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LANGUAGE ANALYSIS OF 'THE SHINING' MOVIE

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Released in 1980, 'The Shining' is a horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Based on Stephen King's novel titled "The Shining", this movie stars Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall and Scatman Crothers. It revolves around the protagonist's slow descend into madness as his creative frustration, isolation and mental instability overtake the better part of him. The movie creates an extremely eerie and discomforting atmosphere with the use of dialogues, imagery and other non-verbal components. One of the most famous dialogues of the movie include "Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in. Not by the hair of your chiny- chin- chin? Well then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in." Said by Jack Torrance, this quote is an excerpt from the fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs". In that context, it is said by the Big Bad Wolf as he tries to enter into the houses of the three pigs. Here, it has been used