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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Macbeth: The Weird Sisters
Number of words: 724 - Number of pages: 3.... (Act 1, Scene 3, Lines 48-50) With this
information Macbeth was provided with incentive to kill Duncan the King of
Scotland. He was tempted into believing that if the King was murdered, he was
to become what the witches predicted. While the witches never said this,
Macbeth assumed that that was what they meant and the subsequent murder of
Duncan was carried out by Macbeth himself, but, he also ordered special
murderers to kill Banquo, Lady Macduff and her children. The murder and
bloodshed had absolutely nothing to do with the wi .....
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The Role Of Fate In Antigone
Number of words: 450 - Number of pages: 2.... use to manipulate their puppet.
Next, Creon’s pronouncement that Polyneices must not be buried pits Antigone against earthly law, and it is the will of the gods that she bury her brother because that is the only just action. Antigone, from the moment from the declaration, is destined to die because it is her fate and her duty to bury her brother. This civil disobedience is a tool of the gods to govern earth but heavenly law in the most extreme case. Antigone’s decision to bury her brother is not one of free will but of divine direction, for with Sopholces .....
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King Lear - Evil
Number of words: 632 - Number of pages: 3.... are the humans in the
play, it is the humans who caused the evil and Lear believes that humans
were the ones who created evil. Edgar, is another character in the play
who believes that evil is caused by humans and not the gods. Edgar said,
"The gods are just, and of our peasant vices make instruments to plague us"
(ACT V, iii, 169). Edgar clearly says that the gods are right and it is
the people who are responsible for promoting evil in the world. It is us
who make the instruments necessary for evil to spread and plague the world.
In the world of King Lea .....
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Movie: The Grapes Of Wrath - The People And The Depression
Number of words: 760 - Number of pages: 3.... like
the Joads, but programs like the public works administration which employed
people for government construction projects. Another program, the Works
Progress Administration, later called the Works Projects Administration was
created to develop relief programs, and to keep a person's skills. From 1935-
1943, it employed 8 million people, and spent 11 billion dollars. But in 1939,
there were still 9.5 million still unemployed. Another program was the Civilian
Conservation Corps. Unemployed, unmarried young men were enlisted to work on
conservation a .....
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Bull Durham: To The True Meaning Of The First Fight Scene
Number of words: 1731 - Number of pages: 7.... of him, Nuke takes this as a challenge and he asks Crash if
he wants to take it outside. At this point Nuke still does not know that Crash
is his new catcher. While Nuke is waiting for Crash outside, Crash begins to
wonder how he is going give Nuke his first lesson to make it to the majors.
When Crash finally comes outside he sees that Nuke is standing in the
middle of the street. Nuke is not alone he has the entire baseball team
standing behind him. First, Crash says that he does not want to fight him.
When Crash says this everyone else begins to tease .....
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Hamlet: Theories Of Hamlet's Delay In Killing Claudius
Number of words: 811 - Number of pages: 3.... society we are taught that those who commit murder are sick or insane.
However, Hamlet's society believes the son of a murdered noble is responsible
for avenging his father.
When the ghost of King Hamlet appears and tells his son Claudius killed him by
pouring poison in his ear, Hamlet does not act upon the word of the specter. He
takes time to think about what the apparition told him. He contemplates whether
it is a good ghost or a bad ghost. He plans things out; analyses situations.
When the actors came to town, Hamlet implores one of them, "Dost thou .....
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The Media
Number of words: 452 - Number of pages: 2.... I would not want anyone bothering me by putting a camera in
my face. I would want the money to buy food, but if someone over in
America just needed my story for filler, I wouldn't be too happy.
It should be the tribe's leader that should have to get the tribe
out of trouble in any way that he could. It is not our business to send
them our money to get food for the people that got themselves into trouble,
but I think it makes people feel good to donate things to needy people. I
just think that the media isn't telling people the whole story. Maybe the
starving .....
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Hello, My Name Is Orson Welles
Number of words: 1601 - Number of pages: 6.... In Touch of Evil, Welles parts with his
usual opening style in favor of a much more dramatic method of introduction;
this creates a less obvious, yet more intimate initial interaction between the
characters on the screen and the viewer in the seat.
Foremost, Welles's legendary long shot opens the film. These three
minutes and twenty seconds have many effects upon the viewer in introducing this
movie. The primary purpose of this shot is to slowly draw the viewer in to the
story by limiting the viewer's role in the film; he doesn't allow the viewer to
activ .....
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