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Choose one of the film or literary terms above and argue that this specific device was the crucial filmic or literary element to understanding a theme (related to crime, punishment, and justice) in one of the given texts. You need to demonstrate the difference between kinds of forms like close-ups or irony and kinds of themes like, or related to, crime, punishment, and justice. Next, quote from the text you argue, including either time (for a film) or line number (for a poem.) Use any of the texts from the first three units. Next, back up your argument and quotation with a brief explanation. Why do you think the device you chose is crucial to your chosen theme? Last, respond to the classmate below and include a second quotation as you either agree or disagree with that classmate.

Classmate response: In Sylvia Plath's poem "Daddy," the literary element of tragedy plays a crucial role in unraveling the complex theme of the poet's tumultuous relationship with her father. The poem, laden with visceral emotions and dark imagery, delves into the psychological wounds inflicted by the father figure. Plath's use of tragedy becomes evident in lines such as, "Daddy, I have had to kill you," (line 5) where the speaker grapples with the painful necessity of metaphorically killing the oppressive presence of her father. The tragedy lies not only in the strained father-daughter dynamic but also in the speaker's internal struggles and the impact of historical events, as reflected in the lines 27-28 "I thought every German was you. And the language obscene." and lines 31-34 "Chuffing me off like a Jew. A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen. I began to talk like a jew. I think I may well be a Jew." In these lines Plath explores the tradegy of observing her father, someone she looks up to and loves, succumb to the hatred of the Nazi party throughout their rise to power in Germany. Plath employs tragedy to convey the weight of the past and the emotional devastation it leaves behind, fostering a deeper understanding of the poem's overarching theme of familial conflict and the lasting scars it can leave on the human psyche.