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Hamlet, Oedipus, and the Theme of Illusion v. Reality

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

The Work of a Crime Scene Investigator

One of the most valuable tools available to help ascertain this information is through an arson investigation, the "study of fire-...

Lyrical Significance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, and Richard II

mere lust, but sacred and precious. Therefore, he constructed a poetic dialogue that would "provide this decisive encounter with ...

'Time is Out of Joint' in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

before he sees the Ghost and receives his deadly mission. When the Ghost appears to him, Hamlet voices his apprehension as to th...

Lines 954 to 997 in Oedipus the King by Sophocles

city is in turmoil. The next several lines have a messenger enter and inquire as to Oedipus home and whereabouts. The Chorus info...

The Andromeda Strain, Mise-en-Scene

This essay pertains to the art production and mise-en-scene that characterizes "The Andromeda Strain," a 1971 film directed by Rob...

Cooperative Principle, Developed by H.P. Grice

This paper pertains to Grice's Cooperative Principle, which is explained, along with its associated maxims. The writer then uses t...

Pillow Talk (1959)

This essay pertains to Pillow Talk (1959), which the writer describes as a classic sex comedy. To support this position, the write...

Dog Day Afternoon, Directed by Sydney Lumet

This essay uses the remarks made in Sydney Lumet's book "Making Movies" in order to theorize why Lumet featured a montage of scene...

Ethics of Consequentialism, The Perspective in Harry Potter

This essay explains how a scene in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002, directed by Christ Columbus) exemplifies the p...

Quiz Show, John Turturro's Performance

This essay presents an argument that John Turturro's performance as Herbert Stempel is crucial to this film's structure and plot. ...

Fritz Hippler's Film The Eternal Jew

the film to perfection. He suggested that the German people should take matters into their own hands and reclaim their country by ...

American Scene Painting Art Movement

critical reception and the issues and themes addressed in their work. Regionalism A principal thrust in this school was the conc...

Insanity of King Lear

enter the hovel, stating that he will pray and then sleep. Lear then prays for all the people who do not have shelter on this nigh...

Evidence Found in the 1996 Case of Jon Benet Ramsey

be suspects after many years of lingering doubt. Still, the timing is curious as Christmas Eve is a time that is usually associate...

Analyzing the Prose of Ophelia in Act III, Scene i, Lines 155 to 166 of Hamlet

whatever virtue she may still retain intact. Ophelia is naturally shocked and confused by Hamlets peculiar behavior and struggles...

Archetypal Metaphors in A Clockwork Orange

who is so conditioned by the state that he is unable to survive in the real world. Finally, a violent past which he is unable to c...

How Othello is Admired by Others in the First Act, Third Scene of Othello by William Shakespeare

an outsider, a theme which is emphasized in most critical analyses of the play, Othellos identity as the Moor in Venice was "not a...

Fried Green Tomatoes Novel and Film Comparison

tidbits that enabled the readers to journey back in time. The film alters this setting somewhat with a present-day Evelyn Couch s...

Cinematic Techniques and Narrative in The Graduate

by the same name and so was translated to the silver screen. When this is done it is always a touchy business. Much of the motivat...

William Shakespeare's Richard the Third and the Use of Pronouns

regarded as the "polite" or "formal" form of the second person (Garvey 12). The familiar use of "thou" is best illustrated throu...

Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Ethnocentrism

student prefers to cite a movie. Additionally, as this writer/tutor knows nothing of the students background, for this assignment,...

Literature and Violence

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

Juliet's Images in Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

the second quatrain and then the third, on her own (Downing 126). In so doing, she overturns the Petrarchan convention wherein th...

King Oedipus Was His Own Worst Enemy

birth was that he would kill his father and marry his mother, a pronouncement so shocking that Laius and Jocasta felt they needed ...

Act II, Scene ii of The Rover by Aphra Behn

other than the fact that in being a prostitute she had more control of her life as well as control of her economic situation. In T...

Aristotle, Tragedy, and Oedipus Rex

serve as a compass for the character when facing great and insurmountable odds. Oedipus held staunchly to his moral codes, and whe...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and Queen Gertrude Following Act III, Scene ii

in bed" (III.ii.206-209), then following-up with the equally matter of fact declaration, "If, once a widow, ever I be wife!" (III....

Fourth Act, First Scene of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

a rare and precious gem. Ferdinand does fall in love with Miranda, as was Prosperos plan all along, and is willing to stay with th...

1993 Movie Philadelphia

of AIDS (Sullivan 42). However, Joe soon recognize that the injustice of this case is something that he cannot ignore. The fears t...