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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Hamlet
Number of words: 393 | Number of pages: 2.... of them telling me, I found out the ghost was my father. He told me a lot of information about what happened to him before his death, and the details about his death. He told me that he was murdered by my Uncle Claudius, by means of poison in the ear. When I was talking with my father’s ghost, he also told me to so three things. The first was to sweep Claudius off the thrown and do something to end the incest and luxury from the kingdom. I will honestly try my hardest to fulfill this wish so I will take over what is rightfully mine. The second was to leave my mother Gertrude out of the whole revenge against the king. H .....
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National TV Turn-Off Week: A Dumb Idea
Number of words: 630 | Number of pages: 3.... things with our lives. They would have you believe that we can make more
out of ourselves. But what do they know? Have they ever done any research to
prove their theories? No, they haven't. But the people behind such propaganda
as National T.V-Turnoff Week really do believe that not watching television can
enhance your life, so let us examine their reasoning.
Linda Weltner suggests that instead of watching television one can take
up a craft such a knitting. Sure knitting is a good hobby. Entertaining,
enjoyable, it might even relieve stress. But when it comes down to it what do
you really get out of knitting that .....
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Comparison/Contrast Essay On Hamlet And A Machiavellian Prince
Number of words: 1298 | Number of pages: 5.... revenge. Hamlet carefully planed out how he was going to catch Claudius. He couldn’t just go in and kill the guy because the people would be against him.
A Machiavellian Prince has to be liked by his people. His people are his fortress. If he were to just walk in and kill a king, the people would kill him. Hamlet had to catch Claudius in front of the people. He devised a plan to add some lines to a play. The lines would consist of King Hamlet’s murder exactly how Claudius did it. When the lines are read, the emotional reponse of Claudius would be observed. The original story would remain the same. The Players agreed .....
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Analysis Of The Final Scenes Of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious
Number of words: 1297 | Number of pages: 5.... but heightens the sound
it makes connecting to the table, includes it in every shot possible, and shows
us not only the full coffee cup, but the empty cup as well after Alicia has
drank it. Again, the cup is zoomed in on after Alicia realizes she's being
poisoned. Because the coffee is poisoned, the coffee itself becomes a metaphor
for life and death, supported by the fact that the poisoner herself ours it,
and the shots of the full and empty teacup. In this way, it also suggests
Alicia's inability to escape her situation—whenever she drinks the coffee, she
becomes trapped due to the poison in her cup—and the poison i .....
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Dead Man Walking
Number of words: 1469 | Number of pages: 6.... she persisted, showing what
love and, in a way, courage could do under such dire circumstances. Through it
all, she did it with spirit, life, vitality, and strength. Her relationship
with the convict, Matthew Poncelet, was on two levels. The first was as a
friend and confidant. Sister Helen was the first to truly explore Matthew for
Matthew. Others tried to learn about him, but only to vilify or condemn him.
The second level was as a messenger of religion, a messenger of God. For the
very first time, Matthew was given the opportunity to realize his worth as a
human, and his worth in the eyes of God. Through this understand .....
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An Analysis Of A Doll's House
Number of words: 897 | Number of pages: 4.... doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa's doll-
child. And the children have been my dolls in their turn. I liked it when
you came and played with me, just as they liked it when I came and played
with them. That's what our marriage has been Torvald."
I think that it is at this point that Nora's world transforms from
a "doll's house" into reality. After having finished this play, I think
that Ibsen had chosen the perfect title, for Nora's world was truly
reflective of the title. I also feel that Ibsen foreshadowed the end
cleverly when he had Nora tell her husband about the Christmas presents she
bought for the children. .....
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Hamlet: Idiot Savant
Number of words: 351 | Number of pages: 2.... that
his uncle was the guilty one. On the way up to his room his uncle
swallowed the food and was fine.
Hamlet's accusations against his uncle made him fear for his life.
Knowing that if he were to wait any longer he had Hamlet sent to England
to be put to death for the murder of an official. Some how managing his
way back from England Hamlet was able to kill his uncle. To him this
fulfilled his fathers requests. But not making it far he himself was
killed.
Being blinded by things that never really happened drove Hamlet
into a lunatic craze. He would not stop until what he felt was completed.
This eventually led to his down fal .....
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John Ford And Frank Capra: A Study Of Their Movies
Number of words: 2715 | Number of pages: 10.... glamourous musicals and fantasy movies, were mere ploys to divert the
sad reality of the time and in doing so Hollywood firmly defined its role as
entertainer not critic. Capra and Ford can also be accused of following this
pattern too, with other movies they made. The 30's were also a time of the great
studio system and one had to work under the control of these institutions,
although both directors managed to achieve enough fame and power that they could
create their own visions. With this power and fame, Capra and Ford were able to
turn out movies that went against the usual Hollywood style; critical of society, .....
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Macbeth: Imagery Of Animal Behavior And Class Status Advances
Number of words: 454 | Number of pages: 2.... bloody. However Lady Macbeth would find someone
else to get their feet wet, someone to do her dirty work.
In act 2 scene 4 line 15, the old man and Ross talk about the recent
murder. The old man says that the killer, an owl made sure no one was looking
and attacked the falcon and killed it. The owl, lower then the falcon on the
chain of being usually eats mice, which is low on the hierarchy. But this time
the owl eats the falcon whom is usually on the top of the hierarchy.
Later in the play during act 3 Macbeth talks bout the list of dogs and
the list of men. On line 140 in sc.1 Macbeth compares the murders with the
l .....
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The Changes In The Movie Industry
Number of words: 901 | Number of pages: 4.... be presented to the United States.
The change in the U.S. can be said to be a social revolution. People were growing sick of the same old movies, they wanted a change and Hollywood needed to deliver or else they would lose their audience to the TV. In the early 60’s, the studios were still afraid of the blacklisting so the films were still very safe. An example of this is the film Sound of Music (1965). This was a film about a musical family that needed to escape the Nazi presence. Although the movie is based on a true story, they still follow the same old idea of a nice family, who must escape from the clutches of evil. .....
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