... using comedy in his film Rome, Open City, his humor is used to help communicate the idea of political class differences in Italy. The comedic scene which revolves around the il brigadiere and the preist exemplifies the political power structure in Rome during the Nazi occupation following World War II. Rosellini beginis by distinguishing between the various political groups, the Nazis ... support the Nazis, but in order to prove this assumption wrong and bring about Rossellini's true idea about political class distinction comic relief was necessary. He focuses in on the il bridgarie or ...

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... world to realize the threat that was Mussolini. The use of poison gas against the Ethiopians brought harsh criticism from the rest of the world, but this did not stop "Il Duce". With the people of Italy behind him, Mussolini moved onward in his quest for domination, but lacked modern technology in the air, and at sea. This halted any further ... ...

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... who disagreed with his party or its ideas was eliminated. He used strict censorship to limit other political parties from trying to rise into power. Mussolini gave himself the name "Il Duce" or "the Leader". Some of his fascist ideas strayed from what ideological fascist views were at the time. Like fascist ideology, Mussolini was anti-democratic because he wanted to ... ...

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