An analysis of how the characters grow and develop throughout the Australian film, “Cosi”.
This paper is an analytical literary paper on the Australian film, “Cosi”, and deals with the individual development of major characters and development of relationships between characters. It looks at how the original role of the opera was to be a form of group therapy and how it was a new way of treating patients by helping them learn certain social skills, such as trust, cooperation, communication, compromise, empathy, understanding, and tolerance. It discusses how the patients (and Lewis) had to work together to do something they all cared about and how, in doing this, they were all faced with individual crises and overcame their fears, enabling them to grow and develop as people.
“Lewis, although not a patient, benefited greatly from his role in Cosi Fan Tutte. He said to the director of administration in his initial interview that he “wanted to experience a little bit of the world”. Unfortunately Lewis was not really prepared for this kind of experience. He proceeded to get “smashed” the night before his new job began and found suddenly that he had no control whatsoever over the patients. Indeed, on his first day Lewis was quite overwhelmed. For a while after this Lewis continued to treat the patients with disrespect until he quit. This was the turning point for him as he suddenly felt needed. From this point on he began to grow and learn things from the people around him.”