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Arts Essays and Term Papers
"The Other" And "Taxi Driver": A Comparison"The Other" is a theme, motif or figure which seems to appear over
and over in the movie. It could be nature, women, other races, other
cultures, homosexuals, criminals, rulers, Gods, monsters, etc. In the film,
the protagonist becomes just like "The Other" in order to resolve the
problem. ...
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Hamlet: RevengeHamlet, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play consisting of numerous
deaths. The deaths that took place played a very important role in the
unfolding of the play. In reading this play the reader can almost guess who was
going to die.
A prince named Hamlet is the main character. ...
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Compare And Contrast: "Dune" By Herbert And "Star Wars" By LucasThe novel Dune by Frank Herbert, and the novel Star Wars by George
Lucas have many comparisons and contrasts. Even though they were written
more than 10 years apart, they are both very entertaining.
In Dune the story takes place on a dry desert planet called Arrakis,
where water is very scarce, ...
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Macbeth: Plots For MurderIn William Shakespeare's Macbeth, there are many plots for murder. The murder of Duncan has a significant impact on Macbeth. He, along with his "sleep" is never the same after this event. After the murder of Duncan, his innocence is gone and he decides that no one is going to stand in his way ...
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Shakespeare�s Macbeth And Dostoevsky�s Raskolnikov: Literary PhilosophiesIn literature, authors have had certain goals and have often tried to incorporate literary philosophies, such as naturalism, existentialism, or realism, into their works. If two authors had aimed for the same type of reaction from the reader, their works would most likely have some paralleled ...
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Macbeth: The Symbol Of BloodI am going to prove that in the play Macbeth, a symbol of blood is
portrayed often(and with different meanings), and that it is a symbol that
is developed until it is the dominating theme of the play towards the end
of it.
To begin with, I found the word "blood", or different forms of ...
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Hamlet: The Cause Of Ophelia's InsanityShakespeare, through his intricate uses of symbolism and dramatic
irony, arranges a brilliantly detailed account of how Hamlet's mental
upheaval served as the driving force of Ophelia's swelling insanity and
imminent suicide. He floods the early acts with an impending sense of
confusion within ...
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Macbeth Not A Victim Of Fate"The tragic hero must be neither villain nor a virtuous man but a 'character between these two extremes...a man who not eminently good and just, yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity but by some error or human frailty."
-Aristotle(Poetics)
Thesis:
Macbeth is not a victim ...
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Ferris Bueller�s Day Off�I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese in the wind.� A teenager�s life is a constant struggle against the evil powers of such high school administrators who feel that way. �� is a comedy that portrays high school life in a somewhat realistic ...
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Television And Its Affect On Our LivesTechnology surrounds us today like never before. Everywhere and
anywhere we go there is something that technology has produced being used.
The funny thing about technology is that we use it everyday without
realizing or thinking that it is technology. We take it for granted. Thirty
years ago the ...
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Julius Caesar: Roman Life During The First TriumvirateIn the play of Julius Caesar, we see a brief picture of Roman life during the time of the First Triumvirate. In this snap shot, we see many unfortunate things. Shakespeare gives us the idea that many people try to circumvent what the future holds, such as unfortunate things, by being ...
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Romeo & Juliet: Friar Lawrence Is Good IntentionedRomeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's plays about tragedy. It is about
two lovers who commit suicide when their feuding famillies prevent them
from being together. The play has many characters, each with its own role
in keeping the plot line. Some characters have very little to do with ...
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Dead Man WalkingThe motion picture provided a non-fiction insight into
the world of crime, justice, and capital punishment. The film cast several
characters from different backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with
one another. Several small topics and one major topic, capital punishment, ...
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Romeo & Juliet: Different Kinds Of LoveIn the novel Romeo and Juliet, Romeo shows two different kinds of love depending on before and after he meets Juliet.
Before Romeo falls in love with Juliet he lives a life of sadness. Even though he has many friends he still finds a way of putting his friends behind him and living a miserable ...
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Broadcasting And ProgramingSteiner's Model
Steiner's model on programming preferences and broadcasting choices tries to
show how stations come to the conclusion of what programming to show. This model
goes on the assumption that broadcasters will go after the largest audience
possible.
Going on the information given about ...
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The Tragedy Of HamletArguably the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare,
Hamlet the is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero
suffers, and usually dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and
Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them Hamlet
dies by ...
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The Tempest: Raging WatersBrad Fletcher
The magic in The Tempest was able to create many abnormal happenings as
well as different feelings that are shown through the characters of Milan.
There were two different types of magic that were shown one was represented by
witches and wizards, this type of magic was not the ...
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Hamlet: SpyingSpying is a way of deceiving one another. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark and Claudius do not trust each other. Polonious begins to spy on Hamlet to fulfill the wishes of the King of Denmark, Claudius. The timing of the spying is ironic. The two characters begin to scout each ...
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The Phantom Menace: I Swear I�ve Seen This Movie BeforeOver twenty years ago, George Lucas began filming his first hit movie of the Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: A New Hope was so successful that it led to 2 more blockbuster films in the years to come. The three movies in this world famous, space opera trilogy have dazzled and amazed children and ...
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Infomercials And Other Dishonest CommercialsThe other night I was sitting in front of the television watching a late
night show, when a commercial break came on, I instinctively clicked on the
remote to flip through the channels to see what else was on. As I surfed through
the channels I came across dozens of info-mercials, a commercial ...
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The Missing Dialogue In AntigoneAfter reading Antigone, one might feel that there is lacking a dialogue
between Antigone and Haimon before their deaths. Sophocles does not include any
direct communication between the two lovers during this drama. The reader might
assume that such a conversation could have taken place but was ...
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Macbeth: Tragic HeroIn the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, we discover that Macbeth is a
tragic hero. Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward:
all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play.
At the beginning of the play, Shakespeare defines Macbeth as a hero very
clearly. ...
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Black Ellk SpearsBlack Elk Speaks is a play about the history of the relations between American Indians and Europeans from the first contacts to the present. My first thoughts of being assigned to attend the show were not very positive. I expected to endure an evening of hell with my sanity preserved solely by ...
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Fate A Factor In Oedipus' LifeIn the play Oedipus the King Sophocles portrays Oedipus as a hero all throughout the play. The rough times he was put through made him shine like a diamond in the rough. His discrepancies between intention and consequence in Oedipus the King are rather evident. Avoiding catastrophe is hard to ...
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Much Ado About Nothing: PretenseAll of the main characters in "Much Ado About Nothing" are the victims of deception, and it is because they are deceived that they act in the ways that they do. Although the central deception is directed against Claudio in an attempt to destroy his relationship with Hero, it is the deceptions ...
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