La Vita è Bella
This is a continuous work in progress about the various themes of Life is Beautiful
- Created by: Jamal
- Created on: 28-05-13 19:12
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- La Vita è Bella
- Characters
- La Vita è Bella
- Guido
- The "hero" of the story
- Makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his son from the horrors of the concentration camp
- Fearless
- Often takes huge risks
- Loudspeaker hijack
- Talking to German children despite the warnings
- Inspector inpersonation
- Camp rules translaton
- Remains calm, even goes as far to use the Schopenhauer method to keep the dog from finding Giosué in the sweatbox
- Guido: (whispering) Vai via cane! Vai via!
- Often takes huge risks
- Fearless
- Calls himself a prince at the beginning of the story
- Fearless
- Often takes huge risks
- Loudspeaker hijack
- Talking to German children despite the warnings
- Inspector inpersonation
- Camp rules translaton
- Remains calm, even goes as far to use the Schopenhauer method to keep the dog from finding Giosué in the sweatbox
- Guido: (whispering) Vai via cane! Vai via!
- Often takes huge risks
- Makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his son from the horrors of the concentration camp
- The "hero" of the story
- Dora
- Represent the treatment of women in the Fascist era
- Her relationship with Rodolfo is perceived as one of politics rather than love
- Reluctant to go to her engagement party
- Hiccups
- Rather than comfort Dora, her mother threatens her with disownment if she does not go to her own engagement party
- She is obliged to be with Rodolfo rather than wanting to be with him
- Drawn to Guido as a result
- Though it is implied that their marriage has been vetoed due to Mussolini's fascist manifesto, she still calls Guido her husband
- Drawn to Guido as a result
- She is obliged to be with Rodolfo rather than wanting to be with him
- Reluctant to go to her engagement party
- Dora: Mio papa poteva constringermi a fare cio che voleva
- Dora is a victim of a male dominated society
- Her relationship with Rodolfo is perceived as one of politics rather than love
- Only non-Jewish protagonist
- Has a great deal of importance in the family
- Represent the treatment of women in the Fascist era
- Giosué
- The character for whose perspective the story is told
- Giosué is the narrator
- The first half of the story where Giosué was not yet born is told like a fairy tale
- Guido: Ho un appuntamento con la principessa Elionora: Quando arriva? Guido: Ora... *Dora then falls into Guido's arms*
- Giosué is telling the story seeing himself as in Guido's shoes - and because Giosué is in the future he lets slip certain aspects such as the moment Guido and Dora first meet
- Guido's proclamation of how much he wanted to make love to Dora
- Guido: Ma Le non lo dirò mai
- Foreshadowing of Guido's death is implied because since the story is being told from the future Guido will never be able to tell Dora how much he loves her
- Guido: Ma Le non lo dirò mai
- Guido: Ho un appuntamento con la principessa Elionora: Quando arriva? Guido: Ora... *Dora then falls into Guido's arms*
- The character for whose perspective the story is told
- Dr. Lessing
- Represents the outside world's perception of the holocaust
- Blind to the suffering that Guido is going through
- Rather than helps Guido and his family escape the camp, he asks Guido for help to solve a riddle
- Only remembers Guido after being reminded of the riddle from 5 years ago
- Blind to the suffering that Guido is going through
- Represents the outside world's perception of the holocaust
- History
- Themes
- Love
- Guido often risks himself and others for the sake of love
- Impersonates of the Roman minister in order to talk to Dora
- Does something potentially illegal or dangerous to speak to Dora because he has fallen in love with her
- Mistranslates the rules of the concentration camp to shield Giosué from the truth of the camp
- Guido loves Giosué to the point that he will risk the safety of the camp inmates to preserve Giosué's innocence
- Innocence
- The film depicts the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy and in Auschwitz
- The holocaust is widely regarded as a massacre of innocent people
- The film depicts the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy and in Auschwitz
- Innocence
- Guido loves Giosué to the point that he will risk the safety of the camp inmates to preserve Giosué's innocence
- Goosesteps moments before his death
- Guido wishes to make Giosué smile one last time before he dies
- Hijacks the loudspeaker to send Dora a message
- Impersonates of the Roman minister in order to talk to Dora
- Dora asks to take the train to the camp
- Dora: (forcefully) Mi faccia salire su quel treno!
- Guido often risks himself and others for the sake of love
- Optimism
- Positive optimism
- Guido's use of the Schopenhauer method
- Negative optimism
- The passive nature of the Jewish people in the film
- Esileo: Lo silenzio è le grida più forte
- Guido's response to Robin Hood (Esileo's horse) being painted green with the phrase "Achtung, cavallo ebreo"
- The passive nature of the Jewish people in the film
- Positive optimism
- Innocence
- The film depicts the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy and in Auschwitz
- The holocaust is widely regarded as a massacre of innocent people
- The film depicts the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy and in Auschwitz
- Humour
- The whole film is rife with humour
- Dramatic Irony
- Esileo: Comincieranno poi con te. (Regarding the "Cavallo ebreo") Guido: Che succede? Mi spogliano giallo e scrive "Achtung cameriere ebreo"? Dai zio!
- This is dramatic irony because we know that the fate of the Jewish people is much worse
- Giosué does not know of Guido's death
- This preserves his innocence as a child
- Esileo: Comincieranno poi con te. (Regarding the "Cavallo ebreo") Guido: Che succede? Mi spogliano giallo e scrive "Achtung cameriere ebreo"? Dai zio!
- Love
- Fascism
- As the film's first half progresses, the anti-Semitisc atmosphere of Italy becomes increasingly apparent
- Posters of Mussolini when Guido and Ferruccio are driving to Esileo's house
- Giosué does not go to school even though Dora is a school teacher
- Fascist manifesto said Jewish children were not allowed to attend public school
- Rodolfo has a metal bust of Mussolini in his reception
- "Negozio ebreo"
- Political climate is so tense that Guido can't ask Oreste about his political views
- World War II
- Soldiers marching in the square in scene the after Guido drops Dora off at the school
- Reminder that Italy is at war
- Italian Jews were not sent to camps until 1944
- Soldiers marching in the square in scene the after Guido drops Dora off at the school
- As the film's first half progresses, the anti-Semitisc atmosphere of Italy becomes increasingly apparent
- Themes
- Giant pile of corpses
- Guido and Giosué are in Aushwitz
- Aushwitz was the only concentration and death camp
- More Jewish people died there than any other camp (1,000,000 approx)
- Giant pile of corpses
- Guido and Giosué are in Aushwitz
- Aushwitz was the only concentration and death camp
- More Jewish people died there than any other camp (1,000,000 approx)
- More Jewish people died there than any other camp (1,000,000 approx)
- Aushwitz was the only concentration and death camp
- Guido and Giosué are in Aushwitz
- Giant pile of corpses
- More Jewish people died there than any other camp (1,000,000 approx)
- Aushwitz was the only concentration and death camp
- Guido and Giosué are in Aushwitz
- Seniors and children are sent to the gas chamber
- Dora would rather die in the camp than be without Guido and Giosué
- Dora: (forcefully) Mi faccia salire su quel treno!
- Guido: Come lei pensa politica...? Oreste: Come diceva? Guido: Come va...?
- Political climate is so tense that Guido can't ask Oreste about his political views
- Colour Code
- Example
- Analysis / Evaluation
- Interesting fact
- Research Topic
- Key Theme
- Point
- Quotation
- Guido: Ma Le non lo dirò mai
- Foreshadowing of Guido's death is implied because since the story is being told from the future Guido will never be able to tell Dora how much he loves her
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