Employed with the art forms displayed throughout the film, “The Songcatcher” portrays subjects of culture and relationships. Each aspect: visual, music, and narrative, work together to develop a meaningful story about a woman who realizes her true motives and desires in life. By showing the character’s moral conflicts, the struggles of the mountain people through poverty and misfortune, and eventually the resolution of these conflicts, this story achieves the type of catharsis for the audience most other art forms often attempt to attain. The plot of “The Songcatcher” works in tandem and is accentuated by the either symbolic or literal artistic components of the pieces of music that were chosen, the set that highlights the contrasting cultures,
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Although this is Lily’s work, she is extremely passionate about finding these songs-- so much that she leaves her previous life to pursue this journey. As opposed to being an occupation title of Lily, being a “song-catcher” becomes her entire identity, characterizing her to be passionate and tenacious about spreading these ballads to life outside of the mountains. This title, however specific to Lily, can apply to the majority of the people in the movie. From elderly Viney to naïve Deladis, everyone grew up with the songs in their families and “caught” them by memorizing the tunes and the words. They passed them to their families to tell stories or invoke positive feelings, not knowing that the ballads would eventually become an entire genre of literature still read and taught today. The term “song-catcher” can also pertain to the collecting of cultures to educate and enlighten other types of people on the various ways of life in the world. A successful, educated person usually possesses a knowledge and understanding of different types of people. Being cultural and even empathetic to contrasting lifestyles is a vital aspect to many occupations; therefore, the teaching of these types of civilizations is a large part of every school system across the world. This type of education can make a parallel with …show more content…
Although this is a very obvious detail, the different instruments used when the person was not singing a capella, such as the banjo, correctly portray life in the mountains even to this day. The juxtaposition of Lily and Deladis’ performances show the parallels and differences between the cultures expressed in the film; which is the most obvious subject of the movie--the joining of two cultures. The writers achieved this by showing how the same songs are scattered throughout the world, sang or played differently; similarly, how Eleanor and Harriet still had a healthy and loving relationship just like a man and a woman would have. The symbol of the ballads bringing people together also highlighted the acceptance of different lifestyles that other people from varying cultures may not comprehend. Other songs, like “Single Girl”, “Mattie Groves”, and “Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies”, express conflict in love and refer to religion, as most ballads do; however, most are up-tempo for dancing and contain positive, wise advice for whoever listens. One of the most important pieces, called “Conversation With Death”, comes at the turning point just before the climax, implying that is an important song to the story’s
Although this is Lily’s work, she is extremely passionate about finding these songs-- so much that she leaves her previous life to pursue this journey. As opposed to being an occupation title of Lily, being a “song-catcher” becomes her entire identity, characterizing her to be passionate and tenacious about spreading these ballads to life outside of the mountains. This title, however specific to Lily, can apply to the majority of the people in the movie. From elderly Viney to naïve Deladis, everyone grew up with the songs in their families and “caught” them by memorizing the tunes and the words. They passed them to their families to tell stories or invoke positive feelings, not knowing that the ballads would eventually become an entire genre of literature still read and taught today. The term “song-catcher” can also pertain to the collecting of cultures to educate and enlighten other types of people on the various ways of life in the world. A successful, educated person usually possesses a knowledge and understanding of different types of people. Being cultural and even empathetic to contrasting lifestyles is a vital aspect to many occupations; therefore, the teaching of these types of civilizations is a large part of every school system across the world. This type of education can make a parallel with …show more content…
Although this is a very obvious detail, the different instruments used when the person was not singing a capella, such as the banjo, correctly portray life in the mountains even to this day. The juxtaposition of Lily and Deladis’ performances show the parallels and differences between the cultures expressed in the film; which is the most obvious subject of the movie--the joining of two cultures. The writers achieved this by showing how the same songs are scattered throughout the world, sang or played differently; similarly, how Eleanor and Harriet still had a healthy and loving relationship just like a man and a woman would have. The symbol of the ballads bringing people together also highlighted the acceptance of different lifestyles that other people from varying cultures may not comprehend. Other songs, like “Single Girl”, “Mattie Groves”, and “Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies”, express conflict in love and refer to religion, as most ballads do; however, most are up-tempo for dancing and contain positive, wise advice for whoever listens. One of the most important pieces, called “Conversation With Death”, comes at the turning point just before the climax, implying that is an important song to the story’s