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Rhetorical Genders: Performances Of A Lifetime In Thelma And Louise
Number of Words: 1305 / Number of Pages: 5
... the film’s uses of narrative and image works to interrogate and problematize both feminist and antifeminist assumptions about gender, power, and subjectivity.
In Alice Doesn’t Teresa de Lauretis claims that
Feminist film theory has gone well beyond the simple opposition of positive and negative images, and has indeed displaced the very terms of that opposition to a sustained critical attention to the hidden work of the apparatus. It has shown, for instance, how narrativity works to anchor images to noncontradictory points of identification, so that “sexual difference” is ultimately reconfirm ...
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The Tragedy Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 914 / Number of Pages: 4
... room. This shows how Polonius, a man
unaware of the true nature of the situation he is in, is killed by a member
of the royalty during the execution of one of their schemes. This makes
Polonius' death a tragedy.
The next member of Polonius' family to die is his daughter Ophelia.
Ophelia's death is tragic because of her complete innocence in the
situation. Some may argue that Polonius deserves his fate because of his
deceitfulness in dealing with Hamlet while he is mad, but Ophelia is
entirely manipulated and used by Hamlet and the king for their own selfish
reasons. An example of how Ophel ...
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The Crucible: Struggle For Conformity
Number of Words: 449 / Number of Pages: 2
... the
village and witchcraft is deemed culpable. This galvanized quite a disturbance in the village and
the girls start making accusations about who is practicing witchcraft. The girls claim in court
that they have all been witnesses to these terrible acts and can see the devil inside individuals.
The culpability of these devilish occurrences fluctuate drastically and the girls conclude that they
would keep their intentions a secret and inculpate one by one other residents of the village.
However, Abigail’s true intention in accusing village residents is to earn another relationship
with John ...
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Summary And Analysis Of The Movie Gandhi
Number of Words: 504 / Number of Pages: 2
... must
be separated . As intended the country became up roared with each other
starting a war between the two cultures. At this time Gandhi began one of
many fast that he had taken in his life crumbling his health to near death
in declaration of the cease of the war and to demonstrate his strong
disbelief in violence. He followed religiously the life stages of the Hindu
religion, living a life of poverty, devoting himself to manual labor, the
spinning of homespun cloth and gracious treatment of animals non-violence,
truthfulness and anti-untouchables; accepting everyone of any race ,
culture or religio ...
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The Apostle
Number of Words: 801 / Number of Pages: 3
... minister. He is loud, flamboyant, hypocritical, and uses his influence to become a pillar of the community. However, slowly loses everything he holds dear. He loses his wife to another man and loses his job at "his church". He then commits a heinous act which puts his wife's lover in the hospital and eventually kills him. Then he chooses the least honorable reaction as he skips town and telling only his closest friend of his whereabouts. 's conversion begins as soon as he begins to become accustomed to life without an adoring audience. Throughout the film, he is an honestly good and decent man aro ...
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Death Of A Salesman Review
Number of Words: 483 / Number of Pages: 2
... over identity.
Willy Loman is a perfect example of someone who feels betrayed because he can't achieve the financial goal that society has conditioned him to strive for. He worships the goddess of success, but he doesn't have the talent or the temperament to be a salesman, his chosen career. When he fails as a salesman, no other measure of success, the love of his family, his talent as a carpenter, can comfort him. He believes that a person who fails in business has no right to live. Willy feels empty; the fulfillment he feels he needs is non-existent.
Though he is a common man- Low-man- Willy was ...
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Macbeth And His Lady
Number of Words: 866 / Number of Pages: 4
... cruelty! /Stop up the access and passage to remorse” (I: v: 41-45) to give her the courage to commit the act and not feel guilty afterwards. Lady Macbeth is further characterized and begins to make her thoughts known to Macbeth when she greets him with, “Great Glamis! Worthy Cawdor! Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter! /and I feel now the future in the instant.” (I: v: 55).
Lady Macbeth’s depravity and lack of morality begins to have an affect on Macbeth as he progresses from a ethical man to one willing to commit murder. Lady Macbeth is deeply loved by Macbeth as evinced by Macbeth calli ...
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The Woman's Role In Macbeth
Number of Words: 484 / Number of Pages: 2
... them in conversation. The witches
greet Macbeth with, "Thane of Glamis" (his present title), "Thane of Cawdor"
(his soon-to-be announced title), and the prophesy that he will be "King
hereafter." They also greet Banquo with, "lesser than Macbeth, and greater," as
"not so happy, yet much happier," and tell him "thou shalt get kings, though
thou be none." How would the witches know of their future? Perhaps they were
trying to plant an idea in Macbeth's head that would later lead to certain
calamity.
After Macbeth discovers the witches' first prediction came true, he
begins to aspire to realize ...
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The Tempest: Drunk And More Drunk
Number of Words: 516 / Number of Pages: 2
... an all powerful sorcerer? This is quite
amusing because it shows us how incredibly foolish we act when we are drunk.
Of course their attempt to take on Prospero proves to be futile, instead
they play dress up with his cloaks and when Prospero shows up, Stephano and
Trinculo run for their lives and leave Calaban behind carrying the clothes
they attempted to steal.
Trinculo and Stephano were also quite amusing by being drunk
throughout the entire story, they even stated that they wouldn't drink
anything else until the wine ran out. "Tell not me. When the butt is out,
we will drink a drop of ...
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The Role Of Prejudice In The Merchant Of Venice
Number of Words: 2334 / Number of Pages: 9
... continue when, in accordance with her father's will, Bassanio is asked to
choose from three caskets -- one gold, one silver and one lead.Bassanio
correctly selects the lead casket that contains Portia's picture.The couple's
joy is short-lived, however, when Bassanio receives a letter from Antonio,
informing him of the loss of his ships and of Shylock's determination to carry
out the terms of the loan.Bassanio and Portia marry, as do his friend, Gratiano
and Portia's maid, Nerissa.
The men return to Venice, but are unable to assist Antonio in court.In
desperation, Portia disguises her ...
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