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The film “Lawrence Of Arabia” conveys the complex life and exploits of an eccentric, rebellious, desert-loving, masochistic, Oxford-bred British officer who aided the Arabian Bedouins against the Turks during World War I. The Arabian Desert functions as a beautiful and majestic backdrop for nearly all of Lawrence’s exploits. The film focuses on the major events in Lawrence’s life, all of which are told in flashback form. The events include: the conquest of Aqaba, Lawrence’s capture and torture in Deraa, and the anti-climactic fall of Damascus. Lawrence’s main mission in the beginning of the film is a dangerous adventure in which Lawrence travels the desert trying to “find Prince Feisal” and serve as an emissary/liaison between the British and the Arabs. At the encampment of Prince Feisal, Lawrence was to investigate the progress of the Arab Revolt against Constantinople and to appraise the strength of the fragmented Arab t