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Sound And The Fury Faulkner William
796 wordsFaulkner, William (1897 - 1962), American novelist, known for his epic portrayal, in some 20 novels, of the tragic conflict between the old and the new South. Faulkner's complex plots and narrative style alienated many readers of his early works, but he was recognized later as one of the greatest American writers. Born in New Albany, Mississippi, Faulkner was raised in nearby Oxford as the oldest of four sons of an old-line southern family. In 1915 he dropped out of high school, which he deteste...
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J R R Tolkien Character Analysis
630 wordsThe Fellowship of the Ring By J. R. R. Tolkien Book Report: Character Analysis Language Arts Class 2 nd period Shona Fenner 9 - 30 01 For this report I have chosen to write on The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. This book is a classic that every individual should read. This book is also part of a trilogy, and the story becomes more exciting as you read the other two books in the series. For this character analysis report I will focus on the character Frodo Baggins of the Shire. Frodo...
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20 Th Century Paradise Lost
1,199 wordsBorn in Belfast, Northern Ireland on November 29, 1898, Clive Staples ("Jack") Lewis was raised in a very educated home, one in which the reality he found on the pages of the books within his parents' extensive library seemed as tangible and meaningful to him as anything that transpired outside their doors. As adolescents, Lewis and his older brother, Warren, were more at home in the world of ideas and books of the past, than with the material, technological world of the 20 th Century. When the ...
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Warner Brothers Star Wars
1,084 wordsYou wouldn't think he'd become what he now is from his early days. He was fascinated in comic books, especially "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon. " And though this might allude to the Star Wars movies he still didn't know what to do with his life by the time he became a teenager. Bored with the tedium and out-of-date teaching methods, he was a poor student and found excitement in car racing. Only a hint of this past is found in his movie's fast pace and constant energy as well as the use of jumps...
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End Of The Play Oedipus Rex
2,621 wordsBoth Nina In? The Seagull? And Oedipus Both Nina In? The Seagull? And Oedipus In? Oedipus Rex? Make Their Fates Even Worse Through Their Ow? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The inevitability of fate is a key theme in Sophocles? ? Oedipus Rex? and in Chekhov? s? The Seagull? . I was fascinated by the ways this inevitability was conveyed by Chekhov and Sophocles respectively and the ways in which the actions of the characters contributed to and heightened their fate. I shall attempt to compare and contrast th...
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Oedipus Rex Worth Living
854 wordsOne of the most memorable and meaningful Socratic quotes applies well when in context of Sophocles Theban Trilogy. " The unexamined life is not worth living, " proclaims Socrates. He could have meant many things by this statement, and in relation to the play, the meaning is found to be even more complex. Indeed, the situation of Oedipus, king of Thebes, the truth of this statement is in question. Would Oedipus have been better off if he was blind to the knowledge of his birthing and th...
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Winters Tale Tragic Flaw
998 wordsThe Winters Tale: A Pagan Perspective. Shakespeare's The Winters Tale depicts a family torn apart as a result of the jealous actions of Leontes, the King of Sicilia. The actions and personality of Leontes can also be observed in Greek Tragedies by Homer and Sophocles. The relationship between the members of the royal family portray direct and subtle parallels to the Classical works before it. Louis Martz comments on the parallels between The Winters Tale and Greek tragedies in his article: Shake...
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Mistaken Identity Star Wars
1,206 wordsCharacteristics of Comedy There are many characteristics that make up a comedy. Characteristics such as mistaken identity, battle of the sexes, and jumping to conclusions are what set the comedic story apart from the tragedy. Within a comedy, no matter how much fault, and dismay may appear within the story, there always seems to be the classic ending of and they all lived happily ever after Comedies capture the viewer with a sense of compassion and love for the characters in the story. Each char...
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North By Northwest Alfred Hitchcock
1,330 wordsDirectory Auteurism of Frederico Fellini, Satyajit Ray, and Alfred Hitchcock Auteurism is a term first coined by Francois Truffaut to describe the mark of a film director on his films. A director can be considered an auteur if about five of his film depict a certain style that is definitely his own. In other words, much like one can look at a painting and tell if it is a Monet, a Renoir, or a Degas, if a film director is an auteur, one can look at his film and tell by style and recurring themes ...
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Greek Theater Greek Tragedy
509 wordsGreece is recognized for inventing dramatic theater around the sixth century BC. The first Greek theater works were all tragedies, or tragic plays. In his work Poetics, written around 330 BC, Aristotle explains that Greek tragedies evolved from dithyrambs. Dithyrambs are choral hymns written to and about Dionysus, the Greek god of wine a character speaks, the chorus sings in response. In the 5 th century BC, Greek tragedy was at its peak. Over 1000 plays were written during this time, although o...
