Logan (2017 Film) Literary Elements

Logan (2017 Film) Literary Elements

Director

James Mangold

Leading Actors/Actresses

Hugh Jackman

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, and Dafne Keen

Genre

Superhero

Language

English

Awards

Logan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Date of Release

March 3th, 2017

Producer

Hutch Parker, Simon Kinberg, and Lauren Shuler Donner

Setting and Context

The United States, 2029

Narrator and Point of View

Told from a third-person point of view.

Tone and Mood

Mysterious, Moody, Violent, Solemn, Sad, Energetic, and Reminiscent

Protagonist and Antagonist

Logan (Protagonist) vs. Alkali-Transigen and its many minions (Antagonists)

Major Conflict

Logan and Professor X's struggle to ensure Laura's safety from Alkali-Transigen and its minions.

Climax

When Logan is impaled with a tree by X-24.

Foreshadowing

Logan's death is foreshadowed by his early meeting with X-24.

Understatement

The effect that Professor X has on Logan is understated throughout much of the film.

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

N/A

Allusions

Previous X-Men films, the "Old Man Logan" comic book series, Nosferatu, Shane, Paper Moon, Monty Python, The Gauntlet, Hulk, The Wrestler, Little Miss Sunshine, popular culture, and geography.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

Laura and the other mutants' stories are paralleled in the film.

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