The Crucible Film Analysis
The use of careful camera positioning is one of the most effective mise-en-scene components in the film "The Crucible". allowing the audience to experience different perspectives about the purpose of the film: hysteria is universal. Throughout the film, the audience is shown sense of mass hysteria, most of which are the townspeople running to and fro. The turmoil caused by hysteria was captured in the camera angles, such as during the scene were Abigail and the girls initiate a "vision" or "hallucination" and the camera swings upward, as if it were a bird. In another particular sequence, the camera focuses on Elizabeth Proctor's face when she has to make the decision between accusing her husband of adultery or proving him innocent of such a crime--instead of mass hysteria, we see a glimpse of the inner panic of an individual. Though she is not as overtaken my hysteria as the crows were, it is present nevertheless. It can be perceived that hysteria, while being able to overtake mass, can also control a single individual. Elizabeth was assuming a paranoid, saying"I cam to think he fancied her. And so one night I lost my wits..." letting the hysteria take control. Arthur Miller stated that "the more I [he] read into the Salem panic, the more it touched off corresponding ages of common experiences in the fifties...", seeing that there were similarities between the events of old and events of the present. Miller also speaks further about the hysteria of Hitler's Germany, the rule of Mao Zedong, and the Red of Italy--of how they all are affected by widespread fear and panic. By using different camera angles, the film converts to the audience different perspectives of hysteria, proving that panic is universal.
One Writer's Beginnings Analysis
In this passage of One Writer's Beginnings, Eudora Welty captures the audience in a trip down memory lane. Her use of clear imagery and diction choice in her recollection of endearing childhood memories resonates intensity and extreme value that she herself had experienced.
Imagery is littered all throughout the passage to convey visual details to the audience. Eudora Welt begins the passage with a memory of her impression of the local librarian, Mrs. Calloway; her description of Mrs. Calloway, with a "dragon eye" and "normally commanding voice", instantly allows readers to depict the woman in the correct light. Later in her memory of her mother's baking, Welty describes the scene with detail: "...The Origin of Species is lying on the shelf in the pantry under a light dusting of flour...she'd pick it up...with one eye on the oven." Eudora Welty's imagery brings forth colorful memories in which the audience can visualize with great detail.
Welty's choice of diction, or wording, should also be taken into account; her words convey emtion and pictures to readers, setting the mood. Her diction plays into metaphors, for example comparing Mrs. Calloway to a "witch" and similes, such as Welty's own hair curled "like my [her] idol." Many other examples of heer diction includes the "steady seething sound" of the fan, Mrs. Calloway's "strong" eyes, and the purpose of her books: to sate her "devouring wish to read being instantly granted"
Eudora Welty successfully captures her audience's attention in this passage from One Writer's Beginnings with her excellent use of imagery and diction. Her many descriptions of literary childhood memories make impact upon the heart and mind. She succeeds in establishing the intensity and value of the recollections so that the audience may leave feeling as if they themselves have experienced her childhood from their own eyes.
Imagery is littered all throughout the passage to convey visual details to the audience. Eudora Welt begins the passage with a memory of her impression of the local librarian, Mrs. Calloway; her description of Mrs. Calloway, with a "dragon eye" and "normally commanding voice", instantly allows readers to depict the woman in the correct light. Later in her memory of her mother's baking, Welty describes the scene with detail: "...The Origin of Species is lying on the shelf in the pantry under a light dusting of flour...she'd pick it up...with one eye on the oven." Eudora Welty's imagery brings forth colorful memories in which the audience can visualize with great detail.
Welty's choice of diction, or wording, should also be taken into account; her words convey emtion and pictures to readers, setting the mood. Her diction plays into metaphors, for example comparing Mrs. Calloway to a "witch" and similes, such as Welty's own hair curled "like my [her] idol." Many other examples of heer diction includes the "steady seething sound" of the fan, Mrs. Calloway's "strong" eyes, and the purpose of her books: to sate her "devouring wish to read being instantly granted"
Eudora Welty successfully captures her audience's attention in this passage from One Writer's Beginnings with her excellent use of imagery and diction. Her many descriptions of literary childhood memories make impact upon the heart and mind. She succeeds in establishing the intensity and value of the recollections so that the audience may leave feeling as if they themselves have experienced her childhood from their own eyes.