How are victims, villains and heroes of tragedy and trauma valued and given a voice?

We need to apply this key question to Life is Beautiful:

  1. What is a tragedy?
    1. A movie or play causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
  2. How is Life is Beautiful a tragedy? 
    1. Life is Beautiful is a tragedy because it causes great suffering and distress to the main characters. 
  3. Could it also be a comedy?
    1. Yes it could as Guido, the main character proposes the idea throughout the whole movie. black humor
  4. What is a villain? What is a hero? What is a victim? Give examples of each both from real life and from fiction.
    1. Villain
      1. Someone who goes against the main idea drastically does something mean intentionally
        1. Terrorists
        2. Joker
    2. Hero
      1. Someone who saves someone/ something or is considered a good person in general worthy of another admiral traits, goes against villain
        1. Barack Obama
        2. Superman
    3. Victim
      1. People who are suffering due to the villain lack of control or ability to get out of the situation

        2. Innocent by-standers
  5. Who are the villains, victims and heroes?
    1. Villains
      1. Germans
        1. Doctor
    2. Victims
      1. Jews
        1. Guido
        2. Jonathon
        3. Mary
    3. Heroes
      1. Americans
      2. Guido
  6. What value do each of these characters play in the movie? What role do they play in the plot? What role do they play in connecting the movie to history? What role do they play in evoking a reaction from the audience? (List the important characters in the movie and label them as either villains or heroes. Then, in dot points, list the important role they play in regards to plot, history, and to the audience.)
      1. Villains
        1. Germans
          1. Doctor
        2. Dora's Fiancee
      2. Victims
        1. Jews
          1. Guido
          2. Jonathon
          3. Dora
      3. Heroes
        1. Americans
        2. Guido
        3. Dora
    2. The doctor starts out as someone being near Guido at work, but in the second half he becomes a Villain.  As he is German and Guido is Jewish, he is unable to help Guido, but does not seem intent on trying.
    3. Guido is the main character and contributes to the plot by bringing humor as well as the story line follows him
    4. Jonathon and Dora have pretty much the same role as the victim, Dora in the first half of the movie and both of them in the second half of the movie, though it is mainly focused on Jonathon.