Need Help! Symbols in Citizen Kane

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04-14-06, 01:52 PM

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Need Help! Symbols in Citizen Kane

I need to write about 5 Symbols from the Movie Citizen Kane for a Cinema History Report, so far I have 3 :Sleds, Statues, and the Snow Globe, I need 2 More! if any of you guys could help it would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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04-14-06, 01:53 PM

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Jigsaw Puzzles is another.

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04-14-06, 01:55 PM

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04-14-06, 02:01 PM

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thanks, any chance you guys can just briefly describe the symbollism in these two things?

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04-14-06, 02:02 PM

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i'm sure bernhard herrmann's score had some cymbals in it.

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04-14-06, 02:05 PM

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thanks, any chance you guys can just briefly describe the symbollism in these two things?

No, write your own paper. I'll provide directions to go in, but I'm not writing for you. Sorry.

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04-14-06, 02:06 PM

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its not that, its just that am bad at things like that.

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04-14-06, 02:10 PM

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its not that, its just that am bad at things like that.

Well, you aren't going to get better if you ask people to do it for you.

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04-14-06, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeyGaGa0713

its not that, its just that am bad at things like that.

then read a book (or two) on the subject. there are plenty out there with titles like "understanding movies" and "movies and their meanings", "symbolism for dummies", etc, etc.

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