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Baz Luhrmann's Use Of Eradication Scene In The Great Gatsby

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Baz Luhrmann uses pathetic fallacy, symbolism, diegetic sound, music, and camera shots to foreshadow how Gatsby will inevitably end up.During this moment, we first see an extreme long shot of the Buchanan's house during night, the shot then is cut to a birds eye view shot of george opening a drawer, george then throws myrtles pearls in the drawer he then pulls out a gun, the camera then zooms into a close up shot of george looking at the gun Eckleburg blue eyes poster from the valley of ashes and george in a voiceover says “god sees everything” we then zoom into the poster and are shown an extreme long shot of the buchanan's house yet again although this time it is day, and the green light flashes bringing us to the end of the moment.Pathetic fallacy reveals to us, the mood of the scene, in the extreme long shot of the buchanan's house at the end of the moment during the day, and the extreme long shot of the buchan day, the change in lighting in these shots, is to shows us how daisy and tom have not been affected in anyway, they both still somewhat have the american dream.The symbolism of this moment is very strong, George throws Myrtle's pearls into the same drawer that he pulls out the gun, this symbolizes what George is willing to do for Myrtle.
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