The Ice Storm and Scene and Sensibility Ang Lee Merritt McMullen Ang Lee directed both Ice Storm and Scene and Sensibility; these are stories of dysfunction families that have to deal with the variety of problems that occur. Even with the known fact that one story takes place in modern day while the other occurs in Elizabethan times; there are a number of similarities. As characters search for stability, long for lust or love, and …showed first 75 words of 886 total…

…showed last 75 words of 886 total…caused their emotional an even physical downfall. As the characters withheld their thought and feelings of either hatred, despair, or love they sunk into a greater depression. But as they share their locked up emotions they are freed from their sorrow and find happiness. As the characters search for stability, long for lust and love, and keep their feelings locked inside; their downfall soon follows, but as they return from silence they will find happiness.