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• Character: the little girl in the movie is portrayed as a brave and adventures child who wants to explore her surroundings. The little girl is seen wearing gumboots and dirt on her face which shows the audience that’s she an adventurous not afraid to get herself dirty. We can see throw her facial expression that she’s want to find out where she is and is not afraid just like any fascinated child. The area she was exploring looked like an abounded part of the house with cobwebs and dust, but this didn’t stop the girl she was determined to find out where she was. This scene shows us how brave she Is through her actions in one part of the scene she opens a door where a few birds fly in and she’s shocked but doesn’t stop her from discovering the rest of the house. She gets caught by her maid but is still determined to find out what she saw. This scene we are shown how she isn’t afraid of authority she tries to explain herself and ask questions on what she saw this shows that she’s …show more content…

We can see this through the costumes of the characters, the little girl is wears a vintage nightgown that was worn in the olden days. The maid is also seen to be wearing maids clothing that was from the 19th century. The setting of the house is gloomy and dark and we can tell by the furniture of the old mansion that it was set in the 19th century the furniture of the house is nothing like what we have it more expensive and vintage. The dialogue between the little girl and maid, we can perceive that they speak in a very formal way and the tone is very old English. The behaviour of the maid telling of the little girl off and threatening to box her ears off if she didn’t behave is not a disciple that’s used in the 21th century. Through the dialogue and costume the audience is able to picture the place and time of the scene is set and further understand the context of the

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