Ang Lee directed both Ice Storm and Scene and Sensibility; these are stories of dysfunction families that have to deal with the variety of problems that occur. Even with the known fact that one story takes place in modern day while the other occurs in Elizabethan times; there are a number of similarities. As characters search for stability, long for lust or love, and keep their feelings locked inside; their downfall soon follows, but as they return from silence they will find happiness.

Mikey seeks stability in his life of chaos and troubles. He yearns for this stability because he lacks a secure family lifestyle. The Dashwood sisters are much like Mikey in the since that they too yearn for a steady lifestyle with one man. They are in a constant search for a husband that would give them the stable life that they long for. As for both Mikey and the sisters this stability causes death. Mikey is fascinated with molecules and the cleanliness; he believed the molecules had stopped when they were frozen. Everything being frozen is a symbol of stability, but this is an illusion because the ice will soon melt and therefore no longer be stabile. Immediately after Mik

In the Ice Storm, a modern day movie, the characters desire sex and lust for one another. In Scene and Sensibility, set in the past, the characters desire love and a husband, not once did they show a couple even kiss. Agg Lee shows how people in the past had different morals and standards then we do today. But the longing for sex and affairs are equal to the longing for love, in the past. The key parties in a since are equal to London, they both symbolize the breaking of relationships. The key parties are the official rock bottom in a couple's relationship; true love which should be the basis in the relationship is not being valued. Similar to this in London is where all the truth is reveled and the couples officially breakup; at this point the sister's have also hit rock bottom within their lives. The social classes keep lovers away from happiness, true love and stability; just as the key parties keep the family distant from happiness and a stable life.

Problems in the characters lives of both the Ice Storm and Sense and Sensibility caused their emotional an even physical downfall. As the characters withheld their thought and feelings of either hatred, despair, or love they sunk into a greater depression. But as they share their locked up emotions they are freed from their sorrow and fi

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