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Repetition In La Migala

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Producer, Jaime Dezcallar’s short film,.uses repetition to emphasize life in his short film, La Migala. La Migala, is a reminder that fear exists in love. After a devastating heartbreak, a man forced himself to live with one of his greatest childhood fears, a bird spider. He decides to purchase and live with the spider to hopefully overcome his fear of being bitten. He demonstrates the use of repetition by feeding the spider everyday to keep it alive, because he wants to feed his fear so it can live. The repetition of this is useful as it takes place of the one he lost after the heartbreak. In addition, he feeds himself so that he can exist, he wants the opportunity to live with his fear. He also searches cautiously everyday for the spider
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