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Shawn Reber
Professor Bartone
Media Criticism
Essay # 1 Narrative and Semiotics on The Prestige

The Prestige: Life is an illusion
The film The Prestige is the story about trickery and illusions . We learn about the idea of illusions and how they can transcend the magicians stage and turn to ordinary life. "Are you watching closely? This is the opening line of the film and for good reason, we are not sure what we are watching in the film is real or if it's an illusion. The film touches upon such other issues such as revenge, ego, jealousy, and betrayal. But I think one of the more important issues the film raises is the idea of what an illusion is.
We see our first look at both our main characters when they are both backstage after performing a trick. Cutter (played by Michael Caine) scolds Borden (Christian Bale) for tying a different type of know than he's supposed to. We can learn from this scene that Angier (Hugh Jackman) thinks he's better than Borden, due to his......

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