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Media Depiction of Women in the Third World and in Film

In nine pages there is a third world emphasis in this consideration of how the media especially cinema portrays women. Eight sour...

U.S. Society and Cinematic Stereotypes of Hispanics

In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...

Experimental Avant Garde Cinema and Theater

In five pages the post First World War avant garde genre and its influence upon theater and cinema are examined in a consideration...

Fritz Lang's M and the Hollywood Impact of German Cinema

According to Kreimeier (1996), at its peak in 1921, the German film industry was literally cranking out some 600 films annually, m...

U.S. Film and the Influence of Stanislavski's Method

In eleven pages this paper examines the method acting theory of Stanislavski and its impact upon American cinema. Seven sources a...

Female Directors in American Cinema

This paper examines the impact of female directors in American cinema. The author discusses, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Lois Web...

Cinema and Women

time the roles that are culturally defined and accepted change and the roles that women play in films generally reflect these chan...

Film Theory and Impact of Black and White Imagery

In a paper consisting of seven pages the influence of black and white imagery on cinema is examined in the context of Mathieu Kass...

Disabilities and Perceptions About Them Shaped by Literature and Cinema

In eight pages this paper discusses how perceptions and attitudes regarding individuals with disabilities have been influenced by ...

An Analysis of the Films, The Sacrifice, Stalker, and Daughters of the Dust

tending to interpret the film through the medium of his or her own perceptions and world view. Each viewer walks away from the fi...

Characteristics of Mexican Cinema

(Mexican Film Institute) and the British Film Institute, a major two-month season of Mexican Cinema presented at the National Fil...

Truth About Early America

In 7 pages this paper examines the quest for truth regarding early America through a combination of text, cinema, and research. T...

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...

Third Cinema and Documentary Film

In eleven pages this paper examines the development of documentary films in this Third Cinema practice and theory overview. Nine ...

Robert Drew and the Development of Cinema Vérité (Direct Cinema) in America by P.J. O'Connell

In five pages this paper provides a textual overview of Robert Drew's life and career as a documentary filmmaker with his influenc...

Milton/Satan in Paradise Lost

who displays unconquerable courage. In this manner, Milton portrays Satan as a heroic figure, and elicits sympathy for him. As Sat...

Beowulf & Odysseus/Ancient Heroes

peers by acclamation rather than divine right. The thane is spoke of as a "giver of treasure in gladness" (Beowulf 46). In other w...

Em in "Earth Abides"

university-trained expert in his field. And yet he finds that intellectual learning is not very important in this world, whats nee...

Sigurd and Achilles and Their Deaths

destroy Sigurd. She says that she has a favor to ask and makes the king promise that he will keep his word. He does, and asks her ...

Oedipus and Lysistrata: Tragedy and Comedy

they can stop the men from going off to war and would ultimately bring some peace. The premise of the story is a tragic one, in th...

WORKING CLASS HEROES AND BLACK PICKET FENCES: A COMPARISON

the every day people who live, work and form the community, from stay-at-home moms who mold their families, to fire-fighters, who ...

The Concept of the Anti-Hero in “Catch-22”

there are some wars that "must" be fought, they we will probably agree with Clevinger: that everyone is caught up in the war and h...

Women's Roles in American Cinema Since 1967

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

Bless Me, Ultima & The Odyssey

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

Oedipus: Tragic Hero

a man who has a prophecy following him, and he is a man who is relatively clueless about what is going on. He inadvertently kills ...

Titus Andronicus as Tragic Hero

In this introduction to the character of Titus it is obvious that he is well regarded and that he has a reputation of being a nobl...

Emerson and the Romantic Hero

"behold the beauty of another character....with...vivacity....behold in another the expression of a love so high that it assures i...

Ethan Frome: Tragic Hero

old families and the nouveau riche, who had made their fortunes in more recent years" (Books and Writers). For the most part this ...

John Proctor and David Merrill: Tragic Heroes

is wildly jealous of Elizabeth (Miller, 2003). Abigail is also the leader of the towns young women, and she and her friends were...

Role Models

(2000) says that Mother Theresa is a good role model. Yet, there are many others who may be considered good role models. Mendelsoh...