Everyone knows about the dangers of drug abuse, but once you've seen the movie Requiem for a Dream, you will definitely think again before doing drugs. The main theme in Requiem for a Dream is the search for happiness and how it often times leads to addiction. We watch the lives of the three main characters become undone by their various addictions, and the film shows how their lives are a free-fall into their own separate hells. All of the things that were once important in their lives are not, and they live their lives depending on the drugs that have taken over them. This film depicts addiction perfectly, showing how all of their energy and efforts are directed to getting the next "hit" regardless of the personal cost. .
From the first scene of the film we see Sara, one of the main characters, and learn that her life revolves around watching television and eating chocolates. While this is not a serious addiction, it still shows the temporary relief from her outside life. Sara's life has a new focus once she gets a phone call from her favorite television program telling her that she has been chosen to be on the show. Suddenly Sara's only goal in life is to fit into her favorite red dress so she can look great for her "shining moment" in the public eye. After Sara tries a grapefruit and coffee diet, she decided to take the advice of a friend and get prescribed diet pills to take all of her food cravings away. She looses a lot of weight in a short period of time which makes Sara happy and energized. One day when her son Harry visits, he realizes what his mother is taking. She has started to grind her teeth and has begun to run around frantically as a result of the pills she is taking. At this point in the film we start to realize that Sara is becoming addicted to the diet pills. As Harry is talking to his mom she explains the way that she feels and how the pills make her happy.
Requiem for a Dream So I watched a Requiem for a Dream and I found it to be very disturbing. The movie is about two kids, probably in their early twenties that smoke pot and shoot up heroin. One of the boys, star Jared Leto has a girlfriend that pressures him into always buying heroin for he...
Aurora of a Dream Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", has an aurora of a dream. ... In the Requiem, Linda remarks, "He was so wonderful with his hands". ... Biff replys to his mother in the Requiem, "He never knew who he was". ... Biff talks about his father in the Requiem, "He had all the wrong dreams. ... Happy remarks in the Requiem, "He had a good dream. ...
3 Requiem for a Dream The motion picture "Requiem for a Dream" is an emotionally charged film linking the lives of a lonely widow, her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion, and his best friend Tyrone. ... Her dream of being on T.V. was destroyed by her drug addiction. ... The diet pills destroyed her life, brain, and most tragic her dream. ... Harry promised to buy her a store so she could fulfill her dream. That dream never happened. ...
After watching the film, Requiem for a Dream by director Darren Aronofsky (2000), my initial reaction was thinking how depressing and lonely life must be for an addict. At that moment I realized the importance of reflecting on my own values and biases prior to working with substance abuse clients. B...
The dominant theme expressed in "Death of a Salesman" is that of the American Dream. In the play it is important that Willy is a salesman as he represents the reality and consequence of living a false American Dream. ... This can be seen in the characteristics of Willy who pursued the America Dream in the hope of wealth and personal status. ... However, during the Requiem Willy's notion of success is contradicted when Biff reminisces "there's more of him in that front stoop than in all the sales he ever made", implying Willy was more successful in manual labour. ... It is importan...
In front of Willy's grave Happy vows to continue Willy's dream. " He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have- to come out the number-one man. ... "He had the wrong dreams. ... When talking to Willy Biff says, "We've been talking in a dream for fifteen years." and later pleads with him to accept reality. " Will you take that phony dream and burn it before something happens?" ... In the "Requiem", Happy vows to finish what his father started and therefore following in his footsteps, "I"m gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain." ...
It is the end of a life spent uselessly chasing "the American dream". ... Yet, Willy still works his entire life pursuing his dream. ... The final aspect of the American dream is family. ... His motives were good, but "He had all the wrong dreams. All, all, wrong" (1888; Requiem)....
