Comment

Charlie’s perspective the final scene is very poignant. Thanks to the money that Charlie gave the florist, she was able to have an operation and can now see. Charlie ended up in prison as a result of raising the money. The little tramp is transfixed on seeing her again, and stares, bewitched, at her from the other side of the flower shop window where she works. She starts to laugh at this strange little man staring at her. The situation flips a full 180 degrees when, on touching his hand, she realises that it is this man that saved her from losing her home and gave her the means to regain her sight.

The two scenarios are symmetrical, but feature a flip in how they are perceived, as in the first the young woman is blind and sightedin the second. The film’s scenario is the journey from the situation where they first meet through to the final situation.