Literary Tropes

The Revenant: A Literary Trope

One of the front runners for the Best Picture Academy Award this Sunday is the Leonardo Dicaprio film The Revenant, directed by Alejandro Inarritu. The film is intense, breathtaking, brutal, visceral, and an absolute feat of modern filmmaking. At its offset, it may seem like a relatively straightforward film: a man overcomes incredible odds for revenge….

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