Film & Theater Essays and Term Papers
Black Arts In The Tempest and Doctor FaustusIn both William Shakespeare's play The Tempest and Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus, the principal characters, being Prospero and Doctor Faustus respectively, equally employ elements of magic conjuring and the black arts to achieve the ends that they desire. While Prospero is clearly ...
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Torvald’s Morality and Values In A Doll's HouseFrom the time she hears Torvald's self-righteous and hypocritical diatribe about Krogstad in Act II of Ibsen's play A Doll's House, Nora realizes that her husband of eight years is not the man he purports to be. When Torvald reveals the true reason behind his willful firing of Krogstad, Nora sees ...
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What Women Want Movie Analysis'What Women Want'
'What women want' stars Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt in the lead roles. The movie is all about communication and how it affects relationship between the sexes. Communication plays an important role in our daily lives and determines the success of our interpersonal relationships. ...
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Oedipus the King and Aristotle's Views on TragedyTragedy According to Aristotle
In his Poetics Aristotle defines tragedy as the imitation of an action. This imitation and action are both serious, complete and important. The purpose of tragedy is to evoke pity and fear in the audience. At the end of the play a catharsis of pity and fear ...
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Twelve Monkeys AnalysisDirector Terry Gilliam's 1995 movie Twelve Monkeys is a dark, apocalyptic warning about the dangers of unchecked materialism and corporate greed. Gilliam's satirical and moody film clearly outlines man's misuse of natural resources, the potential misuse of biotechnology, and the need to care for ...
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Henrik Ibsen’s Plays and His Significance As A DramatistHenrik Ibsen's Plays and his significance as a Dramatist
Ibsen, the 19th century Norwegian dramatist and poet once said, "I am in favor of nothing. I suggest no remedies.... I am not a teacher. I am a painter--a portrait-painter."[1]
I do not disagree with Ibsen's candid opinion about himself ...
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Punishment in Jean Paul Sartre's No ExitJean Paul Sartre's play, "No Exit," describes the eternal punishment of three characters, Garcin, Ynez and Estelle, and their physical and mental torments, together and individually. A mysterious valet puts them in one room that has no windows or mirrors and with only one door that is closed. The ...
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Medea's Representation In Love and HeroismMedea, the protagonist of Euripides' play, represents both love and heroism in the work. The tragic end of the play, as well as the extreme actions prompted by her wounded love, however makes her rather a contrast with characters where the outcome is more positive. Medea in her capacity as hero ...
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A Review of Jean Paul Sartre's No ExitBoth the audience and critics of Jean Paul Sartre's contemporary masterpiece, No Exit (Hois Clos), were disturbed by its insensitive characters when it was first produced on stage in 1944. The underlying message, spoken by the only male character, Garcin, was the unsettling factor - that hell is ...
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A Review of Neil Simon’s Lost In YonkersNeil Simon's Lost In Yonkers
Say the words, "Neil Simon" and see what comes out as the automatic response. Most often it's "play" or "Broadway". Occasionally it's "Odd Couple" or "Good-bye Girl". Almost never is it "Pulitzer-prize winning author". Neil Simon is thought of primarily in terms ...
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Important Influences on Sartre's PlaysThere was a brief period of economic prosperity and progress in France, called the belle ?poque (beautiful epoch) before World War I in the early years of the 20th century and right before the wave of pessimism began in the 1920s (Cosper 2004). At this time, inventions like the telephone, the ...
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Little Women Film Comparison: 1933 and 19941) Do a critique of two film versions of little women? How just a representation is each version of the original book? How is each film version characteristic of the period in which it was made?
'Little women' was written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868 and since then it has been one of the most ...
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Blood Wedding AnalysisBlood Wedding
Lorca's Blood Wedding is a play that appears, at first, to be based on a fairly straightforward plot of two lovers who defy all social and moral codes of honor by allowing their passion to get the better of them. Thus, it is seen as almost inevitable that the play will end in ...
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Celestina and StatusCelestina
For the first syllogism presented, it could be argued that it is logically fallacious. Even if women generally prefer males of high status, the fact that Celestina is a woman does not mean that she generally goes along with her gender’s preference, or even that she is heterosexual. ...
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: ReviewSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Robots have been sent, around the world, by a mysterious Dr. Totenkopf in an effort to bring about world domination. The fate of the world is in the hands of Joe "Sky Captain" Sullivan, played by Jude Law, and Polly Perkins, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The ...
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Fahrenheit 9/11 Film ReviewFahrenheit 9/11: Movie Review
Michael Moore's political documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, about the Bush administration's first four years in office has generated a lot of controversy and in the process broken all box-office records for the genre.
The film, described as an "op-ed" piece by Moore, ...
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McCarthyism and The Crucible?Thierry Radloff
Sophomore English
Ms. Burdette
5/26/16
McCarthyism and The Crucible
Arthur Miller's The Crucible is a play in which a village called Salem becomes plagued by McCarthyism, a campaign with the sole purpose of accusing others of an "invisible" crime they had never committed. ...
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How To Get Away With MurderDayesha Sims
March 19[th] 2017
Philosophy
TV Show Paper
A: All Lawyers follow the laws, rules and procedures.
E: No Lawyers lie, cheat or steel.
I: Some lawyers bend the rules to seek justice.
O: Some lawyers seek justice by following all rules and regulations.
The television show I ...
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Film Review: ObsessedFilm Review: Obsessed
Rholda Dieuveille
ENC 2300 001
July 21, 2016
The name of the film review that I've decided to do is "Obsessed". This is one of my favorite movies and I would be able ...
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Revenge In The CrucibleKyle Schantz
Prompt #1
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a play that portrays the hysteria that accompanied the hangings of the Salem Witch Trials. Friends, neighbors, and companions turned on each other and accused each other of witchcraft for different motives of revenge. Reputation, greed, ...
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Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre, (1974).
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to me is the most terrifying grindhouse title of all time. A person could just read it off the movie poster or hear it within a commercial and become completely drawn to the idea. Grindhouse Theater in general references ...
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Oedipus' Fatal Flaw: ArroganceOedipus' fatal flaw is his arrogance. Because of his arrogance, he could see clearly and he refused to listen to those around him. He does not listen to Teiresias or his wife. Even when those around him try to convince to leave well enough alone, he refuses to do so.
He becomes arrogant with ...
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Death of a Salesman: Importance of LindaWilly Loman is the main character in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman. However, there are other important characters in the story. One of them is Willy's wife, Linda. In fact, Linda is one of the central characters in Death of a Salesman for several reasons. First, Linda is the real head ...
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The Matrix: The Unknown TruthIs knowing the truth really the answer to total happiness, freedom, and unlimited possibility for the human race? On one hand, there is the matrix, which provides a world of different sceneries, cultures, traditions, and occupations for human life to partake in. On the other, there is the truth of ...
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The Shining: Racism, Classism, and Familial BreakdownBilly Barnes
Professor Rose Conley
English 116
14 November 2015
The Shining
In The Shining Stanley Kubrick alludes to the detrimental flaws of American history that has led to the various turpitudes of modern society. Kubrick compares the ideas of racism, classism, and the breakdown of ...
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