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Dark American Dreams
Although recounting stories from two different periods, both Citizen Kane and American Beauty examine the shifting nature of the American Dream. ... Similarly, Sam Mendes’ American Beauty depicts the contradictions between images people reflect and reality. ... They are often blinded by material aspirations, scared by personal frustrations and finally get deprived from humanity; the American Dream slowly turns into a nightmare. ... He is therefore first depicted as a very successful and powerful man, a true incarnation of the American Dream. ...
Carolyn Burnham, a real estate agent, similarly seems to be trapped in the superficial comfort of materialism in American Beauty. ...
We thus see that both films have similar depiction of the American Dream. ... American Beauty portrays the same phenomena within a much more smaller, every-day family, which shows how the lust for money and success spread through society with time. Both films give us the dark side of the so-called American Dream, where humanity is lost and relationships can no longer exist.
Approximate Word count = 1100
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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