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In "Old Filth," a parallel scene is mostly the same, but the sentiment is different.
The angle and the directional semiotics of the scene are exactly the same, down to the "Glen Cove" sign and the pace with which it is cut, as in the parallel scene in "North by Northwest".
In a parallel scene, Bernard, too, takes a gloomy trip down memory lane, after he asks Ford to grant him access to all of his past loops and story lines.
A passage in Animal's People, shortlisted for the last year's Booker, contains a parallel scene in which three characters embark upon a "fast unto death" in order to persuade government officials to ditch a treacherous deal with the company responsible for the disaster.
There's a parallel scene in "A Flag for Sunrise" (1981), about an anthropologist, Frank Holliwell, who takes an ill-advised trip to a fictional Central American country and gets tangled up in the life of an American nun, Sister Justin, just as a revolution is about to explode.
A scene in which Cub is offered his freedom – but then comes trotting back home, humbly offering his muzzle to his master – is uncomfortably echoed by a parallel scene in which Marcus offers Esca his manumission papers, only for the Briton, just like the potentially savage wolf cub, to declare his continued devotion to the Roman.
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Parallel scenes from "Harry Potter," although potentially just as scary, are infused with funny surprises.
Grouping parallel scenes reveals the recurring image as trope, as construction — as a kind of currency.
British viewers need look no farther than Belfast for parallel scenes of youngsters throwing stones through police station windows.
The action begins in 1815 with parallel scenes from the youths of Jean Valjean and Javert, his future tormentor.
Far less interesting are the parallel scenes of Dwayne and Travis conspiring in their little world and those with Nick and Chet swinging at each other in theirs.
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