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Actor John Barrymore's Life and Career in Silent Films

In five pages this paper examines John Barrymore's life and silent screen acting career. Six sources are cited in the bibliograph...

John Cheever's 'The Swimmer' Short Story and Frank Perry's Film Adaptation

This paper consists of 5 pages and discusses the film's inability to transfer Cheever's internal monologue visually on the big scr...

John Schlesinger's Film An Eye for an Eye and Gender Roles

In five pages the portrayal of gender roles in this 1995 film is discussed. There is no bibliography included....

World Perspectives and Postmodern Style of Film Directors John McNaughton and Danny Boyle

In twenty pages this paper discusses the impact of postmodernism upon the views of filmmakers John McNaughton and Danny Boyle. Ei...

3 Reviews on Religious Books

a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...

Origen/Early Christian Exegete

beings. Modern scholars agree with Origen that portions of Matthews Gospel were added to the original at a later date. Origens ca...

Hong Kong Portrayal by Director John Woo in the 1989 Film The Killer

In five pages Woo's portrayal of Hong Kong is the focus of this examination of The Killer film. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Analyzing John Nash's Mental Illness in A Beautiful Mind Film by Director Ron Howard

original consensus among mental health professionals the schizophrenia developed during late teens or early adulthood. However, a...

Strangers in Good Company/Women and Old Age

in their lives when they are accustoming themselves to their impeding morality and the problems that come with old age. Catherine ...

Independence Day/Film Review

in low Earth orbit would cause tidal waves, which is never mentioned, and one of the criticisms leveled at the film. There are oth...

When A Man Loves A Woman

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

Silent v. Sound/Art in Film

"at heart, I was always a silent movie man" (Twatio 14). One reason why early silent films appear odd or stilted to modern audie...

Passion of the Christ v. The Bible

"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...

Hitchcock/Psycho & Shadow of a Doubt

the nature of good and evil. In "Shadow," there are the two "Charlies," Uncle Charlie and his niece, Charlotte, who is known as "C...

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...

Overview and Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

hit-and-run death of Toms mistress, the married Myrtle Wilson. Her widower is deceived into thinking Gatsby caused the accident, ...

The Influence of the Cave Allegory

distance. In some way one can compare this to how humans contemplate form. It is not easy. If one stretches the allegory and sees ...

Plato’s Cave and Sartre

without knowing that something solid existed humanity would not see or comprehend anything but shadows. When shown that the world ...

Symbolism and Allegory in “Young Goodman Brown”

the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

Literary Analysis of Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily,' Poe's 'Ligeia,' and Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown'

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

Allegory and Symbolism in the American Gothic Short Stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

Anthropomorphic representation in the works of three artists

artifacts cannot be successfully manipulated by "clumsy, inward-curling monkey fingers" (1), although this view does not seem to t...

The Cave and The Divided Line

student sees in relationship to what the image can present: "but of the ideas which they resemble; not of the figures which they d...

Literary Elements in Poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson and "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and William Faulkner's Short Story "A Rose for Emily"

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

Plato's Republic - The Recurring Themes

student introduce and summarize Platos "allegory of the cave". The allegory of the cave, as it is commonly known, is a dialogue be...

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

In five pages this paper argues that this story by Kafka represents a creationist evolution allegory. One source is cited in the ...

Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt

to what the enlightened person must do on going back into the cave?what has been done in the past, and what might be done in the f...

Le Morte D'Arthur by Malory and The Faerie Queen by Spenser and Characterization

In six pages the fully developed characters Malory features are contrasted with Spenser's stiff stereotypes in order to perpetuate...

Allegories in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this essay discusses the spiritual meaning of the allegories featured in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn...