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The Gangster as Tragic Hero by Robert Warshow

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The Gangster as Tragic Hero by Robert Warshow Due Sep 9 at 10am Points 100 Questions 13 Time Limit None Read this first article in the Course Reader (yellow book) and then take the quiz. These are short answer questions. Type your answers in the quiz box. 1.Why does Warshow say “it becomes an obligation of citizenship to be cheerful?” 2.What is the function of mass culture? 3.What is the normal condition of a citizen? 4.According to the author, why is the gangster film remarkable? 5.Why does the author say “the experience of the gangster film as an experience of art is universal to Americans?” 6.Why does the gangster speak for us? 7.Why does the author say “the gangster is the man of the city?” 8.What is the audience response to the sadism in gangster movies? 9.According to Warshow, what does the typical gangster movie present? (p. 5) 10.What is the final meaning of the city? 11.The author says in the movie Scarface, the gangster Big Louie is about to be killed. How does the audience know this will happen? 12.According to the author, why is the gangster doomed? 13.What is “our intolerable dilemma?
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