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Comedic Style of Charlie Chaplin

rests in the audience realization that nothing "is what is seems" and the element of surprise as the man grows to "monstrous propo...

Ivan the Terrible, Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

his cheek, he has a look that mixes fear and trepidation with determination. With this, Eisenstein introduces the idea that the Ts...

Phyllis and Lola, Double Indemnity

by Billy Wilder) is regarded as a classic example of film noir. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by James M. Cain by Raymon...

Two Periods in American History

importance of political structures that could inherently support a self-governed people and this included efforts to reject the pr...

Progress and Ideals of the Enlightenment

and the second seeks to "alter the self-understanding of groups which have been defined in negative ways by a dominant culture" (L...

We Were Soldiers/Historical Accuracy of Film

back first one North Vietnamese assault, then another, over a period of six days."i In writing about the film, co-author of We W...

Nursing's Contribution to Quality of Life

could be called human biological life; or(2) human personal life that includes biological life but goes beyond it to include other...

The Gambino Family

Luciano would bring the Mafia into the modern age, putting the group into organized crime. Out of the ruins of the Masseria and Ma...

17th and 18th Century Censorship of the English Stage and Jeremy Collier's Pamphlet, 'A Short View on Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage'

the name of Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) embarked upon his own personal crusade to censor these works on religious grounds. The pub...

Gender, Women, and 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

Development of Social Work

p. 130). Figures from the early part of the century reveal that "50 to 66 percent of working families were poor and that a third ...

Graphic Design and the Gutenberg Galaxy

before was not freer to gain access to. The use of moveable types was a move towards homogeneity. McLuhan states; "the world of v...

12 Angry Men/TV's Law and Order

entitled "House of Cards," the detectives and attorneys who are featured in the show similarly face what seems like a case of cert...

Movies/Then & Now

theater environment, that is most often accused of encouraging crime. Then, as now, the majority of the people ignored the naysaye...

Police Corruption Selective History

that while the officer at least in America is seen as an individual who should be well respected, he or she is also under scrutiny...

Is Govermental Power Too Great or Insufficient?

entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...

H.G. Wells' 'Time Machine' and Adolf Hitler's Thoughts

feat of time travel, for example, through the wonders of modern science. After years of meticulous work he has managed to create ...

Civil War and Reconstruction Social Welfare Programs

founded by Rev. Charles L. Brace was formed and was the first "childrens organization to adopt family care, or placing-out, as its...

Women, Medieval Attitudes and The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

the passage is a contrast of literal words and actual underlying meanings. Many times what the Wife says is in direct opposition t...

Satire in Hard Times

in which the employers basically had the ability to "starve" their employees back to work, on the employers terms. The 1850s in En...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Racism

Congo are largely recorded in Heart of Darkness, his most famous, finest and most enigmatic story, the title of which signifies no...

Early Industrialization and the Theories of Goldin and Sokoloff

that the closer a firm was to a city, the smaller the opportunity for women and children (Goldin and Sokoloff, 1982). Still, when ...

Poverty, Women, and Social Work

community solidarity which...provided a sufficient rational for local responsibility" (Trattner, 1999, p. 16). Furthermore, the po...

Medieval Times and Attitudes About Women

the man is Ywain she is happy and tells him, "she ought not refuse to take as lord a good knight and the son of a king" which is s...

Opportunities for Women of Color in the American West

school systems and particularly in the realm of higher education at a time when only those with financial means were able to atten...

The Neoproterozoic and Acritarch Radiation

organisms when there are major environment changes, such as changing sea levels, tectonic movements, glacial events and climatic c...

North American Colonial Period, Native Americans and African Slaves

It was also based on the Europeans ability to see Africans as a source for slave labor. Africans who were captured and shipped to ...

Women's Roles in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Wife makes it clear that she has always enjoyed sex and this verifies the Churchs depiction of women as licentious. In fact, t...

Cecelski's Along Freedom Road

those societal institutions, such as schools and churches, which had grown out of the post-slavery era and reflected black cultura...

Song Dynasty Chinese Painters and Paintings

One was Go Xi who "was a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and a follower of Li Cheng in style. He was the first to ...