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Film & Theater Essays and Term Papers
Knocked UpMy extra credit is on the film Knocked up. In this film it is clear that pregnancy has now been successfully transfigured by the culture industry, adept at turning a minor identity into a popular fad. The discourse of pregnancy is working through celebrity culture, mass media, public policy, and ...
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PocahontasFootsteps Of A Stranger
Throughout history we have seen patterns of conflict between people of different cultures and beliefs. Why do people lean towards the path of hatred just because someone is different from them? In Disney�s Pocahontas the acts of John Smith and the wise Pocahontas taught ...
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Sunrise AnalysisSunrise
Considering the film Sunrise in 1927, it can be seen that Sunrise is a very successful modernist silent film which seeks to struggle between the modern and anti-modern values characterized by the woman in the city and the country which is served as a trenchant situation the man, as once ...
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Television: Technology and Cultural FormRaymond Henry Williams was a Welsh academic, novelist and critic. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature are a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. His work laid the foundations for the field of cultural studies and the cultural ...
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Harold and MaudeGenesis Rodriguez
In the movie �Harold and Maude�, dark humor is expressed continuously through the use of irony, farcical suicides and attempted suicides in which they all never happen to be accomplished by the ...
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The Thin Red LineThe Thin Red Line, released in 1998, was written and directed by Terrence Malick. It stared Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, John C. Reilly, Woody Harrelson, and many other distinguished actors. It is a World War II film about the United States invasion of the Japanese captivated ...
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A Doll's HousePlay Title- A Dolls House.
Author- Henrik Ibsen
1). Three of the Major characters in the play are: 1. Nora the wife of Torvalt who in the beginning is a naive and immature woman who squanders money while trying to obey all the demands of her husband. She is a mother who does not have the ...
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ConversionMa. Criselda De Leon
Conversions, closely examined, will be found to fall into two classes: changes of volition, and changes of sentiment. It was the former class that Dryden had in mind; and, with reference to this class, the principle he indicates remains a sound one. A change of resolve ...
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Film Essay on JunoFor my film essay the movie I have chosen is Juno. In this essay I will express how the use of different film techniques adds meaning to the different shot scene or sequence in the movie.
Mise-en-scene and Cinematography
The first sequence out of Juno that I believe is a great example of ...
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12 Angry Men: Juror 8 Is A HeroJuror 8 is a hero because of his revolt against the status quo.
The 8th juror is the first to vote not guilty because of his reasonable doubt and he had the confidence to stand up for his beliefs. He takes his role as a juror seriously and only wants the defendant to have a fair trial by analysing ...
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Street Car Named Desire Essay BelongingEveryone is brought up and raised differently this difference in upbringing affects how a person may act think or speak. Differences also can be because of a person�s background, gender, marital status and class. These differences can decide a person�s future and have a major impact on their social ...
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Blood Brothers ReviewIn this review I am going to discuss a performance of the musical Blood Brothers by Willy Russell that I saw at the Pheonix Theatre in London's West End during October 2010.
I was aware of the plot but did not know what to expect, and therefore was interested to see how it would be played out. ...
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John Proctor: A Flawed HeroJohn Proctor is the protagonist in Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. The small town of Salem is in hysteria due to the accusations in witchcraft. John Proctor was persistent, honest, full of integrity and was simply, a man with pride that fulfills the requirements of a "flawed hero" by his ...
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Homosociality and Homosexuality in The Talented Mr RipleyThe creation of homosexual definition and identity as the other, fixes the hegemony of heterosexuality as the norm, enforcing their invisible position as definer, knower and discipliner. The classifications of sexuality, as Foucault illustrates, fixes subjectivity as either homosexual or not ...
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The Laramie ProjectThe Laramie Project
In 2000, the United States projects to the world that we are a nation of tolerance and acceptance. Less than ten years ago, our nation was attacked by Muslim extremists bend on striking fear into our society and yet we now teach our children about Ramadan and other ...
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The Last of the MohicansThe Journey Begins
Set in 1757 during the third year of the French and Indian War the novel opens as Cora and Alice Munro are being escorted to Fort William Henry where they will meet up with the commander of the fort�their father, Colonel Munro. The two women are accompanied by Major Duncan ...
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Scanner AnalysisIn the movie Scanners, Dr. Ruth organizes a scanning session in which Cameron Vale faces a "yoga master" in a session of "psychic sparring." The scene begins at approximately 31 minutes, and ends at approximately 34 min and 30 seconds into the movie. What expectations does the scene set up for the ...
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Blazing Saddles - ComedyIn a time when racism and oppression was still evident and being questioned, came about Blazing Saddles, a Western comedy film produced by Mel Brooks. The production of this movie was not meant to offend people, but in fact have the opposite effect, change attitudes. With the concept of racism and ...
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CrashThe 2004 film, Crash explores the complex issues of racism among the many cultures living in Los Angeles. In this movie, every character is profoundly affected by prejudice and not one comes out unscathed. Throughout the movie, these lives are brought together through car accidents, crime, and ...
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Antigone: A Greek TragedyAntigone, the play, is a Greek tragedy written in 441 B.C. by Sophocles, one of the greatest tragedians in history. The majority of Greek tragedians in this epoch used Aristotle�s Chain of Cause and Effect to create a tragic hero, which is very much necessary to write a Greek tragedy. Aristotle�s ...
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History of The Odd CoupleHistory of The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple is a 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derived works and spin offs, many featuring one or more of the same actors. Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) is an American playwright and ...
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The Invisible ManThe stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking as it seemed from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to ...
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Ridicule Movie ReviewThrough the movie Ridicule, one gets a trip back into 18th century France during a most critical time in history, the outskirts of the French Revolution. The movie portrays the culture and society of the time through its events and characters, while it also goes in depth depicting what life could ...
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Bullying AdolescentsThe film Bully is about a group of obviously trouble adolescents who viciously murder a friend that bullies them. One of the main Character�s is Marty Puccio, has been friends with Bobby Kent since they were kids and Bobby became very violent and started to bully Marty. Later in the movie, Bobby ...
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Globalization in Blood DiamondGlobalization is the network or people and ideals through the countries and nations throughout the world. Through globalization nations can expand their economies, technology, political ideologies, and migration of people across a vast land mass. This globalization is the way that nations ...
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