Paper Topic:

Answer the following questions according to the film `Cast of Paths of Glory` (1957) Director Stanley Kubrick

Paths of Glory

STUDENT 'S NAME

UNVERSITY /COLLEGE

PROFESSOR

SUBJECT

DATE

The irony behind Lt . Roget 's choosing of Cpl . Paris to be charged with cowardice in the face of the enemy , is that based on the conflict between these two characters , it would show that Lt . Roget is the one who had always displayed cowardice in dangerous times . In the scene where their group infiltrated enemy lines , Lt . Roget , in his seeming panic , had hurled the grenade virtually at an empty target , resulting in the death of

their comrade

It was ironic for General Broulard to seek punishment for General Mireau for ing his men to fire at his own troops because he himself , in a figurative way , has been practicing the same principles . The only difference is that Gen . Broulard does this in a manipulative manner to further enhance his Military career , as was evidenced in the scene where he had offered Gen . Mireau 's position to Colonel Dax

Private Arnaud 's death was especially ironic because , as he had stated while in a conversation in the barracks , I 'm not afraid of dying tomorrow , only of getting killed (Kubrick , S . It was also ironic to note that at the time of this statement , he had no inkling that it was to be the very army that he had served who would eventually kill him

Other ironies employed by the director include the serving of a sumptuous last meal to the would-be executed . It was ironic that the...

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