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Much Ado About Nothing: The Film Directed By Branagh
Number of Words: 1544 / Number of Pages: 6
... there is a close-up of each soldiers face; they raise their fists to signal victory. The excitement is intense. Everyone rushes to the villa amid laughter, squeals, soaring music, shedding cloths, bare bottoms, and bathing. The mood is set. Utilizing the beautiful rose colored villa, gorgeous scenery, glorious music, imaginative cinematography, Branagh's Much Ado is more sensual and aesthetic than intellectual. Shakespeare relied almost wholly on his language for effect-- his sensuality was verbal, Branagh's is visual.
Shakespeare's mood is formal. His society is insecure and so concerned with ...
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Hamlet's Odd Behavior
Number of Words: 2512 / Number of Pages: 10
... for killing the king is legitimate, then Claudius should die at about Act 3. Because Hamlet’s actions do not correspond with his given reasoning, one is forced to look for an alternate explanation for Hamlet’s behavior. In doing so, one will come to the conclusion that Hamlet is driven by forces other than what is obvious to the reader, as well as Hamlet himself. Given this example, one must denounce the assumption that Hamlet is aware of the forces that motivate him, and understand that Hamlet’s true motivation is unconscious This unconscious force is the true reason behind Hamlet’s mysterious behavi ...
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Antigone: Changing Views Of The Chorus
Number of Words: 807 / Number of Pages: 3
... Antigone and her exiled father Oedipus. At this point they still sing
praise for King Creon and his unwavering decisions concerning the law which was
placed upon the city regarding the body of Polynices: “When he weaves in the
laws of the land, and the justice of the gods that binds his oaths together, he
and his city rise high--but the city casts out that man who weds himself to
inhumanity thanks to reckless daring. Never share my hearth never think my
thoughts, whoever does such things.” (Lines 409-416) In my opinion the man
laying down the law here is Creon and Antigone is the “man” ...
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Movie - Dead Man Walking: Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 872 / Number of Pages: 4
... behind the killer, the
parents of the murdered would not allow Sister to talk to them, or accept
Sister in their home at any time.
At the beginning of the movie, Sister Jean feels completely
different than she does at the end of the movie. Early in the movie,
Sister feels somewhat afraid, and does not feel like she wants to help out
with his case. But after Sister agreed to have a private session with the
killer, she changes her mind, and agrees to help him out. Sister starts to
talk to the killer, and shes a different side of the killer that no one
else has seen. She sees a man of compassion, a m ...
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Death In Hamlet
Number of Words: 945 / Number of Pages: 4
... foul and most unnatural murder" through killing Claudius, the murderer "with traitorous gifts" who killed King Hamlet. Claudius became aware that Hamlet knew the truth and that he was conspiring against him. As a result, he devised a fight in which Hamlet was slain by Laertes. However, before Hamlet died he managed to kill Claudius. Hamlet's determination to avenge his father's death is what led to his own death. But through these actions, he was able to honor and redeem his father, therefore dying a morally acceptable death.
According to Elizabethan standards it was acceptable to die due ...
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Movie: The Caine Mutiny - Evaluating The Performance Of A Government
Number of Words: 776 / Number of Pages: 3
... it is properly following the
constitution, but if it isn't ensuing the constitution, then the fundamental
purposes aren't being achieved. Within the constitution, there is power granted
to impeach the leader if he/she is not implementing their primary services. In
the movie, we see captain Queeg as one who is incompetent of achieving his job
as the leader. Captain Queeg can be easily compared with Charles III—king of
England during the Revolutionary War. He was old, and powerful, and with
authority, but also wrong. Captain's new position angered many sailors aboard
the old battle ship with his st ...
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A Marxist Criticism On "The Importance Of Being Earnest"
Number of Words: 1419 / Number of Pages: 6
... leaves a very good
opportunity to make a Marxist critique about the way the class structure
influences the play. He leaves room for these critiques when he writes about
the servants, the nobles, and the middle class. His view on society and class
is very evident on the way the servants are portrayed.
"‘I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane'"
"‘No sir; it's not a very interesting subject. I never think of it
myself.'"
In this passage from the play it is very clear that Wilde likes to give
his characters some life, but however it seemed that he was giving the servant ...
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Art
Number of Words: 4348 / Number of Pages: 16
... and nobility
of man. They give these concepts an order to help us understand life in a
greater depth. In understanding the history and style of any period of art, we
have to comprehend the balance between social and political development of that
particular era. Within each and every period, development of style is affected
by a response to particular philosophies, social and economic conditions,
political and spiritual influences. World Issues have been reflected in art
throughout the ages, and this premise is supported by three particular periods
of time. This is clearly evident when viewing anci ...
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Grunge Literature
Number of Words: 1358 / Number of Pages: 5
... Zero, American Psycho.
The River Ophelia was Ettler's first published novel but was written after
Marilyn's Almost Terminal New York Adventure which has just been released.
The River Ophelia was a 'heavy duty' novel. Confronting, repetitive and
relentless in its portrayal of an obsessive, self-abusive woman called
'Justine' and her quest for love. It has been hounded as anti-feminist
because it portrays women as weak, pathetic victims of themselves as much
as of the patriarchy yet it writes under the guise of sexual reclamation,
Justine masturbates at least once a chapter and the novel drips with a ...
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Analytic Play Review Of The Taming Of The Shrew
Number of Words: 1032 / Number of Pages: 4
... assertive
woman coping with how she is expected to act in the society of the late
sixteenth century and of how one must obey the unwritten rules of a
society to be accepted in it. Although the play ends with her outwardly
conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind.
Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still
retains her assertiveness.
Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters
create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device
first introduced in the induction. Initially this is accomplished by
havi ...
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