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It is through Stanley Cavells view of moral perfectionism that the following essay will examine two genres of film; melodrama of the unknown women and comedy and remarriage. In Cavells book "Cities of Words" he assigns multiple movies and philosophers to each genre, for the purpose of this essay, the following two movies and primary philosophers have been chosen for discussion. The movie Now, Voyager and philosopher Friedrich Nietzche will be grouped together in relation to melodrama of the unknown women genre. The comedy and remarriage genre will feature the movie His Girl Friday along with the philosopher Plato. This essay will also include some personal comments in response to Cavells writings.
First lets begin with Cavells view of moral perfectionism "this aspect or moment of morality – in which a crisis forces an examination of one's life that calls for a transformation or reorientation of it – it is the province of what I emphasize as moral perfectionism" (pp 11, Cavell)......

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