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American Beauty

The significance of the protagonist's last choice in this movie is it represents his one selfless act of maturity and existential responsibility.


Protagonist: Lester Burnham
Aesthetic Preoccupation: Marijuana
Affairs: Fantasizes about seducing his daughter's nubile friend.
Repetition: Tries to recapture his lost youth.
Death: Lester (the protagonist)
Existential Humanist Act: Chooses to not seduce the young girl

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