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Young People Drug Free
1,765 wordsWeve all seen them before. Maybe at a bus stop, in our schools, or at the coffee shop. They look odd enough to frighten a circus clown, but for some reason, they always smile when you look their way. Perhaps its that their hair is the color of the sunset or that their pants look like they could house a small family. It could be that their headphones seem permanently glued to their ears and that theyre never afraid to groove on the sidewalk. Whatever the reason, you know that they are not quite n...
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Deliberate Alienation Surrealism And Magical Realism
1,453 wordsCritical thinking is a terrible thing. At least, that seems to be a popular opinion. We live in an age where people are willing to look to anyone but themselves for advice on what they should think. Rather than figure out what their own opinions are, they trust the thinly-veiled slant of the television newscasters, the politics-masquerading-as-reporting of magazines like Time and Newsweek. There are fashion shows and magazines that tell you what you think is stylish. Children in grade school and...
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Character Analysis Of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
995 wordsCharacter Analysis of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome From beginning of the eighties and up until our days, there are more and more apocalyptical motives can be found in science fiction movies. The movie critics used to explain this by the fact that there used to be a lot of tension between USA and Soviet Union at the time, so people instinctively tried to imagine the worst possible future scenarios. This is because of well-known psychological phenomenon people feel uncomfortable, while facing unknow...
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Dracula Between Tradition Dracula Between Tradition And Modernism Castle
758 wordsThe Spirit of a late Victorian Age. With reference to Bram Stokers Dracula. Stokers monstrous figure, Count Dracula, has today reached epic and almost mythical proportions, like Frankenstein (not the doctor), the Gordon Medusa, even Virginia Woolf (thanks to Albee). Like the aforementioned examples, what we associate in our minds to be these monsters, mostly conditioned by popular culture and Hollywood, are merely visual representation. In the novel itself, however, according to other essayists ...
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Falling Upon Earth 16 Th Century Haiku
712 wordsMatsuo Basho Matsuo Basho radically redefined the three-line, 17 -syllable haiku poetic form from an entertaining pastime in 16 th-century Japan to a major literary genre in the 17 th century. An early Basho haiku provides an example of his meticulous and sensitive approach in selecting and arranging words and images to produce highly evocative allusions: On a leafless bough In the gathering autumn dusk: A solitary crow! Haiku emanates from the 31 syllable, five-line tanka (short poem) which was...
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Work Of Art Upper Class
1,191 wordsAn Interpretation of Stagecoach In 1939 John Ford masterminded a classical western film by the name of Stagecoach. This film has the integrity of a fine work of art. Being that it could be considered a work of art, the impression left on a viewing audience could differ relying on the audiences demographics. However, it is conceivable to all audiences that Ford delivers a cast of characters that are built on stereotypes and perceptions conjured from B westerns that preceded this films time. Each ...
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Emotions And Feelings Don Giovanni
970 wordsMusic has the capability to bring forth many emotions and feelings in a person. Depending on the tone and the melody of the music, emotions such as anger, joy, and grief may arise. For example, rap music, in general, brings forth emotions such as anger, frustration, and rage to a persons mind. Melodies such as Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On and Aerosmith's I Dont Want To Miss A Thing often arouse emotions of love, sadness, and hope; lovey-dovey feelings which remind a person of a past or curr...
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Edgar Allen Poe One Hundred Dollars
1,346 wordsEDGAR ALLEN POE Edgar Allen Poe is mainly known for his personal life rather than his great ability to write short stories. Rumors include his problem with alcoholism and drug addiction. In reality, though, Edgar Allen Poe had a talent for writing stories of horror and suspense, and also for creating Americas short story form. Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. His father, David Poe, was from a Baltimore family. He was an actor barely making a living and a hea...
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Edgar Allen Poe Foster Father
757 wordsEdgar Allen Poe by, Brandon Derr January 15, 1999 Edgar Allen Poe, an America writer, was known as a poet and critic but was most famous as the master of short stories, particularly tales of the mysterious and the macrame. The literary merits of Poe's writings have been debated since his death, but his works have continued to be popular and many American and European writers have declared their artistic debt to him. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe was orphaned in his early childhood and was r...
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Commedia Dell Arte Greece And Rome
508 wordsThe Genre Of Clowning The genre of clowning actually originates from Greece, where satires had begun originating slowly as time went by. The art of satire was challenged throughout the years to form the various forms of clowning we have today. A clown must have certain abilities or skills to master its comedy upon the audience. It is a profession that requires delicate detail, precise movements, and of course a reaction. The costume for every type of comedy is extremely different. Commedia Dell ...
