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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Amadeus: Movie Review
Number of words: 675 - Number of pages: 3.... excellent music. Salieri's jealous of Mozart became obsessed with conspiring against Mozart and eventually kills him. Mozart cannot finish his last piece of music, "The Requiem", it was never completed. Because Mozart had died like a pauper, his grave had been left unmarked, his body unidentified. In the end of the movie, Salieri realize he was not defeated God, for Mozart's music endures while Salieri's fades into obscurity.
The behavior of Mozart is often portrayed as a childish and unworthy person to be bestowed with such overwhelming genius. Mozart was u .....
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A Scene From Martin Scorcese's "Mean Streets"
Number of words: 491 - Number of pages: 2.... In terms of style, Scorsese likes to experiment. In his mobster
movies, Scorsese likes to film and edit much of it like a documentary. This
is effective in helping the viewer to get acquainted with the criminal life.
Parts of Goodfellas and Mean Streets were in this style as was, to a more
obvious degree, the first half hour of Casino. Usually the narration plays
a large part in this style of filmmaking. The use of narration, in general,
is another one of Scorsese's styles.
In Mean Streets, there is a wonderfully lit and choreographed scene
that involves .....
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Macbeth’s Tragic Flaw
Number of words: 608 - Number of pages: 3.... as if the witches have stated facts and says, ”That which cries ‘Thus thou must do,’ if thou have/it,”(I.v.25-26). Lady Macbeth urged on Macbeth, making the witches’ prophecy become true.
Lady Macbeth mutters about Duncan’s murder while sleepwalking. This confession could lead to her and Macbeth’s death. Unknowingly Lady Macbeth mumbles “Here’s the smell of the blood still.All/the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little/hand. O, O, O!”(V.i.53-55). Lady Macbeth is unknowingly confessing to her gentlewoman and the doctor about the murder of Duncan. Th .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Summary
Number of words: 1438 - Number of pages: 6.... lie is to not live at all.
5. Internal conflicts are what move the plot along for the most
part. Throughout the story the characters are trying to live with who they
are and also trying to please everyone else. The internal conflict of
acceptance is what they all have to deal with and that is what moves the
plot along.
Point of View
1. The author uses a lot of stage direction to set the mood for
each scene. Musical instruments define each character and help visualize
the mood and attitude for that character. The stage directions are also
im .....
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The Merchant Of Venice
Number of words: 970 - Number of pages: 4.... or lead casket, where the right choice will allow the suitor to marry her.
The Prince of Morocco, on choosing the beautiful gold casket with the
inscription, "Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire," sees the message,
"All that glisters is not gold," and is thus turned away by Portia. The Prince
of Arragon, on choosing the silver casket with, "Who chooseth me shall get as
much as he deserves," receives a fool's head, and is told that that is what he
deserves. Bassanio however, on correctly choosing the lead casket with the
inscription, "Who chooset .....
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Macbeth: Decisions That Determined Fate
Number of words: 929 - Number of pages: 4.... is in store for him and how he can achieve becoming king. King Duncan names his son, Malcolm, heir to the Scottish throne. This action reduces the chance for MacBeth to become king. Macbeth decides, "The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step on which I fall down, or else o'er leap..." (Act I scene 4 line 55). This delineates MacBeth's character and begins to show his ill feelings as to how he will act on these prophecies. King Duncan is invited to MacBeth's castle at Inverness where MacBeth will decide what actions to take to become King of Scotland.
Before .....
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Hamlet: Growing Pains
Number of words: 1472 - Number of pages: 6.... too too solid flesh would melt...' (I. ii. 135). He
is prevented from this drastic step only by a faith which teaches him that God
has ‘fix'd/ His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter' (I. ii. 131-2). To Hamlet appears
his dead father's spirit, and he must continue to live in the ‘unweeded garden,
/ That grows to seed' in order to fulfill the obligation he has to his father
(I.ii. 135-6).
Making Hamlet more a story of personal growth than a dark murder mystery,
Shakespeare emphasizes the emotional, rather than the physical, obstacles that
Prince must face in acco .....
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Hamlet Revenge
Number of words: 1141 - Number of pages: 5.... our known world esteem'd him-did slay this Fortinbras." This entitled
King Hamlet to the land that was possessed by Fortinbras because it was
written in a seal'd compact. Polonius was an advisor to the King, and
father to Laertes and Ophelia. He was nosy and arrogant, and he did not
trust his children. He was killed by Young Hamlet while he was eves
dropping on a conversation between Hamlet and his mother. "How now! A
rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!" King Hamlet was the King of Denmark, and
Hamlet's father. He had killed King Fortinbras, only to be ki .....
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