Archetypal Elements In Touch Of Evil

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Another work of Orson Welles in the film noir is Touch of Evil that presents archetypal elements such as burnout characters, dark environments, seedy scenes, strong shadows, tragic endings, extreme camera angles, disproportional settings and props, and more. All of those elements serve one and only purpose, a bitterness of life that unworthy of celebration. These elements work together to portray the imagery of unsavory facts in one person’s life. Touch of Evil’s archetypal character of Hank Quinlan, a corrupt police officer who illustrates a perfect stereotype of noir. He dresses like a drunk, as he was, before he converted from booze to candy bars according to Tana, the fortune teller, in one of the scenes when Quinlan pays a visit to Tana’s