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Spanish Tragedy Cultural Tradition
1,476 wordsThomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587) is generally considered the first of the English Renaissance revenge-plays. A rich genre that includes, among others, Hamlet. These plays tend to be soaked in blood and steeped in madness. The genre is not original to the period, deriving from a revival of interest in the revenge tragedies of the Roman playwright Seneca. Nor is it exclusive to the past, as anyone who has seen the Death Wish or Lethal Weapon films can attest. The revenge-play satisfied a...
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Glass Of Rum Robyn Davidson Travel
903 wordsFantastic voyages Picador Book of Journeys ed Robyn Davidson 528 pp, Picador The Madagascans have some unusual funerary practices, the like of which are rarely seen in your local cemetery. Grandfather having expired and been interred inside a wooden box shaped like a canoe with a lid on, his memory is kept alive by a simple and moving ceremony in which he is taken out, has his bandages changed and is given a glass of rum. The dead are never absolutely dead in Madagascar, and this gives great com...
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Lesbians And Gay Men Jerry Springer
1,673 wordsAs you walk apprehensively onto the stage, the large audience howls those infamous expressions. You nervously seat yourself beside your fianc? e not knowing what to expect; you are nervous and overcome with anxiety. Finally, Jerry, in his scratchy, high-pitched voice, utters those predictable words, So, dont you have something to tell your boyfriend? She turns to you, holding your hand in the most gentle and loving manner, gazes into your eyes and says, Remember about four months ago when I disa...
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Men And Women Gay Men
562 wordsIn the year 2000, the average person is spending more of his / her leisure time watching television, or using their computer. The shows on TV and the information available to us available through all types of media influence our decision process. An individuals perception of the world is ever-changing as he / she recieves more and more information. Although being informed is good, it can be very dangerous. TV influences every aspect of our lives; our life style, what we wear, how we look, and ho...
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Handel Operas George Friedrich Handel Opera
634 wordsGeorge Friedrich Handel was one of the most accomplished Baroque composers in his time. Born in Halle, Germany in 1685, he was the son of a wealthy barber who wanted his son to become a lawyer. However, he displayed such musical aptitude with the harpsichord, organ, oboe, counterpoint and fugue, he became an assistant with Friedrich Zachav, organist of the cathedral of Halle. However, Handel entered the University of Halle, but quickly withdrew, and left for the University of Hamburg, to study m...
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Horror Flick Sensations Genre
206 wordsHorror is enthralling Meeting with fear-causing sensations is a thing that most of us consider as fun entertainment. Facing states of horror frightens, but at the same time interests us. What matter behind horror actually gives one such satisfaction? Going downtown and seeing a horror movie on a friday night is extremely common, especially for the youth. Statistics show that scary films are take indisputably a very, if not the most popular movie genre. Experts have always disputed about what giv...
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Leonardo Da Vinci York Harry N
998 wordsThroughout history many art movements have emerged that artists and styles are classified under. One large contributing movement over the time period from about 1450 to about 1600 was known as the Italian Renaissance. However, what a large portion of people do not realize is that the Italian Renaissance was actually two main movements during that period of time. Each movement had key artists and a variation in style from the other movements. These two movements in the Italian Renaissance have be...
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Emotional Responses Las Vegas
992 wordsMarrying Absurd and The Night the Bed Fell: More different than similar Although comedy and satire are similar literary styles, they sharply contrast in a few fundamental areas. These fundamental differences are clear in a comparison of the comedic short story The Night the Bed Fell, by James Thurber, and the satiric Marrying Absurd, by Joan Didion. Broadly defined, a comedy can be is a work depicting the uphill struggle and eventual success of a sympathetic hero; usually about ordinary people i...
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Christian Science Monitor Film Industry
1,357 wordsAlfredo Room Prof. Lawton English 102 25 Apr. 2000 Minorities and the Film Industry Its September, the kids are back in school, and its time for another new season of television. Another round of must see Felicity, Friends, and Frasier, with a side of ER and some Nash Bridges for dessert. Loads and loads of Caucasian males and females making us laugh, and cry. What you do not see are Black, Hispanic, or other minorities making us laugh, and cry. In this day and age, where everyone gets a fair sh...
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Call Of The Wild Mice And Men
365 wordsThe supplemental assignment I did was the one with the two books by different authors of the same genre. The books I read were Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Call of the wild by Jack London. These two books are classified under the genre of drama. In Of Mice and Men there are two main characters, Lennie Small and George Milton. Lennie and George worked on a ranch in California together. Lennie is a big guy with incredible strength but has the mind of a child. George is a regular sized man...
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