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The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that volunteers for service in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. There he sees the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. Larry travels to Europe, taking it easy in Paris (France) for a while, later becoming a coal miner in Lens, goes to a Benedictine monastery in Bonn (Germany), and eventually ends up at monastery in India. While there, Larry has a [[EpiphanyTherapy spiritual epiphany]]. The remainder of the story explores his return home and the effect his spiritual insight has with his previous relationships.
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The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that who volunteers for service in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. There There, he sees witnesses the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He Larry comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly no longer able to enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. Larry in, he travels to Europe, taking it easy in Paris (France) for a while, while and later becoming a coal miner in Lens, goes going to a Benedictine monastery in Bonn (Germany), Bonn, and eventually ends ending up at a monastery in India. While there, Larry India, where he has a [[EpiphanyTherapy spiritual epiphany]]. The remainder of the story explores his return home and the effect his spiritual insight has with his previous relationships.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Even though Isabel broke up with Larry because he didn't want the life she wanted, she doesn't want him to be involved with anyone else, so when Larry and Sophie get together, she places temptation in front of Sophie, in the form of alcohol.
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''The Razor's Edge'' is a 1944 novel by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, about a man's journey from shallow youth, through war and depression, to self-discovery and spiritual redemption. It was adapted for the screen twice, once in a 1946 film starring Tyrone Power and again in a 1984 film starring Creator/BillMurray.
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''The Razor's Edge'' is a 1944 novel by Creator/WSomersetMaugham, about a man's journey from shallow youth, through war and depression, to self-discovery and spiritual redemption. It was adapted for the screen twice, once in a 1946 film starring Tyrone Power Creator/TyronePower and again in a 1984 film starring Creator/BillMurray.
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The Razor's Edge is a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham, about a man's journey from shallow youth, through war and depression, to self-discovery and spiritual redemption. It was adapted twice, once in a 1946 film starring Tyrone Power and again in a 1984 film starring Bill Murray.
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The Razor's Edge is the story of a man's journey from shallow youth, through war and depression, and ascent to redemption by W. Somerset Maugham. It was made into two films, one in 1946 starring Tyrone Power, and one in 1984 starring Bill Murray.
The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that volunteers for service in World War One. There he sees the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. The remainder of the films explore his relationships and his search for the meaning of life.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Larry was pretty lighthearted going into the war, but he saw things that changed him.
* ScrapHeapHero: Larry [[spoiler: falls apart after the war, but slowly pulls himself together and overcomes it]]. This is the Major Arc of the films.
The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that volunteers for service in World War One. There he sees the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. The remainder of the films explore his relationships and his search for the meaning of life.
The film contains examples of :
* MyGreatestFailure: Larry was pretty lighthearted going into the war, but he saw things that changed him.
* ScrapHeapHero: Larry [[spoiler: falls apart after the war, but slowly pulls himself together and overcomes it]]. This is the Major Arc of the films.
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The Razor's Edge is the story of a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham, about a man's journey from shallow youth, through war and depression, to self-discovery and ascent to redemption by W. Somerset Maugham. spiritual redemption. It was made into two films, one adapted twice, once in a 1946 film starring Tyrone Power, Power and one again in a 1984 film starring Bill Murray.
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The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that volunteers for service inWorld War One.UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne. There he sees the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. Larry travels to Europe, taking it easy in Paris (France) for a while, later becoming a coal miner in Lens, goes to a Benedictine monastery in Bonn (Germany), and eventually ends up at monastery in India. While there, Larry has a [[EpiphanyTherapy spiritual epiphany]]. The remainder of the films explore story explores his relationships return home and the effect his search for spiritual insight has with his previous relationships.
The book was one of themeaning first to introduce western readers to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy, a part of life.
The film containsUsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}.
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* DeathOfAChild: Along with her husband, what drives Sophie Nelson to depression.
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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_(spiritual) enlightenment.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Larry was pretty lighthearted going into the war, but [[ShellShockedVeteran he saw things that changedhim.
him]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sri Ganesha is a stand in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi Ramana Maharshi.]]
* ScrapHeapHero: Larry [[spoiler: falls apart after the war, but slowly pulls himself together and overcomes it]]. This is the Major Arc of thefilms.films.
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* DeathOfAChild: Along with her husband, what drives Sophie Nelson to depression.
* EpiphanyTherapy: What exactly happens to Larry in India is initially vague, but later elaborated to be a form of
* MyGreatestFailure: Larry was pretty lighthearted going into the war, but [[ShellShockedVeteran he saw things that changed
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sri Ganesha is a stand in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi Ramana Maharshi.]]
* ScrapHeapHero: Larry [[spoiler: falls apart after the war, but slowly pulls himself together and overcomes it]]. This is the Major Arc of the
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* MyGreatestFailure: Larry was pretty lighthearted going into the war, but he saw things that changed him.
* ScrapHeapHero: Larry [[spoiler: falls apart after the war, but slowly pulls himself together and overcomes it]]. This is the Major Arc of the films.
* MyGreatestFailure: Larry was pretty lighthearted going into the war, but he saw things that changed him.
* ScrapHeapHero: Larry [[spoiler: falls apart after the war, but slowly pulls himself together and overcomes it]]. This is the Major Arc of the films.
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The Razor's Edge is the story of a man's journey from shallow youth, through war and depression, and ascent to redemption by W. Somerset Maugham. It was made into two films, one in 1946 starring Tyrone Power, and one in 1984 starring Bill Murray.
The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that volunteers for service in World War One. There he sees the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. The remainder of the films explore his relationships and his search for the meaning of life.
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The protagonist, Larry Darrell, starts as a materialistic and idealistic young man that volunteers for service in World War One. There he sees the death of his friends and comrades. It changes him. He comes back home with a damaged spirit, and cannot truly enjoy the party life his friends indulge in. The remainder of the films explore his relationships and his search for the meaning of life.
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