Both Moravia's and De Sica's artistic representations of Two Women depict lost purity and innocence, and the subsequent intense suffering of characters confronted with the reality of a world so different from that of their desires, dreams and ideals. ... The "neighborhood, the house, the furniture and the personal belongings- (Cottrell13) reflect the characters' natures. ... Michele constantly berates the characters for their deliberate moral blindness to the implications of war, a blindness, which results in their being "dead- (Moravia 163-4). ... Through his own education, ...

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Each character experiences the competing impulses that exist within all human beings: the instinct to live morally, act peacefully, follow the true and the good or the instinct to satisfy one's immediate desires, act violently and enforce one's will. ... He is also the character who has the greatest appreciation of the gods that are the basis of civilised life. ... The language of the characters reflects either the degree of either their civilisation or their savagery. ...

• Word Count: 2877
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