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Traditional Staging vs. Contemporary Cinematic Interpretations of William Shakespeare's Plays

inexperienced actors in the lead roles (Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). The play opens with the servants, Samson and Gregory,...

Comparing Poems about War to Beowulf

it is essentially the duty of this narrator. Beowulf is a man who sees his duty as that which involves risking his life. He goes...

Margaret Laurence's The Loons, Thomas King's The Borders and the Theme of Initiation

in that simple narrative position we know the story is important, even if the boy does not know it yet. The story involves the ...

Three Cinematic Visions of Hamlet

own terms, as an interpretation for a modern mass audience of a compelling story that gives shape to some of the deepest-rooted hu...

Comparing Black Nationalism and Identity in Benedict Anderson's 'Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism' and the Film 'Gone With the Wind'

contemplate how individual and cultural identities are constructed in the first place. In the opinion of Benedict Anderson, autho...

Comparing Racism: 1965 and 2005

that appears in both the North and South, but few would call it a situation where there is tension. Going back forty years, things...

The Character of Alex in A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess and in Stanley Kubrick's Film Adaptation

primary theme within the whole novel, as well as the film, is that which asks us to look at ourselves, and our society, and see ho...

The Lost World by Michael Crichton Novel and Film

The film has Malcolm being lured to the island by millionaire John Hammond, the mastermind behind the development of the dinosaurs...

Knowledge Motif in All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren and Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

The more involved Willie becomes in politics, the more corrupt he becomes. This is because he acquires knowledge on how the game i...

Role of Religion in Far and Away and The Gangs of New York Films

the children in orphanages" (Rieneck). It is not, however, the Irish immigrant or Irish Catholic who are trying to change the regi...

1980s' Revolution in Romania and Poland

TASS to comment approvingly that Polish authorities were "taking necessary measure to restore tranquility" (Johnson 18). Just ei...

A Clockwork Orange and 1984

Burgess poses basic questions regarding the...

Gilgamesh and Kurtz in Heart of Darkness

merely oppressed and used the natives. Kurtz is a man who is very diverse and very intelligent. He is a powerful speaker, a poet, ...

The Bible and Mel Gibson's Film The Passion of the Christ

depiction was not anti-Semitic: "Most of good people in this movie are Jewish, including not only Jesus and Mary, but Mary Magdale...

Burger King's Whopper Product Analysis

down or on the move, without the need for cutlery. The location of the restaurant is also important, and as such we can see that i...

Iraq War Coverage in UK's The Guardian and The New York Times Compared

condemned The New York Times and The Guardian for liberal content and left-wing sympathies, and their war coverage has come under ...

Comparative Analysis of J.J. Bigas Luna's Jamon, Jamon and Cyril Collard's Savage Nights

pictures the "ineffectual male figure" as being displaced by the more "aggressive female" (DLugo 65). Cinematography underscore...

A Comparison of the Book and Film Versions of Alcott's Little Women

the only ones allowed to have money, only serve to reinforce the institutions which helped them rise to power in the first place. ...

Cinematic Comparative Analysis of L'Avventura and Sleepless in Seattle

narrative style. With Sleepless there is a sense of desperation as lives are changing. In LAvventura there is a real desperate sit...

MGM and Universal's Cinematic Styles

their advertising campaigns asserted) more stars than there are in the heavens" (The Thin Man, 1995). Mordden (1988) asks, "What, ...

Comparative Analysis of Three Seasons Film by Tony Bui with My Year of Meats Novel by Ruth L. Ozeki

finds that her conscience has problems with this assignment and she ultimately rebels. Paralleling Janes story is that of Akiko...

Stephen King's Misery

well known novelist, would have called authorities. Annie does no such thing. Rather, she keeps him captive. During the time that ...

D.O.A.: 1950 and 1988

But, in this film remake the character seems less likeable, a character that perhaps the audience could not relate to as well for ...

Hussein and Hitler

what we know of this, just from history. Hitler presided over a systematic attempt to eradicate all the Jews of Europe; six millio...

Scorsese to the Second Power: "Goodfellas" and "Casino"

errand boy to a "coke and gun dealer" (Quart). This is a twisted version of the American dream. Scorsese populates this film wit...

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail

references the bible whereas Lincoln references the dead. These tactics make their rhetoric stronger, according to a student, but ...

Cinderella: Text and Film

clean and cook and be their servant. In both of the versions Cinderella becomes a slave to the step mother and step sisters. In th...

Supplication in "The Iliad"

its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...

TQM and Six Sigma

Morris (1994). Total is seen as being the entire organisation or company, from board level through to the tea lady. Quality is se...

Comparative Analysis of Dances With Wolves Novel and Film

main character, but is predominantly depicted as a sympathetic witness to a way of life that he senses will soon be lost forever. ...