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Essays 271 - 300
or rouged (Brabazon, 2000, p. 98). At an awards ceremony, Davis was asked if she regretted not being the sort of movie star that w...
incidence of fire breaking out during operations. In one of ABCs 20/20 episodes in 1998, the audience was cautioned that this ha...
1998). Derek is induced into joining a neo-Nazi movement by a older hate-monger played by Stacy Keach, who uses him as a neighbo...
but always something that is made in a four-party meaning-situation. An author... circulates a text... to an audience... whose pe...
out of the selection" (Mikiro). They have never really been presented in film, showing how Natives were actually treated. One o...
someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...
"the Son of Your handmaid" (Longhenry, 2004). Additionally, John and Peter address Mary as "mother" numerous times during the film...
in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...
to the settlement of the American frontier, Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride...
Fasts text of the same name). They each offer depictions of George Washington as perceived by authors, screenwriters, and filmmak...
In five pages this paper discusses how these films reflect expansionism, individualism, success, economic wealth, the 'American Dr...
In five pages the depiction of Native Americans in the novel by James Fenimore Cooper and in the film by Kevin Costner is contrast...
of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
makes constitutes the "others" uniqueness. "The Other" inFilm The existence of "the other" has figured prominently throughout the...
character and Brian, however, are that Brian did not go through a stage where he involved himself in an affair to ease the transit...
Brando, the apples and pears of Cezanne...and Tracys face" (Chances 66). Throughout the film, Ike professes his belief that "It is...
This 7 page paper compares Alexie's 1993 book with the Chris Eyre 1998 book that was inspired by the film and its representation o...
human. Analyzing how Kubrick utilizes the Vietnam War as a means by which to expose violence, sexism and racism inherent to Ameri...
that mirrors such interpretation as brought about by the likes of popular culture, but it has also been quite successful at reachi...
of childrens costumes in ancient Egypt and Rome. VI. Conclusion a. Culture is the great equalizer when it comes to establishing th...
toward consumption. As such, the public began spending money, causing various industries to take notice of such disposable income...
one-way interplay between the ad and the viewer is a result of what Marx termed commodity fetishism, whereby the illusion of immed...
to by Jim in very earthy, concrete terms that nonetheless indicate that she is pretty. When she says that blue "is wrong for-roses...
pain and trying to find herself as she divorces herself mentally from her poor beginnings when she was married at fifteen to a hor...
the market. This sums up the strategy of a company which wishes to be a leader rather than a second mover in...
mans face. The fish slips from his fingers and manages to make it over the side. The perspective follows the fish. The fish turn...
in Raging Bull (127). Thus, part of the reason for the success of the film has to do with the choreographed movements of the acto...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Wordsworth and Hopkins perceived nature as God-like and powerful in beauty with a consideratio...
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens both deal in major part with discrimination. T...