Mrs. Robinson

(Dustin Hoffman), whose life very quickly becomes dominated by his relationship with Mrs. Robinson and her daughter Elaine. In Act one, the key players are introduced, Benjamin, his parents and their friends including, of course, Mrs. Robinson. It feels as though Benjamin is on a different planet to the others, and for that we are sympathetic towards him and want to see how things will play out. As is typical of a three act structure, the film embodies major structural elements. while there are several possible options for these key elements…

female friend of his parents, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). The film opens with a young man staring out into space. The man is on an airplane flying to Los Angeles. He appears again in front of a fish tank with bubbles shooting in the background. A male voice asks him a question and then appears in front of him. Ben, as his Dad calls him, wants to know why he’s cooped up in his room and then begins to tell him that people are…

in his life becoming dominated by his relationship with Mrs. Robinson and eventually, her daughter Elaine. Act I establishes the key characters; Benjamin, his parents and their friends, including, Mrs. Robinson. It feels as though Benjamin is on a different planet to the others, and for that we are sympathetic towards him and want to see how things will play out; this act includes both the inciting incident and plot point one. Act II, includes the midpoint where Benjamin comes to terms with his…

The film The Graduate talks about Benjamin Braddock, who has just finished college and is back at his parents' house. He's trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life? An unexpected change comes up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson, a bored housewife and friend of his parents. But what begins as a fun rendezvous turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from, her daughter, Elaine. The main theme…

results in his life becoming dominated by his relationship with Mrs. Robinson and eventually, her daughter Elaine. Act I establishes the key characters; Ben, his parents and their friends, including, Mrs. Robinson. The audience is empathetic towards him and likely wanting to see how things will play out; this act includes the inciting incident and plot point one. Act II, includes the midpoint, where Ben comes to terms with his feelings for Elaine, and plot point two. Act three, resolves the…

all his family friends. One of those friends is Mrs. Robinson, the wife of Ben’s father’s business partner. Mrs. Robinson takes a liking to Ben, and the two begin a secret affair. During their relationship, Ben contemplates his life choices, and in the end, he decides to leave Mrs. Robinson to be in a relationship with her daughter Elaine. This film is an example of Hollywood renaissance films from the 1960’s and 70’s. Like other films from this era, the plot and characters can be analyzed…

Journal Review 1: “The Graduate” “The Graduate” is a film directed by Mike Nichols starring a young Dustin Hoffman. The movie follows Dustin Hoffman’s character Ben Braddock who is a recent college graduate who has yet to find his way in the world after school. After being given different choices and recommendations for his life after college from his parents and friends Ben becomes noticeably stressed. This stress is portrayed throughout the movie using darker lighting in some of the more…

The Graduate The sequence that I have chosen for analysis is the scene after the party and Dustin is moping in his room, until he puts his hand in the fish tank to pull out his keys. The scene begins with Mrs. Robinson bursting in on Benjamin. The sound of the door is quite loud in the small space, making it much more intrusive than it might normally have been and possibly drawing a metaphor about her entry not just into his room but into his private life. Her voice is totally calm…

scene were Benjamin gets caught with Ms. Robinson is one that is visually striking because it shows how the younger generation is trying to figure life out with their overbearing parents and expectations. Mike Nichols uses visual elements to explore how American values were being challenged by the younger…

An example of this 0:6:58 when Ben sits down on his bed looking at the fish tank. The camera is positioned behind the fish tank having Ben’s face in the picture in focus and the bedroom door not in focus. Mrs. Robinson opens the door and stumbles in. The camera then focuses on Mrs. Robinson coming in thinking Ben’s room was the restroom. She then asks Ben for a ride home and Ben stubbornly agrees to take her and she throws his keys into the fish tank with the fish tank becoming the focus of the…