Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, is a 1941 film about reporters who try to gather personal details about Charles Foster Kane. Specifically trying to uncover the meaning of his last dying word, Rosebud. Throughout the film many personal truths are revealed about Kane, many people considered to be close to Kane were interviewed to find the meaning of Rosebud, but many other things were revealed about Kane. Citizen Kane is a film representing people who have had a traumatic experience that causes them to fill a void in their life with materialistic objects. The film also expresses the toll it takes on their ability to have a personal relationship with others, because they eventually become numb to the feelings of love and happiness.
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She also makes the comment to his father that she is doing this so he "can't get at him anymore", which insinuates that his father was abusive. Without further background of his childhood it is not clear on the specifics of how bad his childhood was while he was with his parents but being taken away from home at a young age is enough to scar any child.
Kane's last word was "Rosebud", which was the name of the sled from his childhood. Kane never shared details about his childhood with anyone, because when the reporter was interviewing people who were close to Kane they had no idea what it meant. Kane never opened up with people because he did not have close and personal relationship with anyone when he was younger. Kane did not have the basic emotions of love, empathy, and happiness. Since he did not have these emotions, it caused him to do some things to others that in his eyes were good but to others it was hurtful and deceitful. James Maxfield discusses some of these things in his article ""A Man Like Ourselves": Citizen Kane as an Aristotelian Tragedy". Maxfield states, "He also clearly falls between the extremes of perfect goodness and utter Villainy. Kane …show more content…
Shown in the film Kane's belongings filled his entire mansion. There was so much that there were piles taller than people. In today's society it would be considered hording, which is caused from traumatic experience such are abuse or being taken away from childhood. Kane begins to fill his life with materialistic objects when he was in control of his wealth. There were many belongings that were not opened, which shows that he bought them just to fill a void. Throughout the film viewers are shown bits and pieces of Kane's belongings and at the very end when all of it is shown, it comes as a shocker to the audience. This really draws the viewers into to the end when they are shown Rosebud and the end. Another shocking surprise the director brings at the end of the film is Rosebud being his childhood sled. In the beginning of the film, Rosebud is shown for a brief scene and then nothing else is mentioned or shown about it until the end of the film when it is being burned. Since the director did not show much attention to the sled in the beginning of the film, the audience also feels like they are on the journey to figure out what Rosebud means. At the end of the film the audience if left with the thought of "I should have known" since they were shown the sled at the beginning of the film. The audience also feels as if they are on the journey to find the meaning because the film uses strong acting to show the
Kane …show more content…
She also makes the comment to his father that she is doing this so he "can't get at him anymore", which insinuates that his father was abusive. Without further background of his childhood it is not clear on the specifics of how bad his childhood was while he was with his parents but being taken away from home at a young age is enough to scar any child.
Kane's last word was "Rosebud", which was the name of the sled from his childhood. Kane never shared details about his childhood with anyone, because when the reporter was interviewing people who were close to Kane they had no idea what it meant. Kane never opened up with people because he did not have close and personal relationship with anyone when he was younger. Kane did not have the basic emotions of love, empathy, and happiness. Since he did not have these emotions, it caused him to do some things to others that in his eyes were good but to others it was hurtful and deceitful. James Maxfield discusses some of these things in his article ""A Man Like Ourselves": Citizen Kane as an Aristotelian Tragedy". Maxfield states, "He also clearly falls between the extremes of perfect goodness and utter Villainy. Kane …show more content…
Shown in the film Kane's belongings filled his entire mansion. There was so much that there were piles taller than people. In today's society it would be considered hording, which is caused from traumatic experience such are abuse or being taken away from childhood. Kane begins to fill his life with materialistic objects when he was in control of his wealth. There were many belongings that were not opened, which shows that he bought them just to fill a void. Throughout the film viewers are shown bits and pieces of Kane's belongings and at the very end when all of it is shown, it comes as a shocker to the audience. This really draws the viewers into to the end when they are shown Rosebud and the end. Another shocking surprise the director brings at the end of the film is Rosebud being his childhood sled. In the beginning of the film, Rosebud is shown for a brief scene and then nothing else is mentioned or shown about it until the end of the film when it is being burned. Since the director did not show much attention to the sled in the beginning of the film, the audience also feels like they are on the journey to figure out what Rosebud means. At the end of the film the audience if left with the thought of "I should have known" since they were shown the sled at the beginning of the film. The audience also feels as if they are on the journey to find the meaning because the film uses strong acting to show the