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Film & Theater Essays and Term Papers
The Characters Of "Our Town"'OUR TOWN'
'Our Town' has a subtly simple storyline, which is ordinary to the point of deception. It is the extreme simplicity of the story which makes the audience take notice of the play and this is when we come to realize that what this play is all about. The play has a small character ...
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Mildred Pierce: Book and Film ComparisonIn contemporary filmmaking, "Hollywood-ization" generally refers to the re-creation of a classic work in a form more vulgar and sexually explicit than the original in an effort to boost movie attendance. After all, sex and violence sell. However, from the mid-1930's to the 1950's, ...
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The Breakfast ClubDevin Shauger
Eng 101
Professor Nevius
October 8, 14
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is a staple coming of age movie that has lasted throughout decades, showing teenagers that no matter where we come from we can all relate. Reaching out to five general stereotypes you will find ...
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The Crucible: Abigail WilliamsAbigail Williams is the vehicle that drives the play. She bears most of the responsibility for the girls meeting with Tituba in the woods, and once Parris discovers them, she attempts to conceal her behavior because it will reveal her affair with Proctor if she confesses to casting a spell on ...
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Evil And Greed In TartuffeTARTUFFE
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the play "Tartuffe," by Moliere. Specifically, it will discuss an important theme of the play, including text citations and quotes. Moliere's themes are woven throughout this play, in effect, they are the ...
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A Doll's House Reflective Statement"Reflective statement; A Doll's House"
When I first started "A Doll's house" I thought it was just some out dated comedy not unlike todays "Modern Family," but in our Interactive Oral about play quickly changed my mind. Especially when presented with gender roles of the past versus the present ...
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Antigone Reflective Statement"Reflective statement; Antigone"
In our interactive orals today we discussed the cultural and contextual consideration of Sophocles' play "Antigone". In our discussion we covered the life and career of Sophocles, later versions of Antigone and the development of Greek tragedy.
From our ...
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Qui Ju: Character InteractionQUI JU
Films are depiction of human emotions, and the films that get popular or are greatly appreciated, achieves the feat, not only through excellence in technology and cinematography - but essentially because of the manner in which they show their characters interact with each other - be it ...
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Boxcar Children: Children’s Theatre ReviewChildren's Theatre Review: Boxcar Children
Arden Children's Theatre is Philadelphia's first resident professional children's theatre program. Amazingly, Arden Children's Theatre produces children's shows with the same caliber of actors, designers and budgets it uses on the mainstage.
An ...
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The Skull in ConnemaraIn the play The Skull in Connemara by Martin McDonagh, the character of Mick states at one point, "But, sure, if down the disco Mairtin was, how would I have ended up with his bastard brains dripping down the bloody front of me?" This statement comes at a key point in the story and relates what ...
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Movie Review of The CroodsMovie review of The Croods
The Croods is very funny and prehistoric comedy and an adventure animation. This movie is director by Kirk De Micco who is well-known for direct some animations. I really love to watch kind of animation in leisure time. Because I think animation is not only for the ...
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Oresteia: Theme of Light and DarknessAeschylus's Oresteia - Light & Darkness Motif
Aeschylus's Oresteia, like most other ancient plays, skillfully makes use of various kinds of literary devices to highlight the main themes. One important literary device in Oresteia is the motif of light and darkness that signifies good and evil and ...
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Compare and Contrast "On the Beach" and "Testament"The paper is a comparison of two movies " On the Beach" (1959) directed by Stanley Kramer and "Testament"(1983) directed by Lynne Littman.
"On the Beach" (1959) Directed by: Stanley Kramer:
The movie "On the Beach" was based on the best-selling novel written by Nevil Shute, which was once ...
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The Man In A Grey Flannel Suit ReviewThe Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
The Man in a Grey Flannel Suit is a film adaptation of the 1955 best-selling novel of the same name by Sloan Wilson. The 20th Century Fox film was directed by Nunnally Johnson (producer: Darryl F. Zanuck) and starred Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, ...
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The Patriot Film AnalysisDirected by Roland Emmerlich and starring Mel Gibson, the 2000 film The Patriot captures common American sentiments about the 1776 War of Independence. Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a hero from the French and Indian wars, a widower and father of seven children. The Martins live a relatively humble ...
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I Heard the Owl Call My Name Film AnalysisThe 1973 Canadian film I Heard the Owl Call My Name offers a rare, balanced view of the long-term effects of colonization on Native North American culture. Directed by Daryl Duke, the film was based on a novel by Margaret Craven that depicts the experiences of a white vicar who is sent to a remote ...
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The Emerald Forest: Destruction Of The Ecological BalanceThe Emerald Forest
The Emerald Forest is a 1985 ecological adventure film by director John Boorman that is loosely based on a true story. It tells a Tarzan like story about an American engineer who is building a huge dam in the middle of the great Amazon jungle; the abduction of his ...
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Realism In Death Of A SalesmanRealism may be defined as an attempt to reproduce the surface, appearance of the life normal people have in everyday situations.(Kennedy 1410). Basically realism is a situation that normal people can relate to based on their own experiences. Realism is extremely prevalent in the play Death of a ...
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Themes in WaterwalkerThe 1984 National Film Board of Canada documentary Waterwalker, produced and directed by Bill Mason, takes the viewer on a stunning visual journey through Western Canada's rivers and lakes. The film's message is as poignant as the photography: wilderness is to be appreciated in its most raw state. ...
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Psychoanalysis and Mulholland DriveMulholland Drive
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the film "Mulholland Drive," directed by David Lynch. Specifically, it will choose three or four aspects of the film and discuss how these aspects work within the film narrative, while explaining ...
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Comparing Spielberg's Schindler’s List and Keneally's Schindler’s Ark"Schindler's List"
Perhaps no other movie in recent history has had such an effect on the American public and the citizens of the world than Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List." Based on Thomas Keneally's book, "Schindler's Ark," the movie was hailed by most critics as a masterpiece of ...
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Oedipus' Pride and His DownfallOedipus's "justifiable" pride is based on his position of power, and at the onset of Oedipus Rex, Sophocles paints the protagonist as a just, if not arrogant ruler. He calls his subjects "children," and calls himself a "world-renowned king," which he undoubtedly was. However, the king later ...
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Clive Barker Work AnalysisQuinn Valenzuela
12/09/15
Cinema 131: History of International Cinema
Final Paper
Horror: An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust; a thing causing such a feeling. The word horror originates from the Latin word horrere shudder, stand on end. Horror is an ancient form of art that ...
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Hitchcock's Influence on Scorsese and J. Lee ThompsonCape Fear's Various Incarnations-From Thompson to Scorsese via Hitchcock's influence
Alfred Hitchcock is the famed, one might say infamous, master of suspense. This suspense often occurs, however, in apparently ordinary situations and settings and revolves around the extraordinary use of ...
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The Simpsons: A Comedy and Satire of SocietyThe topic of this essay essentially deals with the way in which comedy reflects or 'mirrors' reality. While The Simpsons is a light-hearted animation, it refers to actual situations and problems experienced within society. Furthermore, the essay suggests that the TV series offers a way of ...
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