A tragedy is a play or movie that touches on evocative messages. Often tragedy's end with an 'unhappy' or unpleasant ending.
How is Life is Beautiful a tragedy?
How is Life is Beautiful a tragedy?
Life is Beautiful focuses on the holocaust and the deaths of millions and towards the end of the movie the meaning of the movie becomes more dark towards the final part where Guifdo is murdered.
Could it also be a comedy?
Could it also be a comedy?
Life is Beautiful could be a comedy as it has some comedic elements but these comedic elements highlight the deaths of the holocaust and adds a larger impact to the audience.
What is a villain? What is a hero? What is a victim? Give examples of each both from real life and from fiction.
Who are the villains, victims and heroes?
What is a villain? What is a hero? What is a victim? Give examples of each both from real life and from fiction.
Who are the villains, victims and heroes?
Villains are considered to be people who have committed a crime or that are punishable. Examples would be Hitler and the ideologies of the Germans as highligted in the movie.
A victim is a person who has been harmed injured or killed as of a result of a crime or accident victims usually are the people most effected but did not start the conflict. Examples, Bystanders harmed in riots and in the movie the Jewish people.
A Hero is regarded as legend or person who shows examples of selflessness for the greater good. It is often related to being against an evil power or villain. Examples would be in the film would be the Americans or Guido, a person who defends their country
A victim is a person who has been harmed injured or killed as of a result of a crime or accident victims usually are the people most effected but did not start the conflict. Examples, Bystanders harmed in riots and in the movie the Jewish people.
A Hero is regarded as legend or person who shows examples of selflessness for the greater good. It is often related to being against an evil power or villain. Examples would be in the film would be the Americans or Guido, a person who defends their country
What value do each of these characters play in the movie? What role do they play in the plot? What role do they play in connecting the movie to history? What role do they play in evoking a reaction from the audience? (List the important characters in the movie and label them as either villains or heroes. Then, in dot points, list the important role they play in regards to plot, history, and to the audience.)
Guido should be considered as being a main character and both a victim and a hero as he creates the game which his son follows. This game Guido creates evokes a positive response by providing a comic relief upon the audience but also highlights the historical facts of the atrocities created by the Nazis. Through Guido's mocking of the German highlights the outlandish the behaviour of the Nazi party.
Joshua is the central character throughout the film he is a victim as he is persecuted for being Jewish. Through the use of long shots Joshua is portrayed as being a small and insignificant character because he was overlooked by all the Nazis. He represents innocence and childishness and the audience is able to sympathise with him. His role as a young Jewish boy relates to history as being an inferior race.
The Americans are portrayed as being Heroes at the end of the film through the use of patriotic music and the waving of the American flag. This is as they are able to liberate the Jews similar how historically the Americans defeated the Germans in World War 2. The American soldier placing his helmet on Joshua's head represents his acceptance and of the Jewish peoples' liberation.
The Germans are portrayed as villains because throughout the second part of the film they held the family captive. They are associated with dark colours and ominous music so the audience fears and resents them. The concentration camps in the film are historically accurate and the violence and brutality of the Nazis let the audience know about the truth of the concentration camps.
Joshua is the central character throughout the film he is a victim as he is persecuted for being Jewish. Through the use of long shots Joshua is portrayed as being a small and insignificant character because he was overlooked by all the Nazis. He represents innocence and childishness and the audience is able to sympathise with him. His role as a young Jewish boy relates to history as being an inferior race.
The Americans are portrayed as being Heroes at the end of the film through the use of patriotic music and the waving of the American flag. This is as they are able to liberate the Jews similar how historically the Americans defeated the Germans in World War 2. The American soldier placing his helmet on Joshua's head represents his acceptance and of the Jewish peoples' liberation.
The Germans are portrayed as villains because throughout the second part of the film they held the family captive. They are associated with dark colours and ominous music so the audience fears and resents them. The concentration camps in the film are historically accurate and the violence and brutality of the Nazis let the audience know about the truth of the concentration camps.
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