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This 4 page paper explores the way perspectives provide insights in two works, Julius Caesar by Shakespeare and Sergei Eistenstein’s silent film October: Then Days that Shook the World. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Different Perspectives on Stage and Screen Research Compiled for The
Paper Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 8/2010 Please Introduction According to the dictionary, the word "perspective" has several meanings, including
the way artists physically view their work as well as the point of view one has on various events. If 15 people see an event with their own eyes, they
will still give 15 different versions of what happened. This is why eyewitnesses are notoriously unreliable. This paper considers the issue of perspective and the insights it generates in two
works: Julius Caesar by Shakespeare; and the film October: Then days that shook the world, directed by Sergei Eisenstein. The play is an excellent example of perspective in its meaning
of point of view, while the film gives examples of perspective as a physical quality. Discussion Eisensteins film is a silent, made in 1927; its subject is the 1917 October
revolution which marks the beginning of Communist rule in Russia. Talking about perspective with regard to this film almost demands that the word be considered in connection with its physical
manifestations, because Eisenstein uses his camera to force the viewer to consider things from certain perspectives, which then become very symbolic. For example, early in the film Eisenstein shows us
a colossal statue of Alexander III, the "despotic Tsar," whose "huge image dominates the screen" (Sperber, 1977, p. 15). The scene is shot at twilight and its symbolic of two
things: the power of the Tsars and the monarchy, and the fact that it is now fading away (Sperber, 1977). Eisenstein shows us the statue from the perspective of the
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