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This 7 page report discusses the role of "the Other" in five classic films: D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915); Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant (1917) and Shoulder Arms (1918); Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. (1924); and Little Caesar (1931) starring Douglas Fairbanks and E.G. Robinson. Each of the movies present an unique vision of tensions in early 20th century America and the ways in which "the Other" was part of the larger social structure.Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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serves as one of the best expressions of the modern world. Movies have expanded an enormous part of humanitys awareness of other nations, other problems, as well as political
consciousness. A good film is successful because it works as art, as well as entertainment or storytelling. It speaks to a deeper awareness within the viewer that he or
she may not have even realized they possessed. It is important to understand that one of the primary keys to understanding the impact of any movie, as well as whether
or not it can or should be defined as art, is the willingness to see the relationships and associations presented and the ways that the unique elements are tied together
as part of the story being told and the story that is the movie. The conventions and traditions in which a movie is created are only the framework for the
larger piece of art that has been crafted. If a group of movies underscore the existence of the psychological "other" - an outsider, a criminal, a rebel or any other
type of person operating outside the commonly agreed upon ideal of normalcy - it is worth considering exactly what it is that makes constitutes the "others" uniqueness. "The Other" inFilm
The existence of "the other" has figured prominently throughout the history of literature and entertainment. Whether the "other" was personified as a monster, god, or supernatural force as in ancient
literature, the social misfit or loner in19th and 20th century literary works, or the much more recent manifestations of "otherness" as represented by the character of Neo in The Matrix
movies or even the world of the Soprano family in the popular television series The Sopranos, "the other" is a constant. In terms of the presentation of the "other" in
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