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Film Dead Poets' Society Portrayal of Students, Parents, and Teachers

poetry, philosophy and other topics. The club...would be completely unacceptable to the conservative school, which discourages stu...

A Futuristic Dystopia, Gattaca

This paper pertains to the film "Gattaca" (1997), and the manner in which it portrays a dystopian society. Three pages in length, ...

Mukherjee's Jasmine/Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

This paper discusses Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," but then focuses on Mukherjee's "Jasmine," as a novel that portrays immigrant e...

Saints and Soldiers, A Discussion

This essay pertains to "Saints and Soldiers," a 2003 film directed by Ryan Little. The writer provides a brief summary of the plot...

'Machiavellian' Julius Caesar as Depicted by William Shakespeare

deal of support for the fact that Machiavelli always had the interests of the people at heart. Much of The Prince revolves around ...

Theme of Fantasy versus Reality in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

crop up in bits and pieces, in a haphazard fashion. He will start stories and then abandon them before reaching a conclusion, on...

Transamerica, a Film Review

This film review pertains to Transamerica (2005, directed by Duncan Tucker), which is the story of Sabrina "Bree" Osborne, a trans...

The Film Rent

An analysis of the film Rent focuses on sex and sexuality and how that is portrayed. The merits of the film are evaltued. There ar...

"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

This essay asserts that in order to comprehend the motivation and action portrayed in Kate Chopin's short story "Story of an Hour,...

TV Show that Feature Forensics

This research paper profiles episodes from "CSI," "Bones," and "Forensics Files." The forensic science portrayed in each episode i...

The Nature of Siva, as Perceived in Hinduism

This essay pertains to how the deity Siva is portrayed within the context of Hindu texts. Ten pages in length, five sources are ci...

Two Recent Films, Human Behavior

This essay uses the relationships portrayed in Dallas Buyers Club (directed by Jean-Marc Vallee) and Nebraska (directed by Alexand...

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Robert Lemon, Transfusion

This film review in on Robert Lemon's 2014 documentary "Transfusion," which portrays the complex cultural issues and meaning that ...

Aspects of "When Harry Met Sally" (1989)

This paper pertains to eight specific issues that address the film "When Harry Met Sally" (1989). These aspects of the film discus...

Historical Accuracy of Elizabeth: The Golden Age

This film review pertains to "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," which premiered in 2007 and portrays events from the reign of Elizabeth ...

The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway and the 'Failed Artist'

to salvage their relationship. When a scratch on his leg goes untreated with iodine, it becomes gangrenous, and as he lay dying, ...

The Portrayal of Friendship in French Cinema

considered a right" (230). In four French films in particular, Arnaud Desplechins Comment Je Me Suis Disput?... (Ma Vie Sexuelle)...

Husband and Wife Oedipus and Jocasta in Oedipus the King by Sophocles and The Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau

(La Machine Infernale), Oedipus is a man of great looks with an ego to match, but of what could best be described as limited intel...

Critically Assessing Presentation of Christians and Jews in 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare

a time and oft / In the Rialto you have rated me / About my moneys and my usances; / Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, /...

A Medea Analysis

In her soliloquy, shortly before she kills the boys, she asks why should she do something that will hurt not only Jason, but herse...

Carmen Martin Gaite's The Back Room and Popular Cuture

the narrators apartment and intrude upon her thought processes. She writes that they are "fingered for such a long time, they beco...

TV and Substance Abuse

long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...

Hell and Satan in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton and 'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri

sins and sinners are tortured for eternity. In all honesty, each level seems horrible with no descending level becoming any more f...

Trilogy by Aeschylus and Justice

as a spoil of war. Her first husband had been killed by Agamemnon and her child killed in front of her. It can be said that she ha...

The Last Samurai Film Historical Analysis

Japan should become more westernized so that it could prosper economically and protect its territorial independence. Suddenly, a ...

Two Motherhood Perspectives in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes and Toni Morrison's Beloved

and perverts every aspect of their lives. Unlike the Hubbards, Reginas husband, Horace Giddens, is a man of principle. He has jus...

Abnormal Psychology and the Film Copycat

is a virtual prisoner in her home (Copycat). She has withdrawn from both work and her life and the only contact she has with the o...

'Professions for Women' by Virginia Woolf

and they only aggravate the gender issue by putting blinders on people so as to avoid the truth. A relevant phrase in liter...

The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi and Market Pattern Evolution

trade, external, internal and local. The nature of external and local trade is basically non competitive, as it generally encompas...