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Hamlet: Fate
Number of Words: 424 / Number of Pages: 2
... shape" Hamlet thought that the spirit may be trying to mislead
him in the quest to find his father's killer. Characters of the play become
unsure of their intentions due to the odd twists of fortune that they are
dealt.
Characters in the play that were so sure of their decisions became
uncertain. This uncertainty arises when the plans of characters are somehow
altered. The alterations change the fate of many characters. Polonius was
killed in the wake of Hamlet's plan to find his father's killer. Hamlet had
no intention to kill anyone that did not deserve it. It was by chance that
Polonius was in the ...
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Moore's "Roger And Me"
Number of Words: 663 / Number of Pages: 3
... When he was twenty-two, he founded and
became the editor of the Flint Voice, one of the nation's most respectable
alternative newsletters.
In 1989, Moore produced and directed a documentary entitled 'Roger
and Me', a political satire about his quest to convince General Motors'
Chairman Roger Smith to visit Flint, Michigan, and witness the devastation
brought by GM shutdowns. His movie quickly became the highest grossing
documentary of all time, appearing on more than 100 of the critics '10 best
films of the year' lists. The film was also given many awards and even led
to the ...
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Forever Swing
Number of Words: 1096 / Number of Pages: 4
... committed by a small group of insane or perverted persons” (page 151). Also, the German government did an outstanding job of using propaganda to deny the truth about the camps. When the reports about the camps were believed, the government quickly went to work to repress the terror and convince the German population that nothing horrible was happening.
In the film Swing Kids, the main characters are Peter, Thomas, and Arvid. They, along with many other German youth, maintain their “business as usual” by attending legal swing parties. Most of the music was banned by the government, but the swing ...
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Educating Rita – Coursework Piece
Number of Words: 2802 / Number of Pages: 11
... revealing passages in the play she says - “There was always somethin’ …tellin’ me I might have got it all wrong. But I’d just play another record or buy another dress an’ stop worryin’. …’Til … y’ have to decide whether it’s gonna be another change of dress or a change in yourself.” This tells us exactly why she decides to come on the course. She realises that she doesn’t really enjoy her life as much as she thinks she could, and that until now she had been covering those thoughts up by buying a new dress or putting on another song.
Right from the very start the playwright indicates to the read ...
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Dance
Number of Words: 581 / Number of Pages: 3
... with the attitude of professionalism in mind. During the awkward teenage years, only the people who are meant to be rs will pull through. The middle years are difficult to maintain the dedication with the other temptations available to the youth.
Depending on the girls dancing ability, a girl may receive a minor role in a large ballet production around the age of fifteen. Performing makes a r realize whether or not she wants to continue with for the remainder of her life. Being on a stage either gives the r a love or a hatred for the art. When the r has a hatred for , she normally quits altogether. ...
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Number of Words: 781 / Number of Pages: 3
... lied not only in the many funerals but also in the silence and the constant mourning after. One cant imagine how it must feel to lose the ones they love and hold dear but to stay afterwards and mourn the loss of the many is unbearable. Blanche has had a streak of horrible luck. Her husband killing himself after she exposed her knowledge about his homosexuality, her advances on young men that led to her exile and finally her alcoholism that drew her life to pieces contemplated this sorrow that we could not help but feel for Blanche throughout the drama. Blanche’s desire to escape from this situ ...
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King Lear: Treachery And Deceit
Number of Words: 488 / Number of Pages: 2
... treachery cannot be tolerated and orders that his eyes be torn out. At this point, Edmund seems to be unequivocally evil. This is undoubtedly false.
Two of the other characters of the play, Goneril and Regan surely equal Edmund's ferocity in their quest for power. Our first glimpse at the two surely begins to prove that fact. In this scene, the King asks that each of his three daughters profess their undying love to him before he distributes parts of the kingdom to them. Goneril and Regan both, unlike their sister Cordelia who is to true of heart to sink to such a level, give incredibly pompou ...
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Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
Number of Words: 1882 / Number of Pages: 7
... suffering when she is accused by Othello
of cheating on him when he is convinced of this by Iago.
In The Tempest, the theme of purification through suffering can
clearly be seen. Prospero, in his long exile from Milan, has more than attoned
for whatever mistake he might have made while he ruled. Ferdinand must suffer
through Prospero's hardships and laborious tests before he can win Miranda's
hand. Most significantly, Alonso must undergo the suffering that Prospero has
designed for him before he is forgiven.
Prospero, who is the real Duke of Milan was overthrown 12 years earlie ...
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News And Newspapers
Number of Words: 1479 / Number of Pages: 6
... thinks the
audience thinks is important" (Postman, 14).
The Toronto Sun focuses on the audience that yearns for entertainment
and adjuts its word selection and choice of articles to accommodate this need
for entertainment. The glitz and glamour of today's celebrities provide a
fantasy world in which the reader can escape. The Toronto Sun leaves no stone
uncovered as it stays on top of celebrity issues to accommodate their audience ‘
the average Joe' with entertainment. “Michael Jackson's wife gave birth to a
baby boy yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center” (T.Sun Feb. 18/97) in the
art ...
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Movie Review: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Number of Words: 678 / Number of Pages: 3
... the constant battle with prejudice
gives the new generations more respect and appreciation for where they are
and the people who made it possible. The struggles that Dorthy had to g
through such as the scene where they drained the pool since she touched it
amazed me. I couldn’t imagine having to perform under conditions that I
couldn’t use the facilities around me in the hotel I was staying. The
embarrassment that went along with the pool being drained must have been
enormous. Yet, through her anger she kept her head high and still performed.
This film made it possible in world where I found out in ou ...
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