MODERN LITERATURE: THE GREAT DICTATOR MOVIE, A SOUND FILM, PUBLISHED IN 1940. IT HAS CONNECTION WITH NAZI GERMANY HAPPENINGS OF THEN TIME, DURING 1933-1945.

2. CONTENT SLIDE
1. Initiative part of the movie.
2. Jew: A symbolic representation.
3. Confliction with personality.
4. Position height and downfall and the
Barber's tiny life.

3. 1...
● Initiating with the declaration of power
over the Europe.
● The initial speech by Adenoid Hynkel.
● The symbolical representation of the very
apeeech.
● Initial speech.
● Last speech.
● Gaining social favour to consolidate
solidly power position.

5. 2...
● A symbolic representation of Jew.
● First obsession with the very people to gain favour in the
form of money.
● Denied to give money by Jewish banker, resulted into
genocide of mass people.
● About 6.3 million people have been killed from 1933-45, the
ratio shows as ⅔.
● The Barber along with the schult and Hannah(Paulette
Goddard) are separated.
● The former are thrashed in concentration camp, the latter
fled to Osterlich(which is also in later stage, invaded by
Hynkel and others, belong to Bacteria)
● Considered to be a cruel act.

7. 3...
● Dual personality(Like Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde)
● Can be compared with Tughlaq(tyrannical character of
drama Tughlaq by Girish Karnad).
● Pretending to be involved in rythmic and peace seeking
activity.
● Like music.
● A white flower(symbolizes peace and piousness).
● Both the things; white flower and music is contrasting
with his personality.
● Having boot-lickers at his disposal(In one of the frames
where a character is forced to stick the envelope with his
saliva).

10. 4...
● The mountaineer character.
● The on and often symbolic representation of his
downfall.
● The down revolving chair, going upwards and
downwards and then suddenly from the height coming
down.
● His misdeeds are reflecting on his personality. We can
see when he is uplifting with the help of curtain.
● A holding globe, then playing and inevitably bursting
out.
● Describes his present status, his manner and nature of
living at present and how eventually it will come to an

13. Works Cited
The Great Dictator.” wikipedia, wikimedia
foundation, 25 August, 2020.
“The Great Dictator.” Directed by Charles
Chaplin with Charles Chaplin, Performances by
Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald
Gardiner-Dictator Adenoid Hynkel, 1940.
https://en.m.wikipedia.or
g/wiki
The_Great_Dictator

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