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Movie: Anna And The King
Number of Words: 507 / Number of Pages: 2
... controlling and was also a religious man who practiced Buddhism. Buddhism is a complex set of beliefs built around teaching of a single man. The king had told the Siamese people that he had a vision, and this vision was of a white elephant. Supposedly, Buddha showed this white elephant to him threw a vision to modernize Siam. Some of the people of Siam did not the idea of the king trying to of a modern Siam, which was influenced by the British. At that time, the British had formed a Biamesian Army. The soldiers would invaded small villages of people including the women and children, killing them and th ...
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Similarities Of Two Famous Tales Of Love
Number of Words: 695 / Number of Pages: 3
... John was much like Tybalt's peace keeping foil character, Mercutio. Lastly,
Doc tried to help Tony and stop all the insanity around him like Friar Laurence.
In both stories, comic relief occurred to keep the audience interested,
but the two plays usually differed in their approaches to comedy. In Romeo And
Juliet, Mercutio amused the audience with his actions and soliloquies. Westside
Story didn't have a character like Mercutio, so it used a combination of their
dance and characters for comic relief. The Jets performed a humorous song that
mocked Officer Krumpke. Also, to enliven the ...
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Macbeth: Imagery Of Planting
Number of Words: 966 / Number of Pages: 4
... character are planted early in the play, and they foreshadow his downfall," (Brooks). In the early scenes of the play evil is scarcely visible in Macbeth, but it spreads through his soul at an alarming speed. Macbeth takes his first giant step towards complete corruption when he murders his gracious king, Duncan. Duncan thinks highly of Macbeth and praises him often, such as when he states, "I have begun to plant thee, and will labor/ To make thee full of growing." (IV, 4; 28-29) The irony is that when Duncan fails to pronounce Macbeth his successor shortly after this phrase, he firmly plants th ...
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Macbeth: Shakespeare's Comparisons And Contrasts
Number of Words: 433 / Number of Pages: 2
... go after the throne. She wants to be tough and begs the spirits to "unsex me
here." Macbeth, on the other hand, hesitates to murder Duncan for several
reasons. Among these reasons the earthly consequences frighten him the most.
How would his new subjects react? Would the kingdom disrupt in chaos?
Furthermore Macbeth cannot escape present punishment if he fails. We see Lady
Macbeth's persuasiveness producing a new courage in her husband and that courage
is manly enough to perform murder. Therefore, Macbeth has no reasons for
murdering Duncan except for his "vaulting ambition," his lust for ...
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King Lear: A Shakespearean Tragedy
Number of Words: 1189 / Number of Pages: 5
... tragedy. The fall of the hero
is not felt by him alone but creates a chain reaction which affects
everything below him. There must also be the element of chance or accident
that influences some point in the play.
King Lear meets all of these requirements that has been laid out by
Bradley which is the most logical for a definition of a tragedy as compared
to the definition of a comedy by G. Wilson Knight.
The main character of the play would be King Lear who in terms of
Bradley would be the hero and hold the highest position is the social chain.
Lear out of Pride and anger has banished ...
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The Success Of Michael Crichton's Novels In The Media Industry
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... learning something as they quickly flip the pages
(Kakutui 3).
Michael Crichton has definitely made a boom in the entertainment
industry. Whether it is his top grossing movies or his top rated television
shows like E.R. which took a leading twenty prime-time Emmy nominations last
year including best drama (Carter 23).
Crichton's latest movie Congo, which had a great opening weekend, was
one of his successes. This movie was based on a book that Crichton wrote in the
early 80's, long before he became the entertainment powerhouse that he is now.
Chrichton's novels seem to be written for big screen tra ...
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Macbeth Not A Victim Of Fate
Number of Words: 869 / Number of Pages: 4
... actions could be seen as attempts to vindicate his manhood. In weak opposition to the murder and in defense of his manhood, Macbeth argues, "I dare do all that may become a man who dares do more is none." His wife argues that by being more daring, he will become more of a man: (Act 1, Sc 7 49-51) " When you durst do it, then you were a man and, to be more than what you were, you would be so much more the man." Later that night, Macbeth is executing his beloved monarch. In Act Three, Macbeth sees an appartion of the dear friend he had sentenced to death, Lady Macbeth cuts into him again with th ...
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Romeo And Juliet: Chance And Its Role
Number of Words: 713 / Number of Pages: 3
... Coincidence cannot be
involved now because it is too early in the story. Also by chance, the
servants are talking of their hatred of the other family and there
unwillingness to bear insults. The opening line of the play is, "Gregory,
on my word, we'll not carry coals. "(pg.6)" Meaning he will not stand for
any insults. This results in the fight that forces Prince Escalus to make
the decree that "If ever you disturb our streets again your lives shall pay
the forfeit of the peace." (pg.14) He is saying that the next person who
starts a fight will be executed. This decree results in Romeo's banish ...
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Dead Poets Society
Number of Words: 1144 / Number of Pages: 5
... faces of
his friends as he tells them his news. Their facial expressions as showed by
the camera are delightful and happy ones. This makes Knox even more happy.
The scene ends with a close up of Knox hanging up the phone and then a
high level shot of him running up the stairs.
Scene where Mr Keating tell the class to come up and stand on the desk.
To start this scene camera view as seen through Mr Keating's eyes shows
the whole class sitting quietly. He tells the class to come up and stand on the
desk and he does it himself. A high angle shot show Mr Keating standing on the
desk and looking a ...
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King Oedpius: Oedpius A Person Of Great Importance
Number of Words: 1163 / Number of Pages: 5
... no one could even
testify to his guilt? Would a "good" man threaten a timid shepherd with
pain and death merely because he was hesitant to reveal the harsh realities
of Oedipus' life? Oedipus' tale of meeting Laius is another troubling
point. In Colonus he states in plain terms that King Laius would have
murdered him had he not killed Laius. In his initial speech to Jocasta on
Laius' death he tells a different story. It sounds as though he provoked,
or at least escalated, the attack on him, striking the first real blow
instead of going off the road, which was all Laius' party really wanted him
t ...
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