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Essays 271 - 300
titles such as "The Sultan of Sleaze," "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash," which is the one he says he prefers (Als, 199...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
A 30 page analysis of this science fiction film. This futuristic film imparts a sense of reality that is enough to bring most vie...
Contemporary American beliefs and spirituality are the focus of this overview of Wade Clark Roof's Spiritual Marketplace consistin...
In six pages this paper examines Ron Padgett's contemporary American poetry in an analysis that reveals it is much less simplistic...
would secede from the Union and thus would indicate they did not care about his demands or his desires (Abraham Lincoln and the Ci...
2005). At this time it was a very frightening disease or virus or condition because not enough was known about the disease: "It is...
In ten pages this paper examines the conflict between African cultural traditions and the contemporary African American middle cla...
In six pages this paper charts the course of American literature in a consideration of popular movements with examples and a focus...
This research paper offers a character study that focuses on Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) in Mattieu Kassowitz's film La Haine....
The Mexican American presence in the United States has had a number of cultural impacts not only on the country itself but on the ...
not easy to explain why individuals are motivated to act in the ways they do. This is why there are a number of competing theories...
only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental support -- has been...
Opposing Arguments Petrakis (2010) is completely right when he writes: "the screenplay is simplistic and uninteresting, lea...
is a mixed bag. In films that parody the past like Undercover Brother and in music videos, the most watched genre of film today by...
to his students. He gives them no time to "adjust," but leaps right in with both feet on the first day by having the class read Ro...
his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...
an early scene in the film presents the typical urban stereotype of the young, affluent white married couple whose body language r...
is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...
throughout cinematic history, Jean Mitry (1907-1988) was perhaps the most comprehensive and objective. He examined cinema from al...
Soviets are no longer perceived as a threat. Neither is Germany. And of course, the cold war is over. This provides a curious chal...
standards and then exemplifies those himself (2000). For example, in a coaching situation, a leader may mandate that a cross count...
learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...
control of countries worldwide. Naturally, showing dark natives the benefits of Western culture did not come without a price, as E...
is put forward by the opposition. Willner asserts that in order for this devotion to supersede logic, the people must consider the...
UniSols have bodies of unmatched perfection and their memories have been supposedly erased, which allows their minds to be easily ...
ethics or lack thereof, surrounding the mystique of Wall Street. Although takeovers are not in themselves unethical, the methods ...
intelligence as seen in the character of the Fonz. "When Arthur (Fonzie) Fonzarelli appeared on the screen in 1974, with his slick...
what the audience is viewing with his own subjective observations. In his consideration of film noir, Jon Tuska (1984) noted that...
Native American literature is interesting both in content and in the fact that it is a relatively recent phenomena. Native Americ...