Existential Nihilism is the belief that life and human beings serve no real purpose and the life we live has no sort of intrunsic meaning or value. The cabinet of Dr. Caligari the specific scene that caught my attention was when Ceasare creeps into Janes bedroom to kill her, but instead he becomes to engulfed in her beauty that he decides to abduct her. Here is where the symbolism comes into play. Throughout the movie, Cesar plays a somnambulist who we assume is going around killing people. I think he is a representation of existential nihilism. Now we can see this displayed when we assume Cesar is simply taking lives of husband Alan and almost the life of Jane showing the viewer that life to Cesar has no intrinsic meaning. Even when he is laying in the box all day it is as if he serves no real purpose, again showing us human life has no real purpose.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari
Existential Nihilism is the belief that life and human beings serve no real purpose and the life we live has no sort of intrunsic meaning or value. The cabinet of Dr. Caligari the specific scene that caught my attention was when Ceasare creeps into Janes bedroom to kill her, but instead he becomes to engulfed in her beauty that he decides to abduct her. Here is where the symbolism comes into play. Throughout the movie, Cesar plays a somnambulist who we assume is going around killing people. I think he is a representation of existential nihilism. Now we can see this displayed when we assume Cesar is simply taking lives of husband Alan and almost the life of Jane showing the viewer that life to Cesar has no intrinsic meaning. Even when he is laying in the box all day it is as if he serves no real purpose, again showing us human life has no real purpose.
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I agree with your interpretation of this portion of the film, but I also feel that nihilism is also the act of rejecting moral principles. So not only does it show how he feels life has no real purpose, but it also shows how he is completely rejecting moral principles in order to do these acts.
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