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Analyse how BOTH internal and external conflict were important to the text as a whole.

Internal – his delusions

External – Alicia and Rosen

Introduction “What you perceive is reality.” The main principal of the Thomas theorem and very much of John Nash; a sufferer of schizophrenia and a main protagonist in A Beautiful Mind directed by Ron Howard. The mental clash with Schizophrenia is the cause of Nash’s internal conflict, by warping his idea of reality he is set at odds, and therefore conflict with those around him. Howard uses mise en scene and cinematography techniques to exemplify this internal conflict which intern highlights his external conflict which forces Nash to redeem himself, rather then destroy.

Internal conflict is made believable and real to audience by use of camera and sound e.g meeting of Charles, hear him first then a P.O.V camera swing mimicking a head movement. Important because it creates empathy for Nash from the audience of the harshness of schizophrenia as we see how Nash sees his delusions in reality. Understanding is key if we are to understand why there is external conflict

External conflict with other characters especially Rosen can be used as a metaphor for Nash and his schizophrenia vs the cultured man/world –physical embodiment is when he is tied up and shocked – To be in the real world he must endure him pain, shock and be a shell of what he was e.g clothes and thinking, sexual desire low angles and real lighting to show Rosen as sinister, dialogue also reinforces he is a Russian. shows the reason for his ext. conflict is his internal one. We thus understand both conflicts enforcing our empathy for Nash

Conflict is central to the whole film as it forces him to confront his internal conflict which is the cause for the external conflict and therefore his warped reality. end quote where he says something about he’s been to the “physical metaphysical and delusional and back’ thus his struggle and redemption rather then destruction obviously “makes the film”

conc. relate to world and say that it also unearthed the unknown but horrifying mental disorder schizophrenia. P.S Miss did not take me 2 minutes