ROMAN HOLIDAY



1. The old meaning of this phrase and the present, the contrast?

2. How was this story a variation on the Cinderella theme? How did it get its meaning from this variation on a theme? How was this a modern fairy story? How delightful as a fairy story?

3. Did the director give the film the necessary light touch that the film deserved? How? Could the atmosphere of the film been improved?

4. How did the film highlight the nature of human freedom and a persons right to enjoy life and freedom? How good a thing in this freedom?

5, How did it show the necessary conflict between duty and the need to feel free?

6. How did it show the contrast between freedom and the exploitation of freedom by duties. convention, by force of circumstances, by exploiters?

7. What did the film say true happiness is ?

8. What kind of person was Unya? As a woman, as a girl, as a princess, as a diplomat? How regal was she when necessary? How spoilt was she? The effect of the tour on her? Her delight in her freedom? Her delight in experiencing the ordinariness of life and the fact that people could relate to her and trust her? How did this transform her? What insights into life and reality did this give her?

9. What kind of man was Joe? As a newspaper man exploiting his story? as a gentleman, American, being persuaded to decency by a lady? How was he transformed by his experience with Unya?

10. What did Irving contribute to the film? Comedy? His photographs? His greed? Why did he change to Joe’s opinion eventually?

11. How did the film use conventions about propriety? How did it use them ironically? How was this highlighted by the final audience with the princess?

12. What were the highlights of the princess's day of freedom? Why?

13. Why do fairy stories have morals? what moral was made during this story?

14. Did the film deserve the awards it won, especially Audrey Hepburn's Oscar?