Essays 181 - 210
This five-page essay describes how societal prejudice creates invisibility and reverberates in the victimization and self-hatred c...
any film based on a novel, there is much that is left out. And, interestingly enough, if it were up to anyone but Peter Jackson, t...
more than provide a reflection of the times, or to subconsciously inform women and girls about their roles. In many cases, the med...
the hospital commissary where Rudy is studying for the bar exam. In the book, Kelly and Rudy have met previously. Rudy comments ...
thing as targeting other ethnic groups" (Ebert PG). Ebert goes on the draw comparisons as to the treatment given to Arab-America...
large urban environment, humanity is even more vulnerable to the cruel and capricious winds of fate than at any other time in hist...
Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
McGill spins a yarn about buried ill-gotten gains ($1.2 million) that he promises to share (Berardinelli). In their journey, the...
of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...
influence in the life of his father and a contributing factor in the suicide of his mother. Therefore, the reader comes to underst...
This essay offers an overview of a number of films by Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Eight pages in length, eight ...
This essay discusses Homer's ancient classic epic, The Iliad, and the film Troy (2004, directed by William Petersen), indicating ...
This essay pertain to Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream, and describes how each of the characters' lives spiral in...
This essay explains what classical and operant conditioning are. It discusses how politicians, moviemakers, and advertisers use cl...
This essay describes "Avatar," a film directed by James Cameron, and consider it from a sociological perspective. Three pages in l...
This essay pertain to the film Amelie (2001) and what the narrative tells viewers about French cultural assumptions and ethnocentr...
This essay discussed aspects of group communication using the film "12 Angry Men" (1957). Four pages in length, three sources are ...
This essay offers a description of film techniques used in "Citizen Kane," directed by and starring Orson Welles. Three pages in l...
This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...
This essay pertains to "V for Vendetta" and "Children of Men" and provides a discussion of how both films support Enlightenment i...
and thus stands as something that would attract audiences. Another reason why this novel would do well is in relationship to th...
labor. Rather than being totally dependent on custom, these societies are held together primarily through mutual obligation betwee...
rolling down a hillside and coming ominously to rest" (Morris, 2000). Following the template set by Caligari, Lang also delves int...
bearing the legend "Spade and Archer." In both films, the editing is subtle and seems to blend together effortlessly, creating a c...
portrayed in the film live in a climate of risk with "no health insurance, no drivers license, no pension and no recourse" to just...
their acknowledged leaders and the only character that is not played for laughs. There are also Gordon, a middle-aged, loyal custo...
In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...
what is "proper." How well have they done it? All aspects of this delightful childrens film are done extremely well. The animatio...
In eight pages this research essay compares the structures of the 1593 play by George Peele with the 1987 film by director Rob Rei...