Gosford Park Class Relations

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In the film Gosford Park, class relations in society was evident in numerous ways, the movie was split between people of low and high class. For example, individuals of high class were treated with more luxury than, feasts, wine, big bedrooms etc; whereas individuals of lower class were servants, has to share bedrooms, and did not get much luxury. Some people might say the movie did not have both bad and good guys, and other that it had both. I ponder the movie has both bad and good guys, the bad guys would be those who were involved in the murder, and the good guys would be those that were victims. However, i noticed that at some point in the movie most individuals did something ‘bad’. Themes incorporated in the films include mystery, murder,

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