quotes for essay (conforms to western genre) Flashcards
quote 1 in outlaw
gunshots rang around us as we rode, and the calls of birds who had lived their whole lives in peacetime, now frightened out of their sleep by the sounds of war.”
Final shootout- “the gunshot was so close that I felt the wind of it on my cheek. I wheeled around to see, standing among out alder trees, the sheriff of fiddleback” imagery- touch (tactile)
quote 2 in outlaw
Cowboy clothing- “on pegs were hats of every kind and character: cowboy hats with wide and narrow brims, folded in cattleman’s and cutter styles” - symbolism of cowboy hats
quote 3 in outlaw
red dust came up in clouds around us, coating my throat and making me choke
Harsh environment- (Pg 84) “dust caught in my throat soaked my shirt; coming from everywhere at once was the sound of locusts sawing metaphor, alliteration (s) imagery
“in the dead of winter only the kid was happy” descriptive language
quote 4 in outlaw
Wagons- “as we waited, the spot grew, and when we could see two men seated in a wagon, one with a rifle as long as my arm” imagery
evidence 1 in mystery road
Shootout- the final scene represents a traditional western movie when we have a building of tension between good and evil before tension lifts and they have a shootout. - Wide angles is used to show the whole shootout
evidence 2 in mystery road
Lone wolf- birds eye view of his car through the streets of his town shows that is how he travels alone- birds eye view
evidence 3 in mystery road
Harsh landscape- setting is very rural, nothing around them but desert, shrubs, red dirt everywhere, one road with trucks going alone it - imagery
evidence 4 in mystery road
White dominance- white characters are in a position of power as seen in the Sargent
“your just going to have to ride bareback for a while. there’s to much other shit going down” “sarge, we got a young girl stuffed under the highway.” “I know, I know jay” - repetition
“but maybe that’s what you want. keep everything in its place.” sarcasim
in relation to not helping jay with the murder case
evidence 1 in high noon
Male dominance- the use of gaze to show power dynamics between Will and Amy, Amy is looking up at Will while he is looking straight forward.
Will body language is also vey rigid towards his wife while he is in public and his facial expressions show that he is emotionless, Will just got married and only gives Amy a tiny kiss, has to uphold his male dominance
evidence 2 in high noon
Strong moral code- Will has a strong moral code as he decides that the protection of the town comes over his marriage, he is willing to lose Amy over saving everyone else, moral code doesn’t allow him to leave the town
“its no good Amy I have to go back”
“they are making me run, I haven’t run from anybody before” metaphor
“stop trying to be a hero, you don’t have to be a hero for me” if you think I like this your crazy” repetition
evidence 3 in high noon
Harsh environment- lots of wide shots used to show massive expansive of land, shows that they are in the middle of nowhere, dry, no animals, no trees, lack of wind, no water, dust- wide angles
evidence 4 in high noon
Gunfight/ good vs evil- gunfight at the end of the movie shows good and evil fighting. Camera shots switching between Will and Miller gang show the classic good vs evil
evidence 5 in high noon
Lone wolf- birds eye view on the town and Will to show that he is all alone and that everyone has left him. Will walking alone symbolises that he is a lone wolf
