... the three freakish main characters: the androgynous Miss Amelia, the manipulative hunchback Cousin Lymon, and the evil criminal Marvin Macy. McCullers' usage of social outcasts and her emphasis on their physical handicaps underscores their emotional deficiencies as the characters fall into a love triangle and each character shows their love for their respective beloved in awkward, childlike ways. McCullers also distorts time in the story; chronological order is thrown to the ... wind, and time often suspends in the story to accommodate the narrator's digressions on various topics. The d...

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... love. Tension subsists among the residents of San Piedro at the very introduction of the novel, as a blanket of silence has draped itself over the community subsiding there. This silence is not of hate present in the minds of the citizens, but rather of fear that interaction of higher frequency may re-catalyze the destructive feud that ensued nine years earlier, as the white citizens looked the other way when their fellow townspeople, the Japanese-Americans, were relocated ... to Japanese concentration camps in lieu of the ongoing ... ...

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... 's apartment after he rescues Madeleine from the bay is significant in illustrating these central themes, which is made especially effective through Hitchcock's use of camera angles, framing and background music. The camera pans slowly across Scottie's apartment at the beginning of the scene, finally stopping to pause for several seconds at an open bedroom door, drawing emphasis on the subject of the shot. Madeleine, who is shown to be sound asleep inside ... , where he "loses" her. Although Scottie's determination to protect Madeleine, which stems from a deep-seated sense of insecurity, ...

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... and off stage, showing the performances gravity and pertinence. The characters in the movie, as well as in the performance of "Romeo and Juliet", are very consistent with staying in character and have to be to keep the believability of the performance for the audience that is watching both from the audience of the play's viewpoint and the audience of the movie's viewpoint. The consistency of the play and the adding of believability to the characters adds to the plays credibility and makes ... the audience curious as to what is going to happen next. The ability to take the emotion, love ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate