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One may agree with the fact that the background setting created is bleak, desolate and that we are truly confronted with terrifying ideas, but to simply say that because of this, the characters shrink almost into insignificance is a crude interpretation. One cannot deny that to some extent, the world created in ‘1984’ is so bleak, so depressing and obsolete with awesome displays of power hungry sadism that the characters become a mere triviality. In spite of this, there still remains the fact that the characters in this political work are integral to the work as a whole. Although their individuality is demised, their character and their humanity is the propulsive force that gives the film its ability to collaborate the incredulity of the ideas with the viewer’s ability to relate to the film. Also, the anti-Utopian and very much anti-totalitarian notion of the film all relate back to the necessity for character, without Winston, Julia or O’Brien these ideas could not be conveyed to a vast viewing audience. Hence, although there has in fact been created a setting of explicit austerity and futility, the cha
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Amidst the complex ideas and criticisms of political constructions, a universally proclaimed theme of human existence is evident – emotion. The images of dilapidated people working at a frenetic pace with no apparent benefits, the harshly austere living conditions, and the expulsion of anything remotely pleasurable are all deeply disturbing and confronting. The expression of these emotions is the fore front representation of the human spirit, and hence the strong consent and significance of characters in the film. Winston’s rebellion against authority is an attempt to preserve that small circle of privacy and acts as a prime source of interest in two respects. One can however see themselves in the face of Winston, rebelling against something far greater than their comprehension. Such is the nature of his significance, the propagating character of Winston is what is most remembered from the films bleak setting and confronting themes. Thus to some small extent, the setting created drowns the significance of the characters, in a pool of colourless oppression. Feelings are extraordinary expression of emotion in this world, intolerable by all means, However, as a form of obscured rebellion Winston conveys his feelings, a very simple constituent of human nature; the constant feeling of wonder and paranoia, the incredible guilt of stealing chocolate as we see the reverberating visions of trying to run away form his ignominious past. The nature of his yielding human spirit, the torture of his individualistic persona, and the retardation of all his physical senses are not symbols of lost hope, but are memories of the sprit of humanity, in the face of adversity. Thus, from the development of these suppressed emotions, he maintains that ‘staying human is important’, which we see in all those emotive traits. The notion of rebellion is the foremost representation of the human spirit, and converges with the ideas of emotional expressions of hate, wonder love and betrayal. These images tend to overshadow the presence of character in some respects.
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