The Count: Chaplin is a low-class employee at a tailor shop.
Easy Street: Chaplin plays a tramp who lives on the streets in extreme poverty and then becomes a police office in a low-class, high crime neighborhood.
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| The Immigrant: Chaplin plays a poor immigrant. |
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| Birds: Makemedo's social status is not clearly identified, but it can be inferred that he was not of the highest ruling class of Athens because he shows obvious disdain for the government. |
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| Clouds: Strepsiades is a poor farmer. |
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| Goin’ to Town: Cleo Borden is a low class gold digger trying to make a lady out of herself. |
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| It Happened One Night: Peter Warne is a low to middle class newspaper columnist. Ellie Andrews is a sheltered daughter of a well-known wealthy banker. These two characters work together as a comic duo. |
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| Dyskolos: Sostratos is a wealthy “young man about town” who is very determined to win the affections of a lower class woman. |
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| Samia: Moschion is a “young Athenian gentleman” trying to do the right thing by marrying the mother of his child. |
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Iran Man: Bowman is a slave.
Towelheads: Igor is a slave that belongs to Boris, a young gentleman. These two characters also work together and form a comic team.
A Night at the Opera: Groucho, Chico and Harpo all play poor immigrants. |
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