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to the great Buster Keaton, who was a famous silent comedian. He also made a ton more films during the 30’s. He also invented a new style of movie, which are silent movies. In the late 30’s he also did his first talkie which was named ‘The Great Dictator.’ In this he offended many people, but made over $5 million and fove Academy…

The Great Dictator, an American satirical political comedy written and played by Charlie Chaplin during the time the United States was still formally at peace with Germany. Chaplin's film advanced a harsh and controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, fascism, anti semitism, and the Nazis. Charlie Chaplin plays a poor Jewish barber, the main protagonist. The Barber was a soldier during World War I and loses his memory for about 20 years then becomes of the Fuhrer of Tomainia due to his…

Charlie Chaplin The Speech Charlie Chaplin directed, produced, and starred in the film “The Great Dictator” in 1940. The film was considered by most a propaganda film that showed through comic satire that those that were against us as a country were incapable, untrustworthy cowards. The idea was to create something that would lead the audience to those same conclusions. The speech included in the film became an iconic proclamation of our own issues in the United States at the time. In the film,…

Curtis “Stickman” Brummitt Looking at the history of humanity, one can see that we are a people whom claim to have strong ties to morality, with the ability to actively determine right and wrong, yet every day we stray further and further from the rightness we so often claim to possess. Poets and writers, already known for criticizing humanity for its every flaw, have unsurprisingly leapt at the opportunity to again berate humans for their disregard for doing the right thing. “We must cultivate…

gave Chaplin his first true co-star of his career and Chaplin and the child would rise to a peak of fame and affection. In “The Great Dictator,” Chaplin would play a spin off of Adolf Hitler called Adenoid Hynkel. Chaplin became famous worldwide for his role as Hitler and The Tramp wore the same moustache. A very politically controversial movie was “The Great Dictator” but it was highly successful. Chapin would make “The Gold Rush” out of some highly unlikely sources of comedy. The idea came to…

The theme of this speech from the movie “The Great Dictator”, is that we can achieve peace, equality, and happiness if we put aside our differences and not think of each other as “black” or “white”, or as “Christian” or “Muslim”, but as fellow human beings. Charlie Chaplin’s tone changes throughout the poem. He starts out with a calm and peaceful tone. But, as the speech goes on, and as his words become more and more inspiring, his tone becomes stronger and more direct. He uses metaphors and…

just ends up seeming better then the plebeians and unrelatable. Another way Brutus uses gravitas to try to appeal to the plebians is when he first addresses them he calls them “Romans, countrymen, and lovers”(JC III, II, 14). Then Brutus first addresses the plebeians he refers to them as smart, trustworthy, and honest romans who are smart enough to decide high way they want Rome to go in appealing to their logic. This is an intelligent strategy but it does not go well for brutus because Antony…

be first most important event that caused the Roman Republic to fall. Augustus Caesar becoming emperor of Rome would be the second major event. Last but not least, I think that Julius Caesar being assassinated, would be the third major event that caused the Roman Republic to fall. Firstly, I think that the event of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus joining forces to create the First Triumvirate would be first most important event that caused the Roman Republic to fall. I think this because it…

Before Julius Caesar was born July 100 B.C. and with his subsequent career that change Rome dramatically into the Roman Empire. The expansion was remarkable because the center of it all was Rome itself. Julius Caesar politically started his career in 50 B.C. and in the 60 B.C. became the single most important transitional figure in the history of Rome. In the 60s Caesar formed a consulship of Rome and made allied with Pompey and Crassus, which made the first Triumvirate., The consuls held…

Introduction It was 85 B.C. Rome was in chaos people were scared and confused. A young boy is standing off to the sides. This young man is Gaius Julius Ceasar will become the leader of the Roman military and is the future leader of the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar’s father died when he was young leaving him to live with his uncle. Who was a military leader after living with him for a few years he decided he would go into military. While there he was placed at the first rank he came from a very…