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Papers on Arts, Movies, and Plays
Motion Picture Directing
Number of words: 1619 | Number of pages: 6.... director must also know how to deal with a cast and it's many problems. These skills and talents that are required to direct a single scene or an entire movie is entirely up to the director.
A director has many jobs that must be known and taken care of in order to produce a motion picture. He must prepare and decide on a script, choose a cast and a film crew, raise money for production, and find the proper security for when shooting scenes (Marner, p.'6). Before he can even begin on the movie, however, he must first find the proper equipment. This equipment is the tools the director will use to film the entire production. One .....
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Movie: Dead Poet's Society - The Dead Poet That Killed Himself
Number of words: 361 | Number of pages: 2.... she cannot function in a school environment. When a bell rings, you must
go to class. When a teacher assigns homework, you do it. No questions asked. No
individual thought. The only marrow that should be sucked out of a students life
is that of education. That, after all, is why they are in school. To learn and
no other reason.
In the end, it should be noted that although Mr. Keating's teaching
philosophy was debunked, he made one good point. Neil should have spoken to his
parents. Neil's case is a perfect example of a mind not ready for independent
thought. A mind without discipline. His parents tried to give him direction and
a .....
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The Glass Menagerie: Ignoring Problems Of The World
Number of words: 634 | Number of pages: 3.... What! No one-not one? You must be joking!” (35). Amanda is constantly trying to set up a caller for Laura everywhere that she goes. For Amanda it becomes and obsession. She also is upset that when they finally do get a caller that it has been the first one to the house “It’s a terrible, dreadful, disgraceful that poor little sister has never received a single gentleman caller!” (74). Finally when Amanda gets her wish she makes Laura so nervous that she becomes ill. When a mother’s crazy attributes and fantasies make her children ill she is putting her own dreams for her children before her own.
Amanda’s husband .....
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A Zipper For Pee-Wee Herman
Number of words: 1098 | Number of pages: 4.... and relied on very short, animated cartoons with live and puppet
segments which kept the interest of preschool children. The show was an
instant outstanding success, and still broadcasts today.
In 1970, "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" was born. Mr. Fred Roger's used
puppets and music to teach patience and cooperation, while providing guidance
to help children cope with feelings and frustrations. Mr. Roger's land of
makebelieve's handpuppet characters interacted with humans in the mythical
kingdom of King Friday XIII. There, the puppets and humans would deal with
their feelings and emotions as they solve typical, everyday prob .....
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Freud's Oz: Freudian Views In The Wizard Of Oz
Number of words: 1709 | Number of pages: 7.... according to Freudian
Daniel Dervin ( Over The Rainbow 163 ), is Dorothy witnessing the "primal scene".
The "primal scene" refers to a child witnessing sexual intercourse between
mother and father; an moment that is both terrifying and confusing to the child.
According to Dervin, this event sends Dorothy towards her final stage of
childhood development ( Freud believed in three stages of childhood development
) the phallic phase. Terrified of the idea of being destroyed by father's
phallus, Dorothy projects ( another of Freud's ides was that of projection,
turning a feeling into something other than itself ) her fear into the .....
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Oedipus The King
Number of words: 942 | Number of pages: 4.... murderer I invoke this curse whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many may he wear out his life in misery or doom! If with my knowledge he lives at my hearth, I pray that I myself may feel my curse."
In order for Sophocles' Greek audience to relate to the tragic figure, he had to have some type of flaws or an error of ways. This brought the character down to a human level, invoking in them the fear that "it could happen to them." And Oedipus certainly is not one without flaws. His pride, ignorance, insolence and disbelief in the gods, and unrelenting quest for the truth ultimately contributed to his destruction. When O .....
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Antigone: Following Her Beliefs
Number of words: 597 | Number of pages: 3.... of God's having the power of making the rule's, not a King, such as Creon. Antigone say " I don't consider your Pronouncements so important that they can just........ overrule the unwritten laws of heaven. You are a man, remember." Antigone says that he is only man and that he does not have the power to make the rules, only God does. " Ashamed of what? Ashamed of being Loyal to my own family, my own brother? Antigone feels that she did the right thing by deciding to bury her brother and that Creon is wrong. She is trying to defend her belief by going against Creon's decision to punish a citizen for burying a loved one. .....
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Hamlet's Madness
Number of words: 743 | Number of pages: 3.... see Hamlet being insane only by the worldly view of him being
different. Though towards the end of the play in Act III, Gertrude calls her son
to her chambers to discuss the reasoning of his putting on a play so closely
related to the death of his father. She tells him how upset Claudius is and is
weary of Hamlet's recent actions. At this Hamlet explodes on his mother and
threatens to kill her. Gertrude cries for help, and Pilonius answers this cry.
Hamlet runs him through with his rapier without even thinking. Hamlet tells her
to report to Claudius this message:
Gertrude: Mad as the sea and wind when both contend .....
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The Crucible: Struggle For Conformity
Number of words: 449 | Number of pages: 2.... This galvanized quite a disturbance in the village and
the girls start making accusations about who is practicing witchcraft. The girls claim in court
that they have all been witnesses to these terrible acts and can see the devil inside individuals.
The culpability of these devilish occurrences fluctuate drastically and the girls conclude that they
would keep their intentions a secret and inculpate one by one other residents of the village.
However, Abigail’s true intention in accusing village residents is to earn another relationship
with John Proctor after a recent affair by accusing his wife which would lead to her ha .....
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Fate And Prophecy In Oedipus Rex
Number of words: 629 | Number of pages: 3.... to escape his own fate. When Oedipus is on his way from Corinth he runs into his real father and kills him and then defeats the Sphinx to become the new king of Thebes. After this first accusation the reader can see that not only is the king accused of murder but he has committed murder before. Oedipus unknowingly killed his own father but also married his mother. This trick of fate is indisputable when Jocasta tries to slight fate, “For God’s love let us have no more questioning! / Is your life nothing to you? / My own is pain enough for me to bear” (Sophocles 1045).
The Prophecy predicted was right on target the whole ti .....
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