Charlie Chaplin's 'The Modern Times'

Charlie Chaplin's Socio-Political Satire 'The Modern Times' was written, produced, and directed in 1936.

The title

'The Modern Times' is quite appropriate and significant in the context of the film. The title conveys modernity's pride by implying contemporary time, modern culture, and modern objects. It also implies that there is no space for those who are unable to synchronize with modern time. As a result, our protagonist, Charlie (a factory worker), becomes a victim of modernity because he is unable to keep up with it (Industrialization).

In a bad situation

The film depicts poor people being dominated by factory owners since factory employment is a poor's vital requirement. Charlie (Factory Worker/Poor) used to do an experiment with a food feeding machine in the movie, and we can see that for the wealthy, the poor are just a kind of objective/thing to make an experiment with.

Humans are defeated by machines.

The film's central theme is industrialization; a scene in which Charlie is swallowed by a machine, and another scene in which Charlie's boss is entangled in a machine, though surreal, symbolizes the extent to which machines control the entire race of Human Beings, and not just the poor become puppets of machines, but the wealthy and authorized can also be among them. Many changes occurred as a result of the industries, such as greater unemployment and the demise of handicraft.

The Final Scene

The film's final sequence is particularly poignant since it depicts nature triumphing against machinery. It implies that, in the end, only nature can bring happiness to a person. Finally, the natural propensity of human beings triumphs over industrialization, as Charlie and his friend Gemin appear to flee society and machines into the lap of nature.

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