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Film & Theater Essays and Term Papers
District 9District 9 (Peter Jackson, 2009), a science ?ction ?lm produced by Peter Jackson, is a rare gem unlike the many sci-? movies which have been released in our time. The story is established via a mix of standard third person camera and documentary footage and takes place in the present - a twist from ...
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The IslandThe Lengths of People's Boundries
We as a people are living in a time of cutting edge of technology and ideas. We are on the cusp of understanding the human brain and its properties. For thousands of years we as a species were unable to understand it but thanks to new technologies we have begun ...
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American PsychoFilm Essay
American Psycho is an interesting film for many reasons, and one of them links in with what genre it actually fits in. American Psycho has elements of a black comedy, but also elements of horror.A black comedy is humour that makes light of otherwise serious situations. It is also ...
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Troy Movie ReviewThe movie Troy was a great movie, but inside of it contained a-lot of lies, that maybe average audience wouldn’t notice. This essay would go into deeper understanding about the “truth” about how Troy got destroyed. It will be argued by the facts that weren’t true in the movie, and the facts that ...
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OdysseyOdysseus finds the palace residents holding a festival in honor of Poseidon. He is struck by the splendor of the palace and the king's opulence. As soon as he sees the queen, he throws himself at her feet, and the mist disappears. At first, the king wonders if this wayward traveler might be a god, ...
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Action Films AnalysisESSAY PROMPT
1. As Jeffords suggests, "In 1991, the hard bodies of the 1980s seemed to have been successfully rejected in mainstream Hollywood films, but not, as the films of the late 1980s might have suggested, for the values of justice...Hollywood's interest in justice had waned and been ...
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Death of a Salesman: WillyAn insecure, self-deluded traveling salesman. Willy believes wholeheartedly in the American Dream of easy success and wealth, but he never achieves it. Nor do his sons fulfill his hope that they will succeed where he has failed. When Willy's illusions begin to fail under the pressing realities of ...
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Gregory HinesGregory Hines - Tap Dance Pioneer: Understand the Influence of a Significant Tap Practitioner
Tap, as a dance form, has been around for many generations and centuries and through different points in history, has undergone changes due to the many practitioners that have made their metaphorical ...
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Katniss EverdeenHi, my name is Tiarna and I will be analysing the characters in the film the hunger games. The main character I will be focusing on is Katniss Everdeen, a tribute from district 12.
After the jabberjays mated with the mockingbirds, this then created a new species, mockingjas. This symbolizes ...
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Charlie Wilson's WarCharlie Wilson's War
According to film Charlie Wilson's War, a texas congressman went to extreme measures to prevent the Red Army from seizing control over Afghanistan. Unbeknownst to the congressman, these effort would lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union and pouring gas on the fire of ...
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Movie: Lion King AnalysisMovie: Lion King Analysis
The type of family in Lion King is an extended family. Mufasa's family extends beyond the nuclear family, including an uncle, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one place. Simba's parents also fulfill all the functions of the family we have previously ...
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BraveheartWilliam: William is the main character in this film, the person who fights against the Englishmen. William was a man who fought for his land with body and mind. He never gave up his dream of a free Scotland. He was from an early age interested in the fight for independence, and when his father and ...
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Aristotle's PoeticsIn parts I – III of The Poetics, Aristotle outlines the natures of three forms of imitation. Initially, he begins by defining poetry as a “medium of imitation” and by this he means it is a way to imitate life whether it be by duplicating characters or emotions. He states that epic poetry, tragedy, ...
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The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)William Alhaddad
B00558157
History 2209
Analysis of primary source "The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)"
March 4[th] 2014
The film "The Good, Bright Days (1919-1927)" is the primary source for this essay, the film showcases examples of the morals and the traditions and attitude of Canada ...
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The WallThe Wall
Mauricio Ramirez F
The Wall es una pelĂcula dirigida por Alan Parker, la cual se basa en el álbum musical de Pink Floyd, es una pelĂcula totalmente metafĂłrica y presenta una gran cantidad de sĂmbolos a lo largo de ella, de los cuales significan algo caracterĂstico en la vida del ...
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Racism in "Remember the Titans"Racism in "Remember the Titans"
Anisa Abdi
HSB4U
Mr. Reid
25 April 2014
Remember the Titans is a movie based on the true story of a racially integrated ...
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Mark Rothko's Subway SceneMark Rothko's Subway Scene
"Subway Scene" (1938), by Mark Rothko, depicts the inside of a subway station. At the front of the painting are two pillars, behind them is a staircase used by two faceless characters, descending into the underground. The staircase is surrounded by a cage-like grid. ...
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The Simpsons SatireStatistics:
23 Seasons
18 million box sets of Simpsons seasons
27 Emmy awards for best primetime television series
21 bilion dollars worth of merchandise
Actors receiving 400,000 per episode
During the first season the average amount of viewers was 13.4 million
There are a total of over ...
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Twelve Angry Men: Reasonable DoubtIn the play “Twelve Angry Men,” twelve jurors must decide on a verdict for a boy who has been accused of stabbing his father. Although they all have different opinions and lifestyles, they must put everything aside to reach an agreement. The Jurors have nothing to gain or lose by choosing a ...
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Power and Gender in the Hunger Games“Taking kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitols way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy” (Page 22). Two major themes in the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins are power and gender. Power in the Hunger Games is in a hierarchy, with ...
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The Hunger GamesThe Hunger Games
The movie "The Hunger Games" shows through the filmic codes and conventions that the future could in fact be bleak and dystopic. Because this film does in fact relate to real life problems and ideals and shows what society could turn out like without some drastic changes.
The ...
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Dead Poets Society: Neil Perry"Carpe diem boys, seize the day!" Robin Williams' character exclaims in the film "Dead Poets Society". Williams portrays passionate English professor John Keating, whose lessons go far beyond the classroom. Keating teaches his students to follow their own hearts and minds instead of the conformist ...
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The Odyssey: "It is the journey itself that makes up your life"Jacob Donnelly
The quote “It is the journey itself that makes up your life” from the movie Odyssey is a very important quote and applies, or should apply to everyone’s life in this modern day. You might ask…“what does this quote even mean”, well every person on this planet in a way is on a ...
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Over The Hedge Environmental Impact EssayOver the Hedge
In the movie titled Over the Hedge directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick the environmental issue of over population and consumption of natural land for human use is explored and addressed. In this movie, traveling raccoon con artist, RJ, arrives in a woods outside a human ...
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Wall StreetJohn Clark
March 30, 2015
John Clark
March 30, 2015
Wall Street (1987)
After watching "Wall Street (1987)" I learned of several dilemmas stockbrokers, such as Bud Fox and Gordon Gekko, encounter in the pursuit of wealth.
First, Bud was faced with the difficult dilemma of whether he should ...
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