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Pardoner's Tale & A Simple Plan Language Features
A Simple Plan & The Pardoner's Tale Language
Features
The Pardoner’s Tale:
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Rhyme.
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Iambic pentameter.
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Simile – “And rynge it out as round as gooth a belle”
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Use of Latin
– “Radix malorum est
cupitidas”
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Alliteration
– “Drynketh a draughte.”
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Metaphor – “Though that hir soules goon a-blakeberyed.”
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Hypocrisy.
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Archaism – “For lewed peple loven tales olde”
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Irony – “for dronkenesse is verray sepulture.”
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Hyperbole
– “He hath a thousand slayn this pestilence.”
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Motif of gold
– “Of florins fine of
gold ycoyned rounde”
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Rhetoric – “What nedeth it to sermone of it moore?”
A Simple Plan:
· Mis-en-scene.
The scene that shows the corrupting power of money more than any
other is the scene in which Hank brings home the bag to show Sarah.
Hank asks Sarah ‘metaphorically’ what she would do if she had found
millions of dollars and she replies that she would hand it in.
However, Raimi sets up an extremely clever shot from the table
height looking up at Sarah as Hank dumps the cash on the table. A
shadow crosses Sarah’s face as the money eclipses her initially
honest side.
· Intertextuality
– Lady MacBeth.
· Motif
of Red.
Neo Noir.
Lighting. In one particular
scene, the recurring motif of red is used along with clever lighting
to ‘highlight’ Sarah’s dark side. The joy of her baby daughter is
eclipsed by her traitorous brain that plots against Lou.
· Non-diegetic
sound.
· Juxtaposition.
“It’s the American dream in a goddamn gym bag.” “You’re supposed to
work for the American Dream.”
· Humour. In such a sad tale, it is important to break up the film
with moments of laughter.
· Voice
over.
At the beginning and at the end of the film, Hank does a voice over
expressing his feelings. It is essentially his reflection on the
film’s events.
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