Both essay assignments should be submitted to Turnitin by 11:59 pm on December 19th. You will have some reading due during the week next week, so make sure you make progress on the essays this weekend.
Kane Device Analysis
Please write a 2 page minimum (typed, double-spaced) reflection paper on the use of a minimum of 3 film techniques in Citizen Kane. Please describe the specific effect and analyze how its use contributes to the meaning of the film. There are no structural requirements for the paper, but the paper should be written in formal voice.
Kane Character Analysis Paper
You are writing a character analysis paper focusing on Charles Foster Kane. Again, it will be in formal voice, 2 pages, double-spaced, but no structure requirements. Consider discussing Kane's influences, motivations, desires, fears, relationships with others, etc. Do your best to use some quotations from the movie
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