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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Oedipus Rex - Bliss In Ignorance
Number of words: 851 | Number of pages: 4.... Sophoclean drama, specifically Oedipus Rex, this was meant in a vastly different way. The unexamined life was one that was in the dark, unknown as to what fate lied beyond every turn and irony of living. Oedipus, up to the point in which he heard the comment in the tavern in Corinth, lived an unexamined life. To Socrates, he was an unfulfilled man, one who deserved to know more, one who not complete. However, in a much less metaphysical sense, Oedipus' life was complete, in that he had all that he needed, and was living a happy and fruitful life. As the drama progresses, he finds out more and more, learning exactly what the implica .....
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National Geographic: Mysteries Underground
Number of words: 555 | Number of pages: 3.... not taken cautiously you will pick up to much speed while sliding and
finally hit some kind of stone wall or something. One lady was not careful
enough and boy did she pay. She was only a mile and a half or so in the cave
and she broke her leg. It took almost five days to get who to the surface of
the cave where she could be attended to. Also I found out that caves were much
larger then I had originally thought. The largest cave now, Mammoth Cave, is
over 200 miles long. And if you are exploring a cave being miles and miles from
the entrance it is very important that you be careful because if you break your
leg that far from .....
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A Review Of The Movie: The Usual Suspects
Number of words: 1881 | Number of pages: 7.... tones. Keaton addresses the man as "Keyser" and then asks what
time it is. After a quick check of his gold watch and the light of his
cigarette, the dark one lifts up his gun and fires. Dropping his cigarette
in a line of gas, the boat explodes seconds later as the camera focuses in
on a stack of barrels and ropes.
What this first scene does is provide the viewer with one big
question: what just happened? As the movie progresses the set-up of the
scene slowly plays out in front of us in logical order. But there remains
one major detail left out, who exactly is this dark man, whom we come to
know as Keyser Sozé? This charact .....
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"A Man For All Seasons" By Robert Bolt: More's Moral Dilemma
Number of words: 1214 | Number of pages: 5.... morals.
King Henry applies pressure on More to support the divorce through Meg.
While More is in jail for failing to take an oath supporting the divorce, Meg
tries to convince him to take the oath, and she says, "Say the words of the oath
and in your heart think otherwise," (page 81). More responded to this by saying,
"What is an oath then but words we say to god?" (page 81). Meg is applying
direct pressure on More by asking him to say the oath and not believe in it, so
he will get the benefits of believing it and stick to his morals at the same
time. However, More thinks this is against Catholic religion because he thinks .....
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A Man For All Seasons: Thomas More
Number of words: 592 | Number of pages: 3.... as a friend. Henry respected More's
opinion, and became extremely frustrated with his many attempts to persuade
More to accept the divorce. Finally, when the King realized that More
could not accept the divorce, he promised to exempt More from any decisions
pertaining to the divorce.
The leader of the divorce campaign was Thomas Cromwell, who was
next in line for the chancellor's position. He framed More hoping that
More would be forced to resign as chancellor. Cromwell then wrote an oath
which forced people to prove they accepted King Henry's divorce. Even
though the King had promised to keep More out of the proceedings, m .....
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Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
Number of words: 697 | Number of pages: 3.... get rid of them. Also, each Transformer came
with a stat card on the back of the box he was sold in that described his
various skills and attributes. I used to always cut these stat cards from the
back of the boxes, and tape them onto large sheets; which I hung on my bedroom
wall. Along with the action figures, I also had Transformer books and
Transformer bedsheets. I couldn't get enough of the Transformers. I saw about
every episode, and I knew about everything there was to know about them.
The Transformers were intelligent robots with the ability to transform
from a robot shape to some other shape. The very first Transform .....
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Macbeth: Witches Influence On Macbeth's Decisions
Number of words: 1277 | Number of pages: 5.... predictions for his possible future, in order to make him act on them.
The witches tell Macbeth that he will become the thane of Cawdor and then king
of Scotland. They poison his mind with these prophesies, making him greedy and
bringing out the evil qualities in his soul. When the first of the promises is
proven authentic, Macbeth then considers the idea of murdering Duncan for the
first time. This is his first step on the journey to his demise, as the witches
had planned.
The three witches' plan succeeded, they had aroused the greed in Macbeth,
allowing him to make the most important choice of the play - to kill Duncan.
Macb .....
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Shylock Is The Villian In Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice
Number of words: 382 | Number of pages: 2.... the human qualities of Shylock throughout
the play. Shakespeare brings out these human qualities by causing us to
feel sympathy for him. After the loss of his daughter Shylock ran through
the streets crying “My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!” as children
followed him, mocking him. This causes us to feel sympathy for Shylock,
even though we may feel him to be a villain. Besides the loss of his
daughter and his ducats, after the trial Shylock also looses his property
and his religion. The loss of his property was certainly a blow to Shylock
but it can hardly compare to his loss of his religion. His forced
conversi .....
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Hamlet: Feigned Madness
Number of words: 727 | Number of pages: 3.... from the death of his father to the revelation of the ghost has profoundly disturbed Hamlet. He realizes it himself and fears that the excitement within him may betray his secret. He knows well that it is beyond his power to suppress it altogether, and so he pretends to be mad. Any slip of the tongue about his secrets will seem like the uttering of a mad man, and his real thoughts will be unknown to those around him. Hamlet must have time to think, time to perfect a plan of action, and in the meanwhile he must protect himself from any involuntary betrayal of the inner workings of his mind. He needs time to ensure that th .....
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A Comparison Of Romeo And Juliet And West Side Story.
Number of words: 448 | Number of pages: 2.... they get into another fight they all
will have to go to jail. The difference between the two peace-makers is that the
Prince has more power than the Lieutenant. In the story of Romeo and Juliet,
Paris wants to marry Juliet against her wishes. Her father wants Paris West
Side Story to marry Juliet. Juliet goes off and marries Romeo without telling
anyone. In Chino wants to marry Maria against her wishes, just like Paris in
Romeo and Juliet. Maria and Toni do not get married, which is in contrast to
Romeo and Juliet. Marcucio in Romeo and Juliet, is killed while battling Tybalta.
In West Side Story Riff is killed in a knif .....
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