Emily In The Corpse Bride

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s which flies away. This movie, The Corpse bride, demonstrates them of love as a supernatural feeling. In a scientific world, dead people cannot fall in love with someone since they do not have their heart to beat for someone. But, this movie gives example of Emily who is a corpse bride and deeply loves Victor after he puts the weeding ring on her finger and thus expresses love as a supernatural feeling.. In contrast, I found Emily as a only character in a world of the dead who was so desperate to love and be loved. I did not find movie focusing on other characters (except Emily) from world of the dead who were so desperate to love and be loved. I analyzed their might be reason behind that. Emily when she was a living

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