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The Illusionist as Myth

The God of the Waning Year is associated with the sacrificial victim, whose death was believed necessary in order for the earth to...

Euclid of Alexandria; The Elements

Elements, to which he replied that there was no royal road to geometry. He is therefore younger than Platos circle, but older than...

Literature and Film Related to Rural Life

the Grapes of Wrath the family is mobile, that is really not by choice and even when they face such a hardship, they remain close....

Maya Deren and the Shadow Self

on the table with a knife still perched within it, a telephone off the hook on the stairs, as if someone is on hold. Her mind imme...

Sam Spade and the Film Genre Represented by The Maltese Falcon

role after years as a Warner contract player" (Galloway, 2002; maltesefalcon.shtml). As we can see from this simple description...

Life of English Essayist Charles Lamb

at Blakesware in Lambs mothers native county of Hertford (Ward and Waller, 2002). The business of London contrasted greatly with ...

Cinematic Style, Influence, and Impact of Francis Ford Coppola

in his 30s. Coppola, born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan to an actress mother (Italia) and musician father (Carmine) grew up in Quee...

The Film Chinatown by Director Roman Polanski

Six pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown. This paper considers the ...

Characters from "On Golden Pond" and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"

This research report examines various characters in each of these works. Both the film and novel are explored and Ivan in Tolstoy'...

Contemporary Worker Welfare and its Significance to the Film 'Norma Rae'

This paper consists of 5 pages and discusses the real-life system of worker welfare as portrayed in the film, including deplorable...

Life and Times of Vlad Tepes, the Original Dracula

out of the hands of Vlad the III. (Vlad 1996) Vlad III eventually did manage to regain the thrown of Walachia by conspiring with...

My Left Foot/Social Responsibility

suggests, the filmmakers show him as very human and the script does a good job of dramatizing his imperfections as well as his rem...

Sense and Sensibility/Novel v. Film

mother, Elinor and Marianne (who are both young women) and younger sister Margaret, by beginning with the death of Henry Dashwood,...

The Middle Passage/Deslauriers

depiction of explicit violence, rapes, flogging, etc. are "implied rather than shown," he seems to feel that this is an artistic a...

Birth of a Nation/Cinematic History

history of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In essence, Griffith is recounting the tales told to him by his father, who was a...

Mississippi Burning/A Reaction to the Film

group of KKK members (DuPont, et al). The film ends with snapshots of the men indicted for the murders of the three Civil Rights w...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

1940s Black Cinema

fell considerably short of avoiding stereotypes. For example, one review, that is typical of those produced by white critics, de...

Hitchcock’s Auteur Vision: “Rear Window”

they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. In The Birds, for instance, Melanie (Tippi Hedren) pursues Mitch (Rod Taylor), a m...

Pro-Filmic Aspects of the Christening Scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather

organ and the heavily accented voice of the priest, which allow for "not only contrasting the pious words of the protagonists with...

Comparing Film Versions of Twelfth Night

which is at the "heart of this piece, cannot stand such a strong dose of reality" (Brode 98). There is artificiality in abundanc...

Sunderland Development Properties Ltd.

possible that of there is a large minority, which means more than 25% of the share ownership, that oppose the action, they would b...

The Letter by Somerset Maugham and Characterization

to kiss her, but naturally, Proudlock was convicted of murder (PG). She received a death sentence but the the European community ...

Hitchcock's Rebecca

Danvers seems almost supernatural in her ability to simply appear, starling the current Mrs. De Winter, who is played by Joan Font...

This is Sparta

Warner Bros. marketed the movie very smartly, relying on its stunning visuals and unique look to entice viewers to the theater; it...

2 films: America and The Patriot

as other authors, date this film as 1924, not 1929, which is why this date is used. Griffith envisioned his film as an epic, but t...

Exploring Vienna and Talking of Possibilities

enthralling" (1995). The film is a romance, but it avoids the trap of being formulaic; often films of this kind rely "more upon ac...

Late Spring, Directed by Yasujiro Ozu

from Japanese director Yasujiro Ozus 1949 masterpiece Late Spring, there are two cutaway shots that feature a beautiful vase. Thes...

Questions on Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964)

This paper offers analysis of film clips from Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev's "Hamlet" (1964). Three pages in length, two sour...

Cronenberg: "A History of Violence"

in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...