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Silence Of The Lambs Hannibal Lecter
959 wordsHannibal, released in 2001, is part three of the Hannibal Lecter trilogy. Edited by Pietro Scalia and directed by Ridley Scott, also known for ground-breaking films such as Alien, Blade Runner, and Gladiator, Hannibal stars Anthony Hopkins as the criminally-insane Dr. Lecter. The movie also stars Julianne Moore as FBI agent Clarice Starling, Ray Liotta as Justice Dept. official Paul Krendler, Giancarlo Giannini as Italian cop Rinaldo Pazzi, and Gary Oldman as Mason Verger, to name a few. It was ...
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Role Of God Light And Dark
1,375 wordsThe Presence of God Michelangelo's paintings on the Sistine Chapel contain a strong presence of God. The ideas and stories of the Bible lie at the surface of the entire ceiling. All these stories are taking from the book of Genesis, which would not be possible without God. The scenes depicted are placed in a time frame of an earlier world. This period is called ante level, and is the period before the Mosaic Law. The scenes can be analyzed in numerous ways that depend on the analyzers faith and ...
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Kill Her Husband Thirst For Revenge Clytaemestra
982 wordsInto the Mind of the Noble Clytaemestra Born in 525 B. C. , Aeschylus was the earliest of the great tragic poets of Athens. He is commonly called the father of Greek tragedy. Tragedy and drama in the western world were born with Aeschylus, one of the greatest dramatists and poets of all time. He lived and wrote more than two millenniums ago in the city of Athens in Greece. He was completely a man of his century, and yet, because of this, his works have a special harmony, confident outlook, and a...
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San Francisco Chronicle York Harry N Abrams
1,169 wordsNathan Cathy Marilyn McDowell English 102 March 30, 1999 Is Star Wars a Modern Day Fairy Tale? The Star Wars trilogy has been labeled as a groundbreaking science fiction, space opera, and swashbuckling adventure. But it is hardly ever recognized for what it truly is, a fairy tale. At first thought, it is difficult to acknowledge Star Wars as a fairy tale because of its label as a Science Fiction movie. One reason for this is the great special effects and technology that are exhibited throughout ...
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Amber Spyglass Whitbread Prize Literary
838 wordsFully booked For Philip Pullman, one of the supreme literary dreamers and magicians of our time, yesterday must have had some of the qualities of a fantasy. Reporters and TV crews trekked in relays up the path to the Oxford garden shed where he writes. It was suddenly new, unmapped and rather frighteningly populist territory. All this sprang from the barely hoped for moment on Tuesday night when Pullman heard that against all the odds, except those of the bookies and the public hed won the Whitb...
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Francis Ford Coppola La Cosa Nostra
1,278 wordsLa Cosa Nostra Perhaps one of the most poignant moments in American cinema is the closing scene in the film? The Godfather? when Don Vito Corleone? s son Michael takes over his father? s position and one of the most unforgettable moments, a severed horses? s head lies bloody in a man? s bed. It is this tradition and brutality that characterizes the Mafia, a secret Sicilian society that lives and functions just as much today on American soil as it did and does still in Italy. To understand this o...
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Childrens Book Prize Book Of The Year Win
551 wordsI didnt expect to win Philip Pullman, 55, became the first childrens writer to win the &# 163; 25, 000 Whitbread Book of the Year prize on Tuesday, with The Amber Spyglass, the third instalment of the magical His Dark Materials trilogy. I did some writing in my shed on Saturday morning. Its a shorter book than the last one a fairy tale along the lines of I Was a Rat which was recently dramatized by the BBC. After shopping in the afternoon, my wife and I walked the dogs. They are brother and sist...
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Emperor Of France Napoleon Bonaparte
831 wordsThe Fall Napoleon Essay Outline The Fall of Napoleon I. Introduction: Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most powerful men ever to walk the face of the earth. He was France s best general, and overthrew the Directory in 1799 and monopolized power. He ruled France until 1815. Some thought him to be a great reformer. Others thought that he was a monster. However, friend and foe alike could both agree on one thing. By 1812 Napoleon had expanded the territory of France all over Europe including Spain...
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Sean O Casey Shadow Of A Gunman Ocasey
619 wordsSean O Casey was born John Casey in 1880 in the Dublin slums. He changed his name early on in his career, because of his strong attraction to Celtic nationalism. He adopted the Gaelic name OCathasaigh, which phonetically in English, OCasey. All his life he suffered with very bad eyes. As a child he had an ulcerated cornea in his left eye, leaving him with sight in one. This caused his vision to be very dim and un-clear. He lived every day of his life with an increasing threat of total blindness....
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Part Is Oedipus Sophocles
378 wordsOf all the great Greek playwrights, Sophocles is probably the one regarded as the greatest. Born at Colonus around 496 BC, he was the son of a wealthy armor manufacturer. As a young man, Sophocles was given a traditional education in music, dancing, and gymnastics. At one time, he even studied under Aeschylus. Also, he was said to have been handsome and graceful. As an adult, Sophocles was very active in Athenian life. He served as a general twice, once under Pericles, and also served as a pries...
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