The scene that I'm going to write about is when Dr. Caligari takes the people at the fair in to his cabinet to show them Cesare who has been sleeping for 25 years. It shows Dr. Caligari waking Cesare up and controlling his ever move. This represents leaders of nations that could control their solders and make them do what ever they want. People in the audience are afraid and some are excited. Francis is excited at the notion that Cesare could tell the future and when he asks how long he will live, Francis is told till dawn. At the end of the seen Francis is killed by a shadow. This to me represents what happens when people questions a dictator, the dictator feels threatened and kills the people who question him. But they can't be killed during the day, since the dictator doesn't want to be seen as a killer. On the way home from the fair Francis and Alan seem to forget what Cesare said, which seems to me very odd. I believe it means to say when people feel safe and they think things are going well they have their guard down. This is the best time for a dictator with an army to take over and gain power. Dr. Caligari is portrayed as an ugly old man which plays with the theme of nihilistic themes, that leaders of countries are evil and power hungry. It is the innocent people who get effected by the evils of men.
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