The struggle against innocence, 5 page paper about the contrast in times between the movies Chicago by Bill Condon and legends of the fall by Susan Shilliday.

The Struggle Against Innocence <Tab/>Innocence is heavily portrayed in the movies Chicago and Legends of the Fall at two very different times. Both Samuel Ludlow from Legends of the Fall and Roxie Hart from Chicago are innocent and naïve. They both lack the ruthlessness that is needed to survive in both war and a Social Darwinist society. <Tab/>Legends of the Fall …

…had the chance to live with and without the innocence and in the end had to live with the fact that fame and fortune can be lost within a matter of seconds. Both were trying to live out a dream of bringing success to themselves with either fame and fortune or honor. Their only problem was that they had not learned how to balance their excessive innocence with their ruthlessness. <Tab/>