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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Number of Words: 1564 / Number of Pages: 6
... of him to the rest of the student body. Ferris, his girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, and his best friend, Cameron Frye, take the day off school to gallivant around Chicago. The trio has an interesting day around the city. Numerous times there are close calls with them nearly getting caught. Sears Tower, Cubs game, lunch at a fancy restaurant, Commodities Exchange, and the Art Institute are just a few of the places they visit while enjoying their day off. During the day, we see the three of them grow slightly, and we see them come to realizations about who they are. In the end, Ferris has a successful ...
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Hamlet: Theories Of Hamlet's Delay In Killing Claudius
Number of Words: 811 / Number of Pages: 3
... avenging his father.
When the ghost of King Hamlet appears and tells his son Claudius killed him by
pouring poison in his ear, Hamlet does not act upon the word of the specter. He
takes time to think about what the apparition told him. He contemplates whether
it is a good ghost or a bad ghost. He plans things out; analyses situations.
When the actors came to town, Hamlet implores one of them, "Dost thou hear me
old friend? Can you play The Murder of Gonzago?" (88) The player agrees that
he can indeed perform the play. "We'll ha't tomorrow night. You could for a
need study a speech of s ...
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Hamlet - The "Real" Tragedy
Number of Words: 901 / 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 Ophe ...
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Collective Action Frames
Number of Words: 3081 / Number of Pages: 12
... of social problems and cultural knowledge in general (Eyerman and Jamison 1991; Sztompka 1993). As Benford (1997) explains, doing this entails focusing upon the framing process and providing an in-depth analysis of negotiation, conflict, and compromise in the development of the collective action frame.
The framing perspective’s nodal point is frame alignment, what McAdam (1994, 37) calls "the efforts by which organizers seek to join the cognitive orientations of individuals with the of the social movement organizations” (SMOs). Frame alignment highlights the fitting together of a frame (an indiv ...
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Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire
Number of Words: 1759 / Number of Pages: 7
... him to write. He attended the University of Missouri where he received high honors in all his courses except for ROTC which he failed. After school, he worked in a shoe factory and wrote during the night until 1934 when he had a nervous breakdown and had to quit his job in order to recuperate. In 1938, he attended the University of Iowa and was awarded a Bachelor of the Arts degree, after which he began writing as a career. His major works, some of which were turned into films and many performed on Broadway, include “A Glass Menagerie”(1943), “A Streetcar Named Desire”(1947), “The Rose Tattoo”(1951) ...
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Television Regulation: Government Vs. Parents
Number of Words: 307 / Number of Pages: 2
... range of programming available, if a
child watches television without any supervision, it is very likely that
he/she will view a program that is unsuitable for their age.
While television can be a negative force, it can also be very
positive if used correctly. There are many programs on television today
that are both educational and entertaining. There is quality programming
on television already but many people choose not to explore it.
Since we live in such a diverse country, I do not feel the
government should control what we do or do not watch. Government approval
does not necessarily mean qu ...
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Stuck In The Middle
Number of Words: 1469 / Number of Pages: 6
... the place when an employee triggered the
alarm. Mr. White and Mr. Orange (an undercover cop) escaped the scene and
headed for the hideout where all the men were supposed to meet. On the way to
the hideout Mr. Orange was shot, he was bleeding severely but the injury was not
life threatening. Shortly after their arrival, Mr. Pink met with them and they
all anxiousley waited for Mr. Blonde.
Mr. Blonde, acting cool and unaffected by the mornings events, made his
entrance. After being questioned by Mr. White about why he went psycho in the
store, Mr. Blonde called them out to see a "surprise" he had ...
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Hamlet: Sumary
Number of Words: 1691 / Number of Pages: 7
... man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. Polonius speaks
to his son with advice that sounds sincere but in reality it is rehearsed,
hollow and without feeling. Polonius gives his advice only to appear to be the
loving caring father. The reality is he only speaks to appear sincere as a
politician, to look good rather then actually be good:
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own
self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be
false to any man. Farewell; my blessing season this in thee! Act 1
Polonius gives his son Laertes his b ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Fate
Number of Words: 260 / Number of Pages: 1
... the
servant, Romeo discovers the Capulets party. Romeo goes to find Rosaline at
Capulets party yet fate leads him to meet Juliet. He wants the outside power
that rules his life to "steerage [his] course and direct [his] sail" (Act 1,
Scene 5, Pg. 403) for he thinks that fate will lead him in the right direction.
The vision Romeo sees in his dream "that his lady found him dead" (Act IV, Scene
I, Pg. 463) foreshadows that fate brings Romeo to his death. Likewise, Juliet's
life and her relationships are predetermined by fate. Juliet goes to the party
to meet Paris yet fate brings Romeo and Juliet togeth ...
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Crime Films
Number of Words: 2050 / Number of Pages: 8
... a film because they think they might enjoy some aspect of it. The film
genre follows a set of abstract rules that allows the public to informally
categorize films. These rules must be viewed from an flexible point of view in
order to legitimize their future existence. By using this method of
categorizing films the public is able to decide which films they wish to see and
those they do not. Some people love musicals and if they were to go to one and
find there was no music or dance they might not be too pleased. The concept of
genre is one that may provide benefit to the viewers but at the same ti ...
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