A journey is often involuntary, and is only made to escape from death and misfortune. ... The dark coloured background suggests that the dark past is behind them and that a new journey into a new life is ahead of them. ... The painful memories of the Nazi regimes in Wold War 2 are expressed in the simile "like cattle brought to slaughter", "the metaphor "pigeons that watched them" gives a sense of surveillance "light turned red and dropped like a guillotine" shows a constant reminder of death in the minds of the refugees. ... In the foreign film Life Is Beautiful, Roberty Benigni tells a co...

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This was incorporated well with, and heightened by the dark, protruding, black background which can be reflective of the deep emotional void he's experiencing in his mind and created further tension from the audience and added a kind of madness to the already eccentric adaptation of Hamlet's character. ... The descent into darkness and physical setting of a tomb in Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation (USA, 1990) again had similar effect as it gave the impression the audience was looking deeper into his soul and mind in addition to representing Hamlet's heightened despair which p...

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The image is breathtaking; an illuminating fetus in a translucent orb serenely drifts through the vast emptiness of space. It actively gazes upon the passing stars and colorful planets with awe, taking in the experience whole-heartedly. There is no fear in the eyes of the fetus; instead, they emit a...

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