- Focus on a few scenes(2-3)in The Third Man and explain how the director,Carol Reed, uses expressionism to evoke the themes of the movie. Do not just describe scenes—make a coherent argument.
- Is Anna a femme fatal( a woman of film noir who is as dangerous as she is seductive)?Or is she the true heroine of the film?
- Is Holly that different from Harry? What might their differences or similarities tell us about the world they inhabit?
- How does the director use light and shadow in the The Third Man to evoke human emotion?
- Does pip have any agency in Great Expectations? Is he a predominantly passive character?
- If the character of Jagger represents the judicial system in Dickens novel, what exactly is Dickens trying to say about the law through this character? (Great Expecatations)
- How does Dickens define a man in his novel (Great Expecatations)
- Do the “evil” female characters of this novel challenge a society based on male dominance?