"Citizen Kane is the story of failure brought about by success." The protagonist, Charles Foster Kane's, success as a public figure is what leads to his failure as a private one. He becomes an individual who simply cannot maintain any private relationships. He ends up a lonely figure whose story evokes pity. As a child, Kane lives a happy life with his parents. We see him playing joyfully in the snow. Unfortunately for him, a …
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…equally. His final abode in Xanadu is symbolic of his life. It is expensive and spectacular, yet it is desolate and lifeless. In conclusion, Charles Foster Kane is a man whose success as a public figure of enormous wealth leads to his failure to lead a happy and spiritually content life. His traumatic separation from his parents makes him into a person who cannot love because he has been tutored to value wealth and power.