Even this simple paper is beautiful: American beauty as a philosophical primer
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- Introduction.
- American Beauty as a film.
- No place for people who see the inherent beauty.
- Laura Mulvey's essay 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema'.
- The transition.
- Lester's change - sudden and drastic.
- A disparity between beauty and being ordinary.
- The process of self-discovery that Jane and Lester go through.
- Conclusion.
Abstract
An american beauty, in the most literal of senses, refers to a breed of roses. The breed of roses first seen in the movie of the same name are most likely that breed. The appropriateness of that name is without question. The american beauty is an aesthetically pleasing rose. It is, as the name implies, beautiful. Yet american beauty, as a film, begs the viewer, in its tagline, to "Look Closer." this simple two word phrase was on movie billboards across the country, and were in the trailers for the movie. In fact, the phrase is visible in Lester Burnham's cubicle during the movie. this command also forces the viewer to take a deeper look at what may seem ugly on the surface. In the course of this paper, I plan to discuss how the movie, through its words and its cinematography, makes the claim that beauty is not limited to the sheer aesthetic beauty that has been the definition for so long. The movie also suggests that there is no place for people who see the inherent beauty in the world among those who do not, who constitute the majority. Those who do not see this beauty will be unhappy. I will also discuss how Plato's famous "Allegory of the Cave" relates to the cases of two of the protagonists, Lester and Jane Burnham. Furthermore, I also aim to explore how Mulvey explains Ricky Fitt's plausibility as a narrator.
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