The Great Dictator

still many acts of physical comedy. Some critics only prefer Chaplin’s physical comedy, however in my opinion every form of comedy from Chaplin is amazing. The beginning of this film shows Chaplin as a barber who is not familiar with the new rules of dictator Hynkel as seen when returning to his barbershop. However since he saved one of Hynkel’s top men, he gets a pass to be left alone. However, since Hynkel commands all jews to be put in a concentration camp, Chaplin ends up thrown in as well.…

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…

His costume and makeup included a Fu Manchu mustache, monocle, top hat, frock coat, tie and dickey (Kohn 28). City Lights was considered to be the last great film of the silent film era released on January 30, 1931. It is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time and was historically significant. Chaplin believed there was a market for silent films. He realized the maneuver from silent to…

Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, and he died on December 25, 1977. Charlie was born and raised in London, England. Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame is a true rags-to-riches story. Charlie's father had a bad drinking problem. He later on left Chaplin, his mother and his older brother, Sydney. That left Chaplin and sydney in the hands of their mother, singer who went by the name Lily Harley. After his parents separated, Charlie and his brother, Sidney, spent most of their childhood in…

Kid” 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…

She seemed very intelligent because she brought up a great point that Christ was born from a woman and men had nothing to do with him. 5. People may remember it because this set off a domino effect allowing black woman to gain rights. The Great Dictator 1. He is trying to explain that the misery that we face now is just the passing of greed, the bitterness of man who fear the way of human progress. Also, the dictators will eventually die out and the power they took from the people…

Unity and Historical Remembrance in The Great Dictator Throughout history, performance has been used as a method to unite people from different regions, social classes, races, and gender and sexual identities. Such an instance can be seen in Charles Chaplin’s film, The Great Dictator. Released in 1940, the film satirizes Adolf Hitler in attempts to counter the increasing popularity of nazism during this time. This film is historically important because it makes the audience acknowledge and…

In the Charlie Chaplin film, The Great Dictator, the method of persuasion pathos is used multiple times. Pathos is an extremely effective way to control, or persuade someone to do something. Pathos is when you use someone's emotions to bring an event or topic to their attention. A few examples of pathos in the movie are when the storm troopers stormed into Hannah’s home and attempted to capture her and her family, and when Hynkel is not fazed by the many deaths of his people during the testing…

dissenting voice include Yeonmi Park’s speech at the One Young World Summit in which she effectively uses rhetoric to protest the North Korean regime and removal of individuality and freedom. Likewise, Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in the film “the Great Dictator” profound thoughts on equality and oppression are thoroughly explored to object against . Yeonmi Park and Charlie Chaplin cleverly use rhetorical devices to disseminate a powerful dissenting voice. Rhetoric is a powerful tool for the…

For this week's assignment, I decided to choose Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator's speech. Even though it is from a movie that Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in, I still find it to be one of the best speech's I've ever heard. It was on October 5, 1940, that the world was introduced to this speech. This was in the wake of the Nazis and Hitler. From 1939 to 1945 WWII was happening, and a lot of hatred was spread, accepted and fought against. I don't think that Charlie Chaplin…