A timeless ideal adopted within the Orpheus myth is the damsel needing rescuing; Satine in the Moulin Rouge parallels Eurydice’s. Both characters are imprisoned in the underworld. In the Moulin Rouge Christian has the ability to bring Satine out of her cage through his selfless love which is conveyed through his voice. This is seen in the in Christian rendition of Elton John’s classic “Your Song” which appeals a modern audience.
Christian captivates her with his music, his voice similarly in the Orpheus myth lit up Paris just as Orpheus was able to “stones on the earth with his music”. He takes Satine’s breath away as she drops her shoulders the red blanket fall from her shoulders covering her. Christian music uplifts her and takes her up onto cloud 9 the setting reflects the cliche of love, spinning in each other’s hand in the city of love taking her out of a place of incarceration and protecting her in the outside world symbolised through the pink umbrella.
Similarly in The Orpheus Myth, the sounds of Orpheus’s music bring Eurydice out of her incarceration. Allow both damsels break social boundaries in order to seek freedom through love. “El Tango de Roxanne” is a gripping scene contrasting love, performed by the Argentinean it is tango version of Sting and the Police’s “Roxanne”. The tango is a very passionate and sexual song at this point Christian and Satine are madly in love. However he is not the only one who loves the Duke selfishly loves her, as well as holds the deed to The Moulin Rouge.
The Essay on Cyrano De Bergerac Roxane Love Christian
This story takes place in the 17 century in Paris, France. It is a story about a man's love for a woman hidden behind his poetry. Cyrano, who is a poetic man, loves to be the center of attention. He is known for his drawn out stories, exaggerated tales, and his extremely, irregular long nose. Cyrano's friend, Christian de Neuvillete fell in love with a lady named Roxane, who is Cyrano's fraternal ...
So Satine decides to seduce him one night, the scenes show jealously as Christian begins to realise his jealously for Satine. The Argentinian screams “The jealously will drive you Mad” as he begins the raw and sexual tango, fuelled with lust and desire. Christian sings his own part, demonstrating his own jealously as he is filled with passion and the deepest righteous love for Satine. Christian looks angelic in contrast, to the Argentinian who sings rough and dirty vocals to juxtaposing between the two men love for Satine.
This is intercuts the scene between Satine and The Duke. The scene is very dark only lit with several candles. Satine and The Duke and Christian are all wearing black symbolic of a funeral. The lighting makes Satine face corpse, creating a very cold feeling, however Christian is warmly lit, showing the difference the two men have on her, when Satine is with Christian she is free as shown in loose clothing and untied hair. Showing her freedom, and happiness whilst in true love with Christian.
Montage is a editing process that allows the viewers to develop a meaning form a sequence of shots without actually seeing the actors and juxtaposition and super imposing quick cuts of scenes to create meaning The love story portrayed by Lurhmann filled images of death and danger. The Duke a powerful rich villain whom selfishly loves Satine in the story of the Moulin Rouge threatens to end the production of the play as well as kill Christian for loving Satine “l will have the boy killed”. The theme of love is a key motif in the both The Orpheus legend and The Moulin Rouge.
Christian’s obsession with love leads his to say “Love is like oxygen and all you need is love” an idea from the Orpheus myth , where Orpheus decides to go the underworld to bring Eurydice back to life “Love is stronger than death itself “. In the myth Orpheus goes to the underworld, and plays music to from Hades where he evokes he feelings of Persephone which begs to Hades to lets Eurydice’s go. Hades makes a deal with Orpheus where he is to return to the normal life without looking back to see if she is following or he will loses her forever.
The Essay on Cyrano Poem Christian Roxanne Love
Cyrano, like the skipper, was brave and sure. But this story, was not about a 3 hour tour. It is about a fearless man, with friends and foe galore. Who couldn't get Roxanne, the girl he'd fallen for. He could speak to women like a Casanova but still the girls would just pass him over it was his nose that made him busted and left the females quite disgusted he was a kind man, caring and giving but ...
But unfortunately he looks back and loses her forever. In contrast Christian goes to the Moulin Rouge to unveil the truth “ l will go the Moulin Rouge … one last time”, Lurhmann uses a series of camera angles to captivate a modern audience, the uses of tunnel vision through use of a hand held camera adds suspense and drama from Christian eyes and the placement of props including fire which is symbolic for danger as the only lighting highlights The Moulin Rouge as the underworld.
In addition Lurhmann uses dramatic piercing music with the combination of cymbals the clashing of the cymbals add suspense and to heightens the drama , the high pitched choral vocals juxtaposed against a deep bass sound to add suspense and excitement into the scene. Lurhmann stage directions, create suspense adding drama into the story as Christian creeps through a side window and is heard entering the Moulin Rouge who has to sneaky evade the Dukes’ man servant in order not to be killed.
The finale of Spectacular Spectacular and the rendition of Come What may shows just like The Orpheus Myth, Christian looks back after he resolves with Satine “Thank you for curing my ridiculous obsession with love ” leaving the Moulin Rouge, and looks back as Satine beings to sing “Come what may” showing the power of her music as song, consequently he loses her for ever just like in the Orpheus whom look back to see if Eurydice is following losing her forever .
Lurhmann use of song shows a balance in the love between Satine and Christian which is an adoption to appeal to a modern audience as they walk out in song together. Lurhmann adopted the idea from the Orpheus myth that there is no purpose to life as Orpheus says “Since she is dead there is no more music, l will break my liar “. Similarly Christian struggles to write spectacular “Days turned into weeks and weeks into months”, he has grown beard showing his loss of purpose, and remorse for and without Satine.
The Term Paper on Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil
Bryan McCann’s book “Hello, Hello Brazil” colorfully discussed the fascinating world on the development of the Brazilian music industry, the customs and the traditions of the population and the political standing that has influenced the Brazilian culture as a whole. The rapid acceptance of the cultural and political changes that has taken Brazil by storm has turned this nation to become one of the ...
Baz Lurhmann ability to adopt ancient Greek Mythology in the storyline as well as intertwine timeless modern music allows for a spectacular rendition of a story of freedom and love portrayed through modern music. Both heroes offer the individual emancipation from the confines of a materialistic and hierarchical society as seen in the Damsels. Juxtaposing love through the use of lighting and costuming and typifies the power of music to enchant and seduce as well, unify the lovers together.
