The movie, The Fiddler on the Roof, is based in a town called Anatevka. The town is basically ruled by the Russians, but the people who live there are Jewish people. The movie leaves on this note, “ the balance between tradition and change is like a fiddler on the roof”. This means that the fiddler is trying to balance on the roof and play a tune at the same time, while the people of the town are trying to balance their tra

Lastly, a classic movie is usually based largely upon the artistic medium that is used. The Fiddler on the Roof is a musical, and therefore song/singing is the artistic medium of the movie. The music is what this movie is all about. Songs like, “Do you Love Me?”, and “If I Were a Rich Man!” help give a better understanding of what the meaning of the movie really is. “Do you Love Me?” was sung when Tevye found out that his oldest daughter was to be married because she was in love, not because she was forced to marry. He sang this song to his wife, and what he meant was when they were first married, he did not love her, but he did now, and now he understood what love really was. “If I Were a Rich Man!” was also sung by Tevye. He was telling us that if he was rich, he would have a better life, and he would have been able to give his daughters what they wanted.

A classic also captures the meaning of the era’s burning issues and questions. In the early 1900’s, when the Russians ruled the Jews, the Jews were looked down on, and treated unfairly. The Russians controlled everything that Tevye’s town did, and they eventually kicked them out of their town. We still have problems like this today. Whether they be with the Jewish people, blacks, or

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