What did you make of the murder in the end? Why did the film end that way?
I'd like to know the meaning of the death.
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American Beauty Essays
American Beauty essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the movie American Beauty directed by Sam Mendes.
American Beauty Essays and Related Content
- American Beauty: Study Guide
- American Beauty: Major Themes
- American Beauty: Questions
- American Beauty: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
- Sam Mendes: Biography
Why did Carolyn carry a gun into the house? If she is intending to kill her husband why do think she intended to do so? Why did Colonel Fitts kill Lester? Is there any beauty in what Carolyn and Fitts intended to do? Did Lester deserve to die? Is there any beauty in his death?
Lester Burnham’s antagonists are the two figures who seek to end his life at the climax----Carolyn and Colonel Fitts, but they also represent the much broader “forces of antagonism”. Try to analyze one of them.
