How Has Your Viewing Of Metropolis And Our Reading Of...

Assessment Task 3 – English Advanced How has your viewing of Metropolis and your reading of Nineteen Eighty-Four enhanced your understanding of conflict? Conflict is the ultimate cause of a loss of individualism. It is used as a weapon to promote power and retain control, whilst simultaneously suppressing individual thoughts and emotions out of fear of negative repercussions. The definitive expression of the above concepts in Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis and George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four enables the audience to experience two separate yet similar totalitarian societies, in which external and internal conflict is utilised to disbar individualism. Conflict is used as a weapon in a totalitarian society to maintain power and control. In order for totalitarian governments to succeed, the masses must be oppressed to ensure they conform to the dominant values of their society. In Metropolis there is a direct Biblical reference to the powerful Tower of Babel. This monumental high-rise building, is a symbol of dominance, and utilises its panoptic view of the entire city to power and supremacy. This imposing building is a public, visual symbol of authority which succeeds in oppressing masses of society through its constant daunting surveillance, which is then used as a tool to eliminate uprising contradictions or discrepancies. Capitalist authorities utilised this tower to adopt a commanding status by physically elevating themselves to a point where they areShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change. 163893 Words   |  656 Pagesthe Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany, the surge of globalization from the mid-1990s) and afterward (9/11, or the global recession of 2008) when one could quite plausibly argue that a new era had begun. A compelling case can be made for viewing the decades of the global scramble for colonies after 1870 as a predictable culmination of the long nineteenth century, which was ushered in by the industrial and political revolutions of the late 1700s. But at the same time, without serious attention