Love Affair and Maturity of The Tramp and The Gamin in Charlie Chaplin’s’" Modern Times"

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Love is displayed in many shapes and forms. Love can exist without it being acknowledged and the simplest things can draw two people together. Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times displays an unusual love affair. The Gamin and the Tramp share a love like no another. They both share a common dream that brings them together. This dreams unites them in a relationship. The Gamin and the Tramp idealize of the “American dream”. They witnessed happy a husband and wife and made a dream for themselves from this image. This dream includes a husband, a wife, a house and everything that comes with it except the responsibility. In a particular scene in the movie the Tramp fantasize about life with the Gamin. His fantasy includes a cow milking itself. This image shows that the Tramp expects to have no responsibility, things just happen by itself. In the fantasy the Tramp wipes his hands on the curtain and throws an apple anywhere with a carefree sense. This shows that the Tramp holds no values. He takes the house for granted. Idealistically when someone has a house they would do the opposite and value every aspect of it. These images from the Tramp display his lack of education. He cannot decipher from realistic and unrealistic. The Gamin also displays a lack of education. One scene in the movie shows the Gamin creating a downgraded version of their ultimate dream home. The Gamin Mussaleen 2 finds a shack and turns it into a mini home. Based upon what she thinks should be the Gamin unwisely creates her version of a husband and wife scenario. The Game makes a meal for herself and the Tramp from bread and meat she most likely stole. She cuts humongous slices of bread. The sandwiches she made were so huge it could n... ... middle of paper ... ...ways on the lookout for a job for the Tramp even until the very end. The ending of Modern Times displays the ultimate idea of the Tramp and the Gamin. The ending shows the Gamin and the Tramp walking into the sunset. They do not know where they will go or what they will do. All that mattered to them was that they were together. All failed for them so it was time to start again. No matter how many times the Tramp and the Gamin fell down they always picked themselves or each other up. Weather mature or immature the relationship they shared gave them the fuel to keep going. Works Cited Modern times. Dir. Charles Chaplin. Perf. Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard. RBC Films, 1936. DVD. "Manifesto of the Communist Party." Marxists Internet Archive. Web. 05 Nov. 2011.

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