The Graduate was basically about a young boy who had an affair with his dad's business partner's wife. Her name was Mrs. Robinson she was wealthy and didn't really have a lot to offer Benjamin. But he fell in love with someone who had everything and more to offer, and that young lady was the daughter of Mrs. Robinson.
Marriage had a big role in this play; both Mrs. Robinson and Mr. Robinson knew Ben all his life. In Benjamin's eyes they were happily married, had a nice young daughter, and were good friends to the family. That line was crossed when Mrs. Robinson offered Ben to sleep with her. In my opinion marriage to Mrs. Robinson wasn't such a big deal after all, I'm sure she knew was she was getting her self into, and to risk it all for sex isn't worth it in my eyes.
As the viewer of this film Mrs. Robinson wasn't happily married, however she loved her wealth. She had everything she could ever wish for, in my opinion the wealth really got into her head. Let's be serious now if she wasn't as wealthy as she is, do you honestly think she would be looking to have an affair or looking for a better job.
The confusion and the emptiness of the affair was that Ben didn't know what he was getting him self into. He was so confused and frustrated, trying to make a sense of adult life and game-playing, and attempting to find his own standards. He tried finding his own life style, without having to follow his parent's life.
Whenever Benjamin felt isolated the director showed him being alone in his own little world with one noise in particular. He is usually in the pool and the only thing you hear is him breathing. That shows the audience how he is isolated from the rest of the world. The significance of the lyrics of the two songs, one was the sound of silence, and the other was here's to you Mrs. Robinson. "And in the naked light I saw then thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening. People writing songs that voices never share, No one there. Disturb the sound of silence". The scene of the retrieval of his luggage from a mechanized conveyor belt, and his disappearance into the terminal's crowd and to the outer doors dissolves into the next scene. Benjamin is in his upstairs bedroom in
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