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King Creon And King Oedipus
Number of Words: 612 / Number of Pages: 3
... thought he was justified in his search, he continued and found nothing but disaster. Both the plays Oedipus and Oedipus at Colonus describe what happens to us individuals when we let our human nature take over and blind us.
In the final play "Antigone", the tragic hero is King Creon. In the previous plays, King Creon seemed like a reasonable man who would listen to other people's advice (unlike Oedipus). However, when he becomes king, he begins to neglect this reasonable side of him and follows down the fateful path of Oedipus. He believes he is justified in not burying Polyneices. Because of th ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Movie Review
Number of Words: 760 / Number of Pages: 3
... the Works Progress Administration, later called the Works Projects Administration was created to develop relief programs, and to keep a person's skills. From 1935-1943, it employed 8 million people, and spent 11 billion dollars. But in 1939, there were still 9.5 million still unemployed. Another program was the Civilian Conservation Corps. Unemployed, unmarried young men were enlisted to work on conservation and resource-development projects such as soil conservation, flood control, and protection of forests and wildlife. These men were provided with food, lodging, and other necessities, and were g ...
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Changes Of Macbeth And His Wife
Number of Words: 536 / Number of Pages: 2
... in the apparitions prophecies and is also very angry when he hears of how one of Banquo's descendants will indeed be on the throne.
At the end when Malcolm and his army confront Macbeth he is very sure that he can withstand this battle. He kills young Siward then when Macduff meets him Macbeth tells him he doesn't want to fight since he feels he already has enough of his blood upon him, meaning his family's deaths. Macduff then tells him that he was a child born of a c-section and Macbeth becomes fearful because that was a thing to be cautious about. Macbeth then is killed in battle.
Lady Macbe ...
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An Analysis Of Much Ado About Nothing
Number of Words: 2142 / Number of Pages: 8
... after his victory in October of 1571 (Richmond 51). Don John of Austria had many of the qualities that Shakespeare's Don John did, he was not on good terms with his brother, and although he tried with much effort to gain status, he was frequently humiliated in attempts to bring himself fame. Shakespeare was known to draw parallels between his characters and actual historical figures, in an attempt to produce a sort abstract history of the times (Richmond 49).
Upon returning from war, Claudio saw a young woman named Hero that he had seen before going to fight, and felt a strong attraction to her. ...
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TV Violence: Impossible To Get Rid Of Violence On Television
Number of Words: 320 / Number of Pages: 2
... a recent survey, violent scenes in nonfictional shows went up 150% and in
fictional shows they went up 39%. The overall violence went up 41%.
What about the V-chip? The chip that would block out violence
and sex on TV. But is that offending people's freedom of speech? Who would
choose to use the V-chip? The government can't force people to use it, so how
could they re-enforce its use?
In conclusion, I think it is almost impossible to erase violence
by ridding the world of TV violence. There's too much violence and banning
violence off TV is not the answer to solve our problems. ...
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Epic Theatres
Number of Words: 1073 / Number of Pages: 4
... through a series of anti-illusive devices, feel
alienated from it. The effect of this deliberate exclusion makes it difficult
for the audience to empathise with the characters and their predicament. Thus,
they could study the play's social or political message and not the actual
events being performed on stage. This process is called Verfremdungseffekt, or
the alienation effect, where instead of identifying with the characters, the
audience is reminded that they are watching only a portrayal of reality.
Several well-known Brechtian plays include Drums in the Night, Edward 2, The
Threepenny Opera, R ...
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Stud Terkel’s Play “Working”
Number of Words: 622 / Number of Pages: 3
... being a trick, she had developed her own philosophy about how all women are tricks just like her. She points out that women are taught at a very young age to be prostitutes. For example, women are told to “ Hold out for the highest bidder,” and “Don’t sell yourself cheap,” These types of statements are always being address to women in society. In the prostitute’s eyes, she is no different than any other woman.
Another character in the play “Working” that stole my attention was the valet. He has three children, and he is thirty-two years old. He has been parking cars for forty years. As he sang his li ...
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In The Movie "Tombstone", Friendship Comes In Different Forms
Number of Words: 385 / Number of Pages: 2
... out.
Another type of friendship is the one that came between John Oakhurst
and young Tom Simson in the story of The Outcast of Poker Flat. In this
camaraderie the two men were in a poker game and young Simson lost all of his
money to Oakhurst. After the game Oakhurst pulled him aside and gave him his
money back and a little lecture on not to gamble any more. By this he made a
slave (friend) for life. A few months later when Oakhurst became exiled out of
town and Tom happened to blunder upon him. He gave him some of the food he had
to survive.
As you can see there are many different shapes ...
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My Antonia And Heartland: An Analysis
Number of Words: 862 / Number of Pages: 4
... the large size and vastness of the open space. He felt it was a place , "beyond the reach of mankind."
Throughout the novel Jim's view of the frontier is shown by how he reaches to the town.
Because the town has been isolated by the prairie, gossip has become has progressed into the primary pastime of the towns people. Jim finds this exceedingly aggravating stating,"." Towards the end of the novel Jim, symbolically, is restricted by the prairie. He comes to see the prairie as a burden and restriction to his pursuit of higher education. The frontier, which can symbolize a primitive lifestyle, t ...
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Andy Warhol And Pop Art
Number of Words: 1723 / Number of Pages: 7
... epicenter of American
popular culture, fostered the growth of many of the most highly regarded
pop artists, including Warhol, Rosenquist, Segal and Lichtenstein.
California, namely San Fransisco was recognized as the Pop Art capital of
the west coast (Bourdon, 1989, 12)
Subject
The subject of Warhol's work revolved around various American
social issues of the mid-century. As America exited from World War II and
entered the Baby Boom era, the culture had become decidedly sanitized.
Some of this could be attributed to the Cold War and fear of the "enemy".
The flight to suburbia, mass production, ...
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