Essays 1981 - 2010
first tried negotiation, then threats, the Soviets continued arms buildup in the tiny island nation. Things finally came to a head...
In three pages this paper examines how family and work attitudes are represented in these films from the 1940s. Two sources are c...
Two sets of lovers from these families evolve over the course of the film: Ben Cameron and Elsie Stoneman and Phil Stoneman and Ma...
When Gittes is contacted to monitor the activities of supposedly philandering husband Hollis Mulwray, a successful Los Angeles wat...
love for her. It 8s also worth noting, that despite the clear and eloquent words, t no point in the pay do we see Hero and Claudio...
hear me? Im the perfect servant; I have no life." (Gosford Park, 2001). The idea that servants lives are insignificant is support...
and then depends on how the audience is prepared (along with the primary character) throughout the movie to deal with a particular...
was put into prison and made to wear a scarlet leader to indicate that she was an adulteress. However, she never revealed who the ...
which provided free education, pensions, and social services to the people and peasants. Instead, the self-sacrificing citizen of ...
He seems to have made up his mind at the very beginning of the saga. He has become a part of the military...
woman. She has the ability to ruin peoples lives. This gives her a great deal of power and it corrupts absolutely. As Judge Danfor...
desperate and louder, so too does the score, until a crescendo of grand proportions is reached. At this point in the scene, a grea...
subject which had been taboo in Shakespeares time - with Ophelia), betrayal (Queen Gertrudes incestuous marriage to her brother-in...
in that the main character, Abdel, has been abused by the police. He has been beaten so badly that he has had to be hospitalized. ...
sex, and they can be both works of sexuality, and still be considered works of art. Heterosexual women may paint women who are cle...
finds that he has a natural talent for it. It is as if the emotional side of him which has been forced to remain silent finally ha...
group of weapons specialists embark on their latest hunting mission. The film is a consistent metaphor of the predator (hunter) a...
human being from conception to death is encapsulated in a pod. In Platos Cave the only thing that they can see is...
Reeds final role) and is forced to compete in gladiator matches at the Coliseum to entertain the carnage-crazed Roman spectators. ...
air. Banquos reaction to Macbeth taking their pronouncements seriously is one of mocking disbelief, as if to say, "you believe tha...
bathhouse (Ebert, 2002). By indulging themselves with the food, Chihiros parents are transformed into pigs. Osmond (2003) points o...
offer some different scenes, though ultimately only about one quarter of Shakespeares Richard III is actually presented in the fil...
"artificial intelligence" was the choice..." Artificial intelligence involves the association of machines with comp...
place in the hotel. Before truly examining the narrative content in the film we look at the elements concerning the protagonist....
shirts and strolls her through his kitchen. There, we see Daisys hand trailing along a large work table...the elegant chandeliers ...
in their own construction (1991). Genetic engineering is used as an example here (1991). However, more than cloning or genetic t...
characterize Mexican tradition with the contemporary realism of complex family relationships. It is a cinematic postcard for fami...
more of art imitating life rather than the other way around. II. DISCUSSION The good old days of the colorful, romantic, s...
Indian proxies, and traitors to each side were hanged, it was known that "regular troops on both sides almost universally observed...
are set up in the course of the development which have to be worked through, and the relationship will vary from open to closed an...