Thursday, May 8, 2014




The film, The Graduate, was an interesting film to watch due to all of the drama and romantic confusion that was going on between the characters. I thought it was fascinating to see how the film used the same song over and over again, but played in different ways. During the film, whenever a certain event happens to Benjamin, the song kept repeating itself after he has done something that might have ruined his love life. This film showed so much confusion within Benjamin’s feelings of having an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner, and then finding out that he has fallen in love with Mrs. Robinson’s daughter, Elaine. There was so much confusion in Benjamin’s life because he couldn't seem to figure out who he wanted to be with the most until the very end of the film. The song plays itself over and over again which it has a connection to how Benjamin dealt with his decision of who he loved the most whether it was Mrs. Robinson or Elaine. The song still goes on playing multiple times whenever Benjamin makes a mistake within the relationship with the two. The significance of the song was to see how much sadness Benjamin would bring whenever if he were to tell Elaine that he was sleeping with her mother, but Elaine figured it out herself without hesitation. The song also showed that Benjamin had to make a choice where he chose to go with Elaine and then they both, at the end, ran away with each other. 

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