Essays on Charlie Chaplin

As modernistic trends were becoming seemingly more prevalent in the production of cinema, Charlie Chaplin released Modern Times in 1936 to intentionally merge new conventions and ideologies of modernity with his signature desire for slapstick comedy. The film initially follows Chaplin (“The Tramp”) as he...

Through the years Charlie Chaplin had claimed his throne to the “King of Silent Comedy”. Chaplin’s film Modern Times (1936) pronounced a notable shift in his career. The main character of his film, Little Tramp, concerns himself with the critical social issues that took place...

Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times represented the ‘machine-age’ culture as an undermining condition of the modern society. The first shot of the film shows a large clock with the second hand moving quickly around. The symbolism is very evident with saying people live under...

The well known Charlie Chaplin had a great history and career. He was at one point a cultural phenomenon. There were toys made about him, songs written for him, and he featured in cartoons. All that success didn’t come easy because his early life was...

The movie is all about Modern Time, Charlie Chaplin is the main cast of the movie. Where he is coping up with the modern time or with modern machines. It portray how people start to try hard just to cope up with the modern time....

Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times may appear simplistic on the surface. It comes off as a physical comedy viewed merely for laughs and nothing more. On the contrary, Chaplin’s film visually captures of Marx’s theory of alienation and how workers are exploited within a growing capitalistic...