Citizen Kane Themes

Our Chuckie, the Mr. Kane of Citizen Kane, is excruciatingly wealthy. Insanely wealthy. Over-the-top amounts of cash. It wasn't always the case, though. As a boy, Charles grew up in a modest boardi...

The only thing Charles Kane wants out of life is love. The problem is that he has no clue how to go about getting it. He spends his whole life—and all of Citizen Kane—trying to use his money to...

Charles Foster Kane likes to think of himself as a champion of the workingman. But the big trouble is that he thinks of himself as a sort of messiah whose job it is to give poor people the gift of...

It's almost impossible for Charles Kane to separate his concept of love from his concept of power. Yes, this is unhealthy. (You had to ask?)In his mind, love is something you force people to give y...

Citizen Kane revolves around the image of Charles Kane's childhood sled, "Rosebud." And as a symbol, it does a good job of representing the innocence that Charles once had as a little boy. That all...

Charles Kane ain't nothing if he ain't proud. Time and time again, some of his closest friends call him on abandoning his core values. But does Charles respond well to these challenges like a good...