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Kabuki
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... among the general public of those days and remains this way today.
Early was much different from what is seen today and was comprised mainly of large ensemble dances performed by women. Most of these women acted as prostitutes off stage and finally the government banned women from the stage in an effort to protect public morals, just one in a long history of government restrictions placed on the theater. The players of the drama in its primitive stage were principally women, and with the increasing popularity of , many of the actresses began to attract undue attention from male admirers. The aut ...
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The Fool In King Lear
Number of Words: 871 / Number of Pages: 4
... had married the king of France while she
was gone. His youngest daughter returned with him two Britain and helped
him to regain hi throne.
Shakespeare utilized this British legend to create what is arguably
one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Shakespeare took this British
legend and conceptualized it to fit his audience. Shakespeare added the
character of the Fool as a tool in better understanding Lear. The Fool
exists as a metaphorical device in the King's path to better understanding
himself. The Fool's bitter jests ultimately show King Lear the folly of his
action. King Lear's madness and t ...
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Has Hamlet Gone Mad?
Number of Words: 675 / Number of Pages: 3
... stresses due to the situations en-countered and
consequently, he had to find a way to solve the apparent problems.
In Act 1, Scene 5, Hamlet while talking to his father's ghost was urged
to avenge the foul murder, but to leave his mother out of it as her guilt would
be punishment enough. GHOST: "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. …
Leave her to heaven, and to those thorns that in her bosom lodge to prick and
sting her." The ghost of the previous king gave Hamlet the solution that he
needed. The ghost also be-seeched Hamlet to "…Let not the royal bed of Denmark
be a couch for luxury an ...
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Fashion In The 60's
Number of Words: 618 / Number of Pages: 3
... the 60's look.
In the early 60's, the teenagers world was suddenly hit by the rock- n- roll of phenomenon of the Beatles. Teens idoled rock stars and let their hair grow long and wore bright, wild colored clothes. Leather offered great opportunities for self - expression. The clothes were influenced by stage performers.
The 60's was a reflection of the power of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. It was the beginning of the fashion reversal. Some pop groups in particular, the Rolling Stones, cultivated a rebellious attitude that was reflected in their unconventional, scruffy clothin ...
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The Godfather: Gangster Genre
Number of Words: 1833 / Number of Pages: 7
... while showing an ambitious desire for success and recognition, but underneath they can express sensitivity and gentleness. The Public Enemy (1931) is one of the earliest gangster films - the second one from Warner Bros. in the thirties. Director William Wellman's. The Public Enemy is toughe, violent and realistic (released before the censorship codes were strictly enforced), although most of the violence is off-screen. The lead character is portrayed as a sexually magnetic, cocky, completely amoral, emotionally brutal, ruthless, and terribly lethal individual. However, the cold-blooded, tough-as-na ...
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Essay On Impulsiveness In Romeo & Juliet
Number of Words: 959 / Number of Pages: 4
... scene Capulet prevented a huge Montegue and Capulet confrontation
by thinking first and not doing the impulsive suggested by Tybalt. Through
thinking these actions through, problems were prevented.
However, Capulet was at times, a very rash person, and that lead to
much of the misfortune in this play. Hours after Romeo killed Tybalt,
Capulet acted on haste in Act III, Scene 4 and told Paris “I will make a
desperate tender/Of my child's love: I think she will be rul'd/In all
respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not....And bid her, mark you on me, on
Wednesday next-” and then continued to sound delir ...
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Macbeth: Imagery
Number of Words: 556 / Number of Pages: 3
... to him. In the
following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth's new honours
sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to
someone else:
New honours come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould,
But with the aid of use.
(1.3.144)
The second, most important chain of imagery used to add to the atmosphere
is that of the imagery of darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special
tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a
tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt
in Macb ...
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To Be Shakespeare, Or Not To Be Shakespeare, That Is The Question
Number of Words: 1928 / Number of Pages: 8
... are able to
deliver their long speeches while being in a constant state of motion. This
occurs in the scene with the guards, and most noticeably in the scene with
Laertes and Ophelia, before he leaves for France. This same scene demonstrates
how the camera enables the characters to switch from one setting to the next, as
when Laertes, Ophelia, and Polonius are taken from outside to the church. This,
in turn, helps Branaugh set the scene for Ophelia and Polonius, in which,
Ophelia confesses everything to her father, perhaps only because she is in a
confession booth. Filming also allows for clarifica ...
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Movie: Arsenic And Old Lace
Number of Words: 246 / Number of Pages: 1
... was young, has killed just as many people as they did.
Much to Jonathan's surprise , the aunts killed just as many men without the
plastic surgery , without the running , they just sat right there .
"Charge…" we hear as Teddy Brewster runs up the stairs.
This caracter brings out the most comedy in the picture. Teddy is the only
character in the movie that proves to be insane in my opinion. Any man who
thinks he is a dead president (TDR) has to have some problems.
The plot unfolds when Mortimer Brewster finds out about his
aunts secret after finding a present in the window seat . Mortimer panics
a ...
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Character Change In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House
Number of Words: 1230 / Number of Pages: 5
... as an object, a toy, a child, but never an equal” (Drama for Students 109). Nora and Torvald seem to be in love with each other though. However, Torvald is very controlling of Nora. Torvald makes little rules for Nora to follow. During the time period when the play was written, a husband controlling his wife and making rules for her was not uncommon. One incident of control is when Nora comes home from Christmas shopping. Torvald knows how much Nora loves macaroons and suspects she has bought some to eat. He comments to Nora, “My sweet tooth really didn’t make a little detour through the co ...
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