The dream in The Kid (1921)

Title: The dream in The Kid (1921)
Creator: David J. Lemaster
Date: 1997
Description: This article analyses the dreaming episode of the kid, in one of the most touching episodes of the film, Charlie falls asleep and dreams that he and Jackie Coogan has gone to heaven, but Charlie, who has just become an angel, falls into temptation. Despite his wings and angelic robes, he cannot escape the law and a policeman knocks him down.; Clip of the orphanage, coming to take away the kid - from The Kid
Scholarly Significance: As the article says, the episode gives the audience a glimpse into Charlie's inner world, an understanding of his fears and his flaws, and the realisation that Charlie and the child cannot co-exist. At the end of the film, when Charlie and the child are reunited in real life, the audience is left wondering if this is a good ending.
It is thus clear that Charlie Chaplin adds to the touching and tragic nature of the film with the dreaming episode.
Cataloguer: Yuan Yuan