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Spider-Man 2

Sam Raimi · 2004 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

Two years of keeping the city safe have cost the student his grades, his job and any claim on the woman he loves, and the powers start failing him in mid-air. A fusion experiment welds four artificial arms to the scientist he admires most, and the man goes into the river with his wife dead and the arms doing his thinking. Raimi's sequel remains the standing argument that these films can carry a tragic second act.

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Genre
AdventureScience FictionTragedy
Theme
Duty & HonorSacrificeIdentity & SelfLove
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
HeroTragic HeroShadowLover
Plot structure
Overcoming the MonsterIronic ReversalRebirth
Symbol / motif
The WebThe MaskThe MachineThe Train
Conflict
vs Personvs Self
Mode / tone
AdventureTragicMythic
Culture / tradition
Modern / American

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