True or False? - Looking closer at American Beauty - written by Elmar Pütz

True or False? - Looking closer at American Beauty - written by Elmar Pütz University of Koblenz English department Seminar: Teaching Literature and Film Summer term 2003 Lecturer: Prof. Dr Michael Meyer Content 1.Introduction2 2.The characters3 3.Linkage between the characters11 4.Themes in American Beauty18 5.False images and wrong expectations in American Beauty22 6.Conclusion24 7.Sources25 1. Introduction American Beauty is a film, which plays with your expectations, projects false images, and turns these images upside down. The …showed first 75 words of 9569 total…

…showed last 75 words of 9569 total…the film either you love or you hate it, there simply can not be a compromise. I am glad that I love it. 7. Sources  American Beauty, Shooting Script, Newmarket Press, New York 1999  American Beauty, DvD, Dream Works International Distribution L.L.C., 2000  http://www.screenwriting-on-the-net.com/American-Beauty.html (date: 04/09/2003)  http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~swinssc/technica.html (date: 04/09/2003)  http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/vegetables/asparagus/asparagus.htm (date: 27/09/2003)  http://locus1.com/fdr/aph/ingasparagus.htm (date: 27/09/2003)