Heart Breaking Film, By Ambrose Bierce And Directed By...

This short, yet heart breaking film is written by Ambrose Bierce and directed by Robert Enrico. This story takes place during the Civil War. A man, by the name of Peyton Farquhar, is caught tampering with the bridge and is sentenced to death by rope. Ambrose Bierce specifically created this literary piece of film to keep the readers attention and she achieved this by going into the mind of Farquhar. â€Å"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge† is ironic due to the inevitable time in which Farquhar has left, and the realism he must face. â€Å"Literature into Film,† Harry M. Gerald spoke of Bierce’s film as follows: â€Å"It was evident that if one saw Enrico’s film without having read the story, one would have no sense of the author’s ironic style† (Style†¦show more content†¦His thoughts seem to carry him back in time as he awaits his death. The noose then suddenly seems to just break off and Farquhar falls into the creek (Classics Revi ewed). While at first glance the creek looks shallow, but when Farquhar falls into its depths it becomes deep, which shows that he is really dreaming. His getaway itself is seen as a clear resurrection, which he effectively surpasses to make tracks in an opposite direction from death (Literary Context). Farquhar’s thoughts while standing on the plank with the noose around his neck takes him away from reality and takes him on a journey of rebirth. Before he hits the water, he feels â€Å"he swung through unthinkable arcs of oscillation, like a vast pendulum.† (Masterplots 2) The submerging under water and the removal of ropes is like a child s umbilical cord around its neck. At the point when Farquhar ascends to the surface it is represented as a child being conceived. His surroundings are also different than when he first got on the bridge, it is now summer with flowers blooming and the trees are covered with leaves. This automatically shows that this scene is a pigmen t of his imagination.The significance of him being reborn is the finished inverse in which he was getting away from, along these lines leaves the peruser with a humorous discernment. There is irony behind his escape from the soldiers’ bullets as he swims away from the bridge. The idea that this is just a dream is the bullets that miss him while