(This aspect of Joan's personality was later personified in an episode of "The Lucy Show" on February 26th 1968 .) It becomes clear though the following scenes that Joan wants a baby. Yet she has been unable to get pregnant in the past and her boyfriend, Greg Savitt , tells her the adoption agencies would never give her a baby, he is right. In fact at this time in California single women were not allowed to adopt children. Greg is able to pull some strings and buy her a baby, Christina. In actuality, on June eleventh 1939, shortly after being born at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, the child of a student and a sailor is taken to Joan at her Brentwood home and named Joan Crawford Jr. It is not until May of 1940 that Joan takes her adopted daughter to Las Vegas, Nevada and legally adopts her daughter who she renames Christina Crawford. The Newspaper happily reports "Joan Crawford Adopts a baby" on May 25th. .
In the first few scenes, we see a solid mother/daughter relationship blossoming beautifully before it quickly begins to disintegrate under the weight of Joan's professional life. About this time Christopher, the son Joan adopts , makes his appearance. He maintains a low profile throughout the film. .
We are shown that nearly any situation can turn ugly under the stern eye of Crawford. Playing in the pool turns into a mother-daughter race in which Crawford wins again and again, forcing her exhausted child to keep racing. Christina pretending to accept an acting award at her mother's dressing table becomes a harsh lesson in grooming, as Joan bellows at the child while brushing out and then cutting off her hair. After a fight with Greg about having to eat with the Mayor while at a restaurant he leaves her, so she cuts his face out of all the pictures. "If she doesn't like you, she can make you disappear." Says Christina to Christopher. .
Joan often sees herself as the victim, in an early scene, she prepares for an important meeting with Louie B.
He calls her things like his "dearest partner of greatness" (Act I; v line ii). ... When Lady Macbeth asks about it, Macbeth says: "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck" (Act III; iii line 45). ... This also shows that Macbeth thinks he is now above Lady Macbeth as he used the term "dearest chuck" which is a term usually used for a child or someone beneath you. ...
Duncan calls Macbeth's affection "sharp as his spur," while Macbeth calls his wife "dearest partner of greatness" and "dearest love." ... Meanwhile Macbeth plans the murder of Banquo and, unlike the killing of Duncan, leaves her outside the plot: "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck." His change from "dearest love" to "dearest chuck" indicates loss of emotional connection. ...
When we first see Lady MacBeth she is reading a letter from her husband, not only is sending the letter itself affectionate and loving, he even calls her "My dearest partner in greatness " through this we see that they seem deeply in love and we sense a warm equality between the two. When they eventually meet face to face MacBeth calls her "My dearest love " which proves the statement made in the letter was not just written then forgotten but in fact something he really feels for her. ... In this scene we also see "my dearest partner in greatness " and "my love " exchanged for "partner " Once...
Whenever people got their dearest wishes or got into the trouble, they're trying to solve it by praying. ... From those some of the special cases, their dearest wishes often come true, because their strong faith which strongly believes that God will help them, let the brain keep making the positive image of it, and stimulates their potential powers from inside of the brain, so that their desires actually going to happens. ...
The Roman Way Romans denoted exaggeration; they were spectacular builders and pre-eminently men of war. They had a clear idea of discipline and a keen-sighted, steady common sense. They were actually knows as rude and wild, primarily because of how much Romans loved the gladiators. The gladiator...
Tragic Hero - Someone who by a weakness of character brings about their own downfall. By this definition Macbeth is a tragic hero. It is Macbeth" s "vaulting ambition" that led him to his downfall. It clouds his judgement and eventually he grows into an evil and cruel man who doesn't care if he ki...
