The Royal Tennenbaums

Themes

• Separation; Isolation
• Child Prodigies: Failure
• Fatherhood
• Love

Themes ctnd.

• Depression
• Homecoming
• Redemption
• Control

Motifs

• Dalmations (Mice, Chas' Childhood)
• BB Bullet (Symbol)
• Margot's Wooden Finger (Symbol)
• Royal's Indulgences (Motif)
• Dalmations (Motif) Childhood success

Motifs ctnd.

• Mordecai (Motif) Hawk
• Cigarrettes
• Fear
• Truth

Strategies/Approaches/Lenses

• Marxist
• Feminist
• Formalist (Sound)
• Psychological
• Existential