained a reputation as a particularly brave soldier. He put himself out there as a great leader. He was very ambitious and thus decided to make a name...
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...The Memory of Fidel Castro The 20th century was the era of the dictator. Around the world, dictators rose and affected millions of lives for better and for much worse. In 2016 Fidel Castro, the communist dictator, passed away and left behind a controversial legacy. Castro's regime leaves behind a polarized memory split between people who him and heroify him. Some people view him as a great liberator of Cuba and some consider him a ruthless oppressor of his dissenters. Cuba is an anomaly among countries due to Castro’s policy on decolonization that has enriched the lives of many while simultaneously oppressing and destroying the lives of countless others. While Castro created many social movements such as health care and education that benefited...
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...civilization endured for nearly a millennium; whose history is shrouded in mystery, and was a time of great reform? What culture other than Ancient Rome? Rome’s unique geography, politics, economics, religion, social structure, and major conflicts are the basis of many useful innovations and ideas we could not think of living without today. However, its’ history is also filled grave mistakes we can learn from. So take a dive into the past; into the history of the Romans - a diverse culture that is the foundation for society today. Geography: Though the Roman empire’s territory was vast, the capital and most important location was the city of Rome and the surrounding areas. Rome and the surrounding areas...
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