E 350 Lecture Notes - Psychopathy, Johnny Depp, Divine Right Of Kings
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First time sweeney is a victim of injustice bent on revenge. Characters in gothic (according to hogel) are haunted by social dilemmas (usually denied/repressed) Class struggles (wealth is parasitic on lower classes), abuse of power, political/social corruption, economic/social struggles (assumption of capitalism: anyone will move up, wealth will trickle down, rewards to those who are enterprising. The role of family (absence of stable families, perversion of nuclear families, judge/johanna as daughter/wife, taken another man"s family). Assumption: law is just, impartial corruption of legal system. Sweeney hates the power but wants to have it. Color other than grey-scale marks important sections (blood, pirelli, flashbacks, by the sea) Props razor as instrument of trade, revenge, mirror, past, claw to avenge self on turpin (has become what he is vengeful against) Characters and their views through windows penetrable barriers, shaped by how others see how, how we see others, beedle at doors. London industrial, urban, fear of crime, victim, grime.