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Romeo And Juliet A Film 1996
1,148 wordsHow does Baz Luhrman, the director, aim this film at a younger audience? Romeo and Juliet was a play originally written by William Shakespeare in 1595. Baz Luhrman released a modern film of the timeless classic, but he directed it in a way for it to appeal to a younger audience. He cast Leonardo di Capri and Clare Danes, as our two main characters: Romeo and Juliet. I wish to discuss the techniques used by Baz Luhrman in his successful attempt to make this story more intriguing to a young audien...
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Roman Polanskis Work Type Of Imagery Macbeth
674 wordsMastering Imagery Although I am mostly unfamiliar with Roman Polanskis work, his use of imagery in William Shakespeare's Macbeth was woven meticulously. With some subtle, and some not so subtle, applications of lighting, blood, and use of the crown the film flows with multiple agendas. Through the use of lighting Polanski set the mood for this tragedy. During a good part of the film the set is gloomy and rainy. Even though the sun does break through from time to time I didnt believe that these s...
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Life After Death Stop For Death
1,049 wordsBecause I could not stop for Death Because I could not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson is a work of art which speaks of death through a woman's voice. Death itself is personified as a kind carriage driver, and shown as if forthcoming and appears to be in the figurative wisdom of a gentle, sympathetic man, who is arriving to take the speaker on her special expedition. This special journey takes her through various stages of life all the way to her eternal death. Dickinson's representation of De...
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Analysis Of Hamlet First Soliloquy
912 wordsHamlets first soliloquy in Act I, scene ii, lines 133 - 164 is a passionate and startling passage that strongly contrasts to the artificial dialogue and actions that he portrays to his uncle Claudius throughout the remainder of the play. This soliloquy serves to reveal Hamlets melancholia and the reasons for his despair in an outpouring of anger, disgust, sorrow, and grief through which he explains how everything in his life seems futile and miserable. He mourns the death of his father, is sicke...
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Comparing And Contrasting Anecdotes Of Edwards Whitman
930 wordsIf everyone thought the same, if everyones form was alike, if everyone had no distinctions, then life would not be the same. Nothing is ever the same. Our thoughts and ideas differ, as we think in different levels, but even our ideas have similarities. The foundations of our ideas are connected through the various uses of languages and techniques. Though Edwards and Whitman's anecdotes differed abundantly in theme and explanation, they had similarities in regard to tone, imagery, diction, poetic...
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Status Quo White Male
911 wordsDuring the 1960 s and 1970 s movements emerged such as second wave feminism, civil rights and gay liberation whose previously silenced and marginalized voices suggested that the white male was no longer the only hero of the story. These voices variously and collectively claimed the right to speak in their own name and attempted to foster a sense of group identity as a way of resisting the systematic oppression that was experienced by each group in different ways. At the same time post modernist ...
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Attempt Suicide Clinical Depression
1,495 wordsTeenage years are depressing because they are going through some of the biggest changes in their life. Teens start high school and have to deal with being little in a school again. They go through major hormonal changes. Their bodies develop and grow. They have to decide whether or not they are going to college or not. If they choose college, then what college will meet their needs the best? Will they even be accepted to the college they want to go to? These are major decisions and changes they ...
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Pork Loin Dark Chocolate Meal
384 wordsMy ideal dinner would include Italian entres, Japanese appetizers, and French desserts, a very international selection of food. I would incorporate a very international based meal because I would like to taste something new and different, originating from the other parts of the world. The scent of the food would be very pleasant, and the taste superb. Let alone the taste, aroma, and origin of the food, the place where I eat my food and the overall mood would also be considered. First of all, whe...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Life And Attitude
1,145 words... of the despair of his soul through the statues which he named Dawn, Dusk, Day, and Night. He used these to symbolize the suffering of mankind. He says, It is because they are crying that they are alive; their suffering gives them all their beauty (Mid Years 5). In a famous verse regarding his work, Michelangelo refers to the despair of his soul: It is my pleasure to sleep and even more to be stone: As long as shame and dishonor may last, My sole desire if to see and to feel no more. Speak so...
