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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Tracking TV Programs
Number of words: 349 - Number of pages: 2.... such
as "Home Improvement" and "Melrose Place". Their viewers include children,
families, and single adults. Therefore, these time slots draw larger audiences
than any other.
As the evening dwells on, one can start to see a gradual change in program
content as they begin to lose the younger viewers and start focusing on more
mature audiences. The content becomes more violent and sexually explicit. The
comedy also follows this pattern and becomes more adult oriented, such as HBO's
"Def Comedy Jam". This is also the time of night that those famous infomercial .....
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The Death Of A Salesman: How Biff Shows Irresponsibility
Number of words: 451 - Number of pages: 2.... not think he has to work in school. When he flunks math,
he does not know what to do and once again turns to Willy. Now Biff cannot go
to college and since he has been concentrating on football, he has little or no
skills at anything else. He depends on Willy's support to help him. But since
Willy's expectations of Biff are not met, Biff does not receive the help he
needs and moves off on his own. This leaves Biff to find a goal in life and
reach it.
Finally, Biff does not know what to do for a living. He is constantly
moving around, unsure of what to do .....
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Essy And Possy
Number of words: 736 - Number of pages: 3.... the
somtimes surreal William S. Burroughs and the "cut-up" method he employed.
This deconstructed style could be argued to be either inferior to
traditional language structure in its confusion, or superior in its sense
of purity, creating images and sensations, not restriciting the reader to
mere words.
Lucky's speech is preceded by Vladimir reqesting Pozzo make Lucky
speak. Pozzo insits that Lucky needs his hat to do so. After Lucky has
his hat placed upon his head, Pozzo orders him to "Think!" Lucky begins,
while the others create a sense confusion: Pozzo .....
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Macbeth: Lying
Number of words: 857 - Number of pages: 4.... in grade eleven English titled
Macbeth, wicked and evil witches deceive their victim, Macbeth, by
equivocating his prophecies. As a result of this new "half-true" knowledge,
Macbeth makes rash decisions that lead him to paranoia, grief, and his
downfall.
The first set of prophecies the witches reveal to Macbeth, in act 1,
scene 3, was that Macbeth is to become thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor and
that he shall be king. They also said "Thou shalt get kings, though thou
be none." Macbeth was shocked when the first two prophecies came true. In
act 1, .....
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Grease: Theme
Number of words: 504 - Number of pages: 2.... party and malt shop to the dance contest and drag race. Better yet, it has a sense of humor about those days, to the point of including ultimate icon Frankie Avalon in the "Beauty School Dropout" dream sequence.
That brings up the main draw of GREASE -- the music. As I type this, at least one Top 40 station across the country is playing the "Grease Megamix," a medley of the three most popular songs from the movie ("You're the One That I Want," "Greased Lightning" and "Summer Nights"). Travolta and Newton-John's songs in the film have become karaoke favorites, a .....
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Hamlet: Hamlet's Inner Thoughts In His Soliloquies
Number of words: 1116 - Number of pages: 5.... insight into Hamlets inner thoughts at a given time in the play.
In both soliloquies the idea of incest is addressed. Hamlet was upset because not long after his father died his mother remarried his uncle. As a result Hamlet's mother was actually married to her dead husbands brother, which was conceded incest. "[O God! A beast hat wants discourse of reason would have mourned longer] (1.2.156-157). This quote vividly expresses how Hamlet feels about the quick remarriage of his mother. By the use of animal imagery the reader can see the hate towards the marr .....
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The Supernatural In King Lear
Number of words: 930 - Number of pages: 4.... late eclipses in the sun and moon
Portend us to no good. Though the wisdom of
nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds
itself scourged by the sequent events.
(Act 1, Sc. 2, 109 - 113)
This is proclaimed by Gloucester as he is told by Edmund of Edgar’s supposedly treacherous plot to remove him from power. Gloucester’s trust in Edgar faltered as a result of Lear’s irrational banishment of Cordelia and Kent, coupled with recent anomalies in the heavens. Gloucester believed that Lear’s actions also came as a result of the star’s unusua .....
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Macbeth: Appearance Vs Reality
Number of words: 958 - Number of pages: 4.... 3) A thoughtful yet skeptical Banquo speaks his words here very carefully
to MacBeth in order to remain honorable. He doesn't want to come right out and
tell MacBeth to be cautious in his actions, so he tries to soften his words so
that MacBeth might contemplate his future movements. However, MacBeth does not
take heed of Banquo's warnings. Because of the witch's predictions and his
impatience, MacBeth kills in order to get what he expects is coming to him.
When Banquo takes time to contemplate what has been going on, he turns his
thoughts to MacBeth. .....
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