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Themes of Love in Grand Canyon Love has been perhaps one of the most central and controversial themes of humanity.¬¬¬¬¬¬ It has been the source of passion, tragedy, success, downfall, inspiration, and war for all sorts of people. The key aspect uniting all of this is the drive to accurately portray and understand love. There have been countless books written to portray scenes of love, countless pieces of art showing scenes of pure emotion, and deeds and acts passed through the ages as legend and lore of true love. The fact is, however, that as time goes by, so does ideology and methods of trying to explain love. Yes, there is still literature portraying love and starving artists depicting those scenes of romance, but people in this age crave more than the methods that have been around for centuries. Film provides a whole new world of further possibilities to portray love, combining the thought process from reading and sight from art in a manner that grips audiences in a way that couldn’t be done before. An excellent example of this is the 1991 film Grand Canyon. Through various methods of rhetoric, this film portrays modern aspects of love in a manner that can relate to most audiences. Throughout the film, various means of juxtaposition are used to differentiate as well as emphasize qualities of love. Amongst these contrasts include that between various couples in Grand Canyon. Mack and his wife Claire are the central couple of the story, and the other couples allow aspects of their love to come out more than if the film didn’t have those other couples. Grand Canyon also ties in several allusions in order to give audiences further examples of love’s traits.

Rhetoric in Grand Canyon is able to convey several themes and points across about love, but the ultimate interpretation comes down to the viewer of the film. Indeed, a scene in which one person sees imagery alluding to love can mean nothing to another member of an audience. Such is the effect of rhetoric on people. This effect is more emphasized by the fact that people already have different interpretations of love, and that Grand Canyon’s portrayals, no matter how broad they may be, consist of the ideologies of but a few people whose efforts contributed to the film. That being said however, the movie became very popular for the various rhetoric themes within it, which goes to show the influence that rhetoric can have on individuals. The film Grand Canyon does an excellent job of utilizing rhetoric to convey its numerous themes, especially the theme of love. Methods such as juxtaposition between characters and allusion to both their lives and other stories of love allow the story elements of the film that pertain to love to have a greater connection to the audience. The question of whether or not this portrayal of love is effective arises, but the answer is based on an individual interpretation. Overall, regardless of interpretation, Grand Canyon’s depiction of love could not have been presented successfully without the aid of rhetoric.