Frame Study : The Great Dictator

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          I am Nidhi Jethava and in this blog I am going to discuss about the frame study of 'The Great Dictator' by Charley Chaplin 

  

Title it self suggest the whole idea about the movie. A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique. The word originated as the title of a magistrate in the Roman Republic appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency. 

This was the time of world war and we can see the huge equipment was used by armies. We  can see how much human power was needed to work on it. Three Men were needed to put the bullet in the machine. 

In this image we can see that the dictator stands with the little baby. The expression of him and what he really wants is totally different. Nowadays dictators still do this for sympathy and innocence. Playing and spending time with children is connected with the symbol of innocence. It is all for publicity. 

This image is connected with the hypocrisy of leaders and their willingness for his great voice. 

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This image is very important reveal that how he is considering himself with the great leader. He saw himself with power and monarchy.

This picture is very interesting. On the one hand someone has been hanged and on the other hand all the soldiers are looking in different directions. This is a kind of injustice. We can assume that the person who has been hanged will have some very heinous crime lorries. But a closer look at history reveals that the battle was between two different religions. The man who is being hanged is a Jew and the soldiers are Jewish.

This image is concern with sycophancy- 'Bhakti' in politics is sure way towards dictatorship.

In this image we have seen two gates. We can evaluate it as the gate of heaven and hell and one man in the and one is standing near by him. In a way we can say that it reflected the power of a particular 

place. The one globe of earth is also there. That earth significant, in a way it may suggest that there is

one who wants to control each and everything. The sign of two cross arrows reflected some kind of non acceptance

In this image we can ponder that one wants to control the whole world. Taking a globe of the earth in hand and looking at it is a bit of a pleasure, it indicates a kind of control over it.

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