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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
The First Movie
Number of words: 439 - Number of pages: 2.... round of applause.
This pioneered the movie business. From this humble beginning came movies with actual plots. Of course, they got a bit longer than this first minute and half. The movie business flourished in the twenties, but when the Great Depression came along the it suffered greatly. As the economy began to pick up, so did the movie business.
New genres like horror came on the scene in the early thirties. The first horror movies were Dracula directed by Todd Browning and Frankenstein directed by James Whale. One of the most popular genres of .....
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The Powerful Persuasion Of Plebeians
Number of words: 643 - Number of pages: 3.... for the
deed committed by his colleagues and him was their pride and duty to his
country. Being general in his statements left the crowd to understand more
easily Brutus’s side of the story and accept him and what he did.
Antony begins his speech with an innocent eulogy, but instead incites his
audience into a riot, looking for Brutus's death and wrongfully killing
Cinna the Poet. He does this by appealing to their emotions. Bringing
Caesar's body for everyone to see made them see for themselves the reality
of Caesar's death. Pointing out the stab wounds t .....
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The Effects Of The Speeches Of Brutus And Antony
Number of words: 291 - Number of pages: 2.... convinced the Romans that the murder was unjust,
invoking their rebellion. Brutus, head of the conspiracy, also gave a good
speech, but the Romans didn't react to it. A battle erupted, and most of the
conspirators committed suicide. The styles of the two speeches were very
different from each other.
Brutus's speech was logical. It contained facts about Caesar's ambition.
He reminded the people that Caesar would have become a tyrant and would have
enslaved everyone. Brutus also explained that he didn't hate Caesar, but that
he loved Rome more. The people didn't understand, however. At one point, th .....
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Macbeth: Macbeth's Conduct And Personality
Number of words: 1826 - Number of pages: 7.... expenditure of prodigious physical energy and the euphoria which follows. He also rejoices no doubt in the success which crowns his efforts in battle - and so on. He may even conceived of the proper motive which should energize back of his great deed: The service and the loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself.
But while he destroys the king's enemies, such motives work but dimly at best and are obscured in his consciousness by more vigorous urges. In the main, as we have said, his nature violently demands rewards: he fights valiantly in order that he ma .....
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Creative Writing Of Hamlet
Number of words: 538 - Number of pages: 2.... in the
courtyard. It was a beautiful day and dad's presence was like another sun.
He seemed to glow as he spoke to me. He said, "Hammy, I will be away for a
while. I want you to watch mommy, and guard our fortress from invaders.
Take this. It will help you be strong." He gave me a small gold dagger.
He left that afternoon and I knew he wouldn't be back for a long time.
Things carried on as usual. I ran around the castle playing and
shirking any responsibility that I had. One day I was playing hide-and-go-
seek with Laertes and the other kids. I ac .....
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"The Fate Of Oedipus"
Number of words: 869 - Number of pages: 4.... future; it is the plague of the country.
The same basic prophecy of Oedipus is proven in many characters. No matter how many times a specific character tried to play off fate and try to get rid of the situation it stayed exactly the same. Teiresias, the oracle, knows the end of all fates. He knows that fate control every minute of an individual's life, "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be/When there's not help in truth!" (Sophocles 16) Oedipus was told by Teiresias that in his later years he would be the killer of his own father, and would marry his o .....
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Movie: The Paper Chase
Number of words: 267 - Number of pages: 1.... a lot more than the "easy street" they've been riding in high school.
The movie teaches that you need to be able to put up with the arrogance
of the rich and uppity people that attend an Ivy League school. They are very
expensive and most students come from wealthy families.
"The Paper Chase" teaches the viewer that law school is very stressful;
it is a way of life not just going to school; and you must have what it takes
just to survive law school.
The things I liked most about Mr. Kingsfield was well organized, and
that he was a difficult teacher. Difficult teachers usually make you learn for
yours .....
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A Street Car Named Desire: Blanche
Number of words: 810 - Number of pages: 3.... the play. As Blanche greets her sister later, one of the first statements she makes is “Open your pretty mouth and talk while I look for some liquor!” This illustrates how insensitive and demandfull Blanche can be at times. It also shows that Blanche is clearly not the shy and timid young lady she tries to be later in the story. Blanche then shows that she is also hung-up on herself by asking Stella if she looks okay. Stella tells her that she looks fine and Blanche’s response is “you’ve put on some weight, yes, you’re just as plump as a little partridge!” .....
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