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Metropolis - slaves of the means of production

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  • JUXTAPOSITION: workers small and insignificant compared to machinery –power and control
  • mise en scene (acting): freder falling to his knees holding his heart as tragedy unfolds – resistance and rebellion.
  • symbolism + music: music slows down when accident happens but quickly speeds back up as men replace those lost symbolising their insignificance. – power and control
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Metropolis - underground workers church

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LIGHTING/SYMBOLISM-Maria and the underground chapel lit up to symbolise hope she brings to suppressed workers – resistance and rebellion
CLOSE UP SHOT: of feder’s eyes showing crystal blue symbolising his purity and goodness –resistance and rebellion
POSITIONING-Maria raised above workers to show her leadership and potential for bringing them out of dystopia –resistance and rebellion

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Metropolis - Tower of Babel

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1984 power and control quotes - simile, metaphor 1.

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Simle - “not rebelling against its authority but simply evading it as a rabbit does to a dog”

Metaphor - “accepting the party as something unalterable like the sky” - idea of death

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1984 power and control quotes - symbolism, metaphor 2.

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Symbolism - “you beloved you actually held it in your hands”

Metaphor - “his heart sank”

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1984 resistance and rebellion quotes - repetition and rhetorical question 1.

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Repetition - “Thoughtcrime does not entail death, thought crime is death” Winston realises the cost of rebellion, may lead to his death.

Rhetorical question - “How could you tell how much of it was lies”. Reveals Winston’s uncertainty and reveals his resistance

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1984 resistance and rebellion quotes - modalit, personification 2

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Modality - “the rule of the party is forever”. Resistance and rebellion is futile.

Personification - “Beautiful creamy paper deserved to be written on”- shows Winston’s desire to rebel

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