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Social Work and The Color Purple

her supposed advice and is incredibly confused and upset by Celies advice. While Celie is sorry she is not in a position in her li...

Rewriting Shakespeare

find a different word. The line "Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with" (III.iv.2)is difficult because "broad" does...

The Film Clueless and Jane Austen’s Emma

of Emma, or Cher in the film. Ferriss notes how "Heckerling offers a series of suggestive parallels between Austens heroine and he...

Peer Review of a Fellow Student's Paper

the Jungian archetypes developed through the influence of the ring. Its quite clear and specific, and he argues the point well. T...

The Function of the "Gaze" in "Vertigo"

dizziness and dislocation. For most of the first 45 minutes of the film, Scottie (James Stewart) gazes at Madeleine (Kim Novak) f...

Forrest Gump and Agents of Socialization

him. As such one could well argue that the agent of school as a socialization agent, made Forrest realize there were dangers from ...

Four Brothers: Depiction of the Aged

considered, or connected to, retirement. As her character relates to any demographics it seems fairly reliable although the film i...

Battle Scenes: Saving Private Ryan and The Return of the King

graphic violence, others praised the realism, while some questioned whether war is really like that at all" (Haflidason, 2000). Th...

Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V

king. In many ways Branagh is quite believable as such a man. He seems to have the looks of a young man who would be seen in a t...

Response to Preminger's "Saint Joan"

who committed suicide in 1979 at age 40, is a tragic figure in world cinema. Shes probably best known for ? bout de souffle (Breat...

Kodak Marketing

In twelve pages this paper discusses the aggressive marketing of film and photographic retailers in this consideration of Kodak an...

Are There Accurate Portrayals of Hispanics in The Mark of Zorro, Lust in the Dust, and West Side Story?

In four pages this paper evaluates if the portrayal of Hispanics in these three films is accurate. Five sources are cited in the ...

Cape Fear Films, Sin According to Saint Augustine, and Manicheism

In five pages this paper considers the original Cape Fear film and its remake in an examination of changing times, Augustine's and...

Irish Filmmaker Neil Jordan

puzzle understand that they are nearly always involved in the penetration of a seemingly depthless surface of one person. However...

Multiple Personalities and the 1976 Film Sybil

not cope with. The waking Sybil was deprived of all these emotions, and was therefore a rather drab figure. She was unaware of her...

Alcohol Abuse and the Film Leaving Las Vegas

attacks, visual hallucinations, and paranoid delusions" are withdrawal symptoms of heavy drinking (Anonymous, 1999, PG). In the m...

2 Movie Versions of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders

In 5 pages this paper examines what the film versions of this novel reveal more about the times in which they were made than the e...

Contemporary Relevance of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In 5 pages the contemporary relevance of this 16th century play is assessed in terms of the cloning debate and a similar theme fea...

The 1990 Film Ghost and Its Archetypes

The archetypes in Jerry Zucker's film are identified and analyzed in this paper consisting of six pages. Six sources are cited in...

Film Critic Pauline Kael's Life and Influence

In seven pages this paper discusses New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael's life, how her passion for cinema translated into a care...

Chinese Media

In a paper consiting of five pages China's media with an emphasis upon film are discussed in terms of the conditions of the recent...

Michael Keaton and the Romantic Comedy's Social Value

job with an advertising agency. This sets the stage for marital difficulties born out of Butlers self-imposed inferiority complex...

Plantation Mistresses and Slaves

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares how slaves and plantation mistresses were depicted in The Plantation Mistress by ...

The Book 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

the past thirty years as to which was "better" - "2001" the book or "2001" the movie. Not surprisingly the fans of Clarkes numero...

Closure in The Films Double Happiness and Breathless

The writer compares and contrasts the narratives and the issue of closure in the films Double Happiness and Breathless. The paper ...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Home Alone 3

In five pages this essay compares the film with the novel by Mark Twain in the commonality of the popular theme in each of childre...

John Woo's Film The Killer

In five pages this paper reviews the 1989 film by director John Woo entitled The Killer and considers the influence of Western mav...

AIDS and the Film Jeffrey

In five pages this paper examines the film in terms of how AIDS and its effects are depicted. There are no other sources listed....

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Cinematic Depiction of Deviance

In eleven pages this paper discusses how deviance is cinematically depicted in such films as Leaving Las Vegas and One Flew Over t...