Inglourious Basterds Film Analysis

Aristotle set many guidelines for the plays, stories, and films we see today. He identified six elements of a perfect tragedy, these being, plot, character, thought, diction, spectacle, and song. Using his guidelines for a tragedy, it can be concluded that the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds by director Quentin Tarantino, is a flawed tragedy.

During World War II in Nazi occupied France, a young Jewish refugee by the name of Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the brutal slaughter of her family by German Colonel Hans Landa and narrowly escapes her death. Several years later, Shosanna lives as a Cinema owner in Paris under the alias Emmanuelle Mimieux. Despising the Nazis for murdering her family. she vows to get revenge. This opportunity arises in the form of Fredrick Zoller, a German sniper-turned-actor who stars in the Nazi propaganda film exhibiting his war feats. Zoller becomes rather taken with Shosanna despite her obvious apathy. He is utterly infatuated with her and even convinces the director of the film to select

Thought is presented in the intellectual qualities of the characters and the general idea that is being portrayed which is shown through dialogue and the element diction, which Aristotle describes as “ The expression of the meaning in words.” (Aristotle.6.13) is shown in the way the characters express their thoughts. The dialogue is delivered in a manner that flows which shows correctly the use of diction. Spectacle is the appearance of the play. In Inglourious Basterds the cinematography is well done and presents a certain aesthetic appeal to the audience. The way the film is shot and the lighting primarily used serves to aid in the theme of the movie which draws the audience in. In assistance with the spectacle is the song. There are no actual words composed in harmony in the movie but the score is done so that the music fits the theme and evokes a particular mood in the