Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ291183
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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Villainless Quest: Myth, Metaphor, and Dream in "Chariots of Fire."
Solomon, Martha
Communication Quarterly, v31 n4 p274-81 Fall 1983
Explores the rhetorical factors which underlie this British film's extraordinary popularity with American audiences. Argues that the rhetorical force of the film comes from the struggle between moralism and materialism, two aspects of the American Dream, thus providing a uniquely powerful American experience. (PD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Characterization, Film Criticism, Films, Metaphors, Mythology, Rhetorical Criticism, Values
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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