Analysis Dogville

Dogville is a good movie that shows the truth of humanity. We wonder what the truth of humanity is. Is it the inevitable corruption of humanity? Dogville is set with a spare stage with chalk lines on the floor marking the townЎ¦s locations, and there are only few simple furnishings. One day, a beautiful fugitive, Grace, arrives in Dogville. She wants to escape from a band of gangsters. Therefore, the townspeople agree to hide her, and Grace agrees to work for them. However, when the police come to the town and Grace is wanted, the townspeople want a better deal in exchange for the high risk of hiding Grace. Maybe some people will not agree with this movie especially those who believe in the good side of human nature, but they cannot disagree that some phenomenon this movie shows are quite true in life. This movie wants to prove the inevitable corruption of humanity. It reflects social values and negative humanity.

Social values are something that are perceived as good and preferred. It also refers to enduring beliefs about how things ought to be or should be. In addition, it is usually built on exchange demands because human natures is greedy. When you give people more, they will take more. Finally, they are used to what they have. For example, GraceЎ¦s experience is a good example. Tom says to Grace: Ў§Dogville has offered you two weeks. Now you offer them...ЎЁ (Dogville).Then, Ў§Grace follows TomЎ¦s plan and embarks upon physical laborЎЁ (Dogville). This example shows that social values are built on exchange demands. Besides, GraceЎ¦s help leads to greater demands on her. Once people know that Grace needs more help, they want to get more from Grace. As Tom says: Ў§from a business perspective, your presence in Dogville has become more costlyЎЁ (Dogville). Therefore, Grace gives more to the townspeople. She doubles her job. She makes people think being thankful means that you need them and you will not exist in this world without them. Being thankful for a group is well and good, but if people divest themselves of all their principles and dignity, being thankful becomes wrong. It will lead people to a more dangerous precipice. For example, Grace has many other ways to make those people accept her or love her, but she chooses what was more convenient for her. She is willing to debase herself. When she offers much; people treat her as if her work is necessary.

Then, this movie guides the audience to think about moral values and humanity. Moral values are more specific than general values and refer to those things that are good on a moral basis. Moreover, moral values are concerned with what is beneficial in terms of standards of rightness and responsibility, such as truth-telling, honesty, and loyalty. Also, a human being must have both environmental and instinctual factors in order to display aggression. Yet, this movie overthrows moral value and humanity. It shows negative image, which are immorality and inhumanity, about this world. For example, Grace took the abuse for so long, and those men act like their behavior is proper in the way they behave. They do not care about her feelings, but Grace, as her name, is pretty merciful. She forgave the townspeople. In here I agree with what GraceЎ¦s father says. He said that Grace was arrogant. Grace thought her forgiveness