the sound of music音乐之声.ppt

THE SOUND OF MUSIC ——FOUR PERSPECTIVES Introduction The purpose of this paper is to introduce, and analyze the film The Sound of Music.. The Sound of Music is one of the most classic Hollywood musicals. It is a heartwarming story that tells the story of the rise of Nazi power in Austria in the 1930s, and how one family coped with the historic and frightening events swirling around them. The first story —Making the von Trapp Family The first story covers the area most people cherish and remember: the romance and eventual wedding between Maria and the Captain .The romance takes care of the Relationship Throughline, or the We perspective. The conflict between the two grows from the disparity between how each thinks. They know how they feel about each other, or at least can sense it, but how to actually make it all work becomes an entirely different matter. Marias personal issues have to do with her station in life and how she defines herself. If their romantic relationship encompasses the heart of this first story, then it only follows that one of them will be the Main Character and the other the Influence Character. Clearly Maria represents the audience’s eyes into the story, with the strict rules-oriented Captain as the Influence Character. Maria’s personal problems center around her place in life – is she a nun or isn’t she? The Captain has issues of his own surrounding his former wife – can he forget his love once and for all, or is he to be always reminded of what she was like and how happy his family used to be? music The second story—The Rise of the Nazis Ooohhhh, sounds scary. But that is what the second story is all about. Instead of taking an objectified look at the efforts to create a family, this story takes an objectified look at how the characters deal with the rise of Nazism. The Captain sits at the center of this conflict, trying to stop his country’s knee-jerk response into fascism. The bittersweet feeling at the end comes as a direct