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The landlady comes in saying that two men are asking for the reclining man. There is money on a piece of furniture and on the floor. The first glimpse of Uncle Charlie (JosephĬotton), a deceptively sweet name, shows him stretched out on a bed in aĬramped rented room. The fallen nature of the urban with the Edenic life of a small town. From a religious viewpoint, the movie contrasts Movie, there is the outward corruption of the East compared with the prettyĬalifornia town of Santa Rosa. Which American literature uses as a motif in many works, most notably in The Great Gatsby, which emphasizes the The story presents an East versus West theme, The first scene has the cameraĮxpose the seediness of an urban environment. The killer’s nickname we have an ironic contrast embodied in one entity,Įmphasized by the music, of happiness and death. Other times in the film, as does the melody, and it becomes an ironic contrastĪs the news about the killer known as The Merry Widow Murderer becomes known.

Image is one of a civilized society surrounded by lively music. Over men and women dancing in turn-of-the-20 th-century clothes to The Merry Widow Waltz by Franz Lehar.