In the short story "The Ballad of the Sad Café,"" Carson McCullers utilizes distortion of literary reality to impart her lessons and thoughts concerning love to the reader. McCullers usage of distortion ultimately moves the story from a simplistic narrative about social misfits to an allegory dealing with very complex and abstract emotions. Once the reader comes to realize the lessons embedded in McCullers' distorted characters and narration, it elicits a strong emotional ... , and time often suspends in the story to accommodate the narrator's digressions on various topics. The distortion of ...

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... strong name," also serves to strengthen his ego, as well as increasing his desire to protect her for good. Scottie and Madeleine's fulfillment of the classic roles of strong savior and helpless maiden then becomes a driving force of the events leading up to Madeleine's "death," as he chases after her compulsively in a misdirected attempt to save her from herself, until he ... follow her up to the top of the tower, where he "loses" her. Although Scottie's determination to protect Madeleine, which stems from a deep-seated sense of insecurity, contributes hugely to the spiraling circularit...

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... his one true 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 ... ...

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... 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 and ...

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