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Alzheimers Disease Nerve Cells
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Hemp Plant Illegal Drug
1,316 wordsIllegal drug use is a major problem in the world today. Millions of dollars are spent every year to prevent the distribution of drugs. All drugs is smuggled into the United States concealed in false compartments, fuel tanks, seats, tires of private and commercial vehicles, pickup trucks, vans, mobile homes, and horse trailers (Pierson. 12 - 8 - 01) Large shipments is usually smuggled in tractor-trailer trucks in false compartments and in bulk shipments, such as agricultural products. The governm...
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Point Of View Modest Proposal
795 wordsIf one looks beyond the actual content of A Modest Proposal, he / she will realize that the tone is one of utter disgust. Swift is simply expressing his disgust with the actions of the Irish government. He felt that the state of the country was repulsive and was disgusted over the way the government was handling it. It was almost as if he was in a state of disbelief in regards to the problems in Ireland. Swifts tone in A Modest Proposal is very similar to his mood. Swifts mood is also one of sar...
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Sixth Sense Classical Music
718 wordsResponse to Reviews Opinions given by following writers are agreeable. In brief, this is an album which perfectly captures the mood of a film whose success was almost entirely due to its mood. James Newton Howard proves himself once again a master of his craft. A film score's primary function is to serve the film for which it is written, and as such, James Newton Howard's The Sixth Sense is a nigh-perfect example of superior craftsmanship. It makes for quite a listening experience. Howard's scor...
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Seven Years In Tibet
934 wordsSeven Years in Tibet Seven Years in Tibet (1997) is based on the book written by Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer. The plot is mainly based on Heinrich Harrer's experiences in Tibet, where he was during 1944 - 1951, during World War II. , the interim period, and the invasion of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army in 1950. A colorful production design, well-drawn characters of the movie, epic pictures and a somewhat sentimental story about the peace and war, love and hate, make Seven Year...
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How Did Music Influence My Life
748 wordsHow Did Music Influence My Life I suppose that there is hardly a person in the world, who feels indifferent to music. Music is one of the most beautiful, inimitable and divine forms of art, which may evoke wide spectrum of emotions: from sorrow to happiness, from cry to laughter. Music is universal language, and it occupies very important place in our culture. It helps people to express feelings, to communicate or to learn better. Every nation and ethnic group has special unique tunes and melodi...
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Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep Totally New Religion Mercerism
986 wordsAnalytical Book Report Philip Dick is one of the most famous science fiction writers. Many of his works was adapted for films, plays and operas. All of his works has interesting and exciting plot but the main reason their popularity is deep philosophical basis. This philosophical basis character of each Dicks book. Dicks own contribution back to the science fiction genre was an unrelenting analysis of the question What is Real? Also central to his literature was the equally important question of...
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German Version Italian Art Body
565 wordsThe Two Pietas It is doubtful that there could be two sculptures on the exact same subject with the same figures in much the same pose that would be in more contrast to each other. Michelangelo's Pieta in the Florentine style is very realistic and quite beautiful. It is carved in marble and the pale stone lends an air of serenity to the scene. The Rottgen Pieta has no mood of serenity, but, instead, it invokes horror. It is carved in wood and painted in various shades of brown. The color, alone,...
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Robert Cormier The Chocolate War
812 wordsRobert Cormier's the Chocolate War In my essay I will reflect on Robert Cormier's the Chocolate War. This book is focused on the problem of unrestricted power of authority that can rule over and swallow people. The main idea of the novel is shown in the destiny of the main character. Jerry Renault tried to fight the authority of the mafia in his school. In this way he dared to disturb the universe and embodied the opposition of a morally strong and independently thinking personality to miserable...
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Merchant Of Venice Pound Of Flesh
1,179 wordsProminent Themes in Western Civilization since the Renaissance. The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare and The Sorrows Of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang Goethe are considered to be classics of the World Literature. Shakespeare and Goethe touched in their works the universal topics as Love, Religion, Nature and Man's relationships with God and his fellow men that remain relevant in the contemporary society. The Merchant of Venice and The Sorrows Of Young Werther were written in different li...
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World War Ii First World War
1,084 wordsSocial Conditions Affect Writing by Anthony Meszaros Advanced European societies cant support long wars. That was thought prior to World War I. The truth was that the Europeans could not support a long war unchanged. The First World War left no aspect of European civilization untouched, as pre-war governments were transformed to fight total war. The war drastically changed Europe's social conditions thus affecting the writing during this period. During this time many movements shared a resolute ...
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