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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Patch Adams: Summary
Number of words: 387 - Number of pages: 2.... to his early time in medical school.
At the medical school he has a room mate who is extremely serious about his studying and who is extremely humorless.
His room mate gets very frustrated and eventually angry at Patch because patch seems to just fool around all the time where as he studies extremely hard yet patch gets higher grades than him.
The real high point in the movie comes when Patch Adams is attanding medical school and when they are at the hospital to look at patients and Patch Adams acts as a clown in a room filled with kids which really cheers .....
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Movie: The Fan
Number of words: 196 - Number of pages: 1.... was an appalling father
and a die-hard for the game. This crazy man just wants credit for giving a Barry
Bonds-like player ( Wesley Snipes ) his number back. Unfortunately, the ‘fan'
gives Wesley his number back by killing the player who occupied the number
before him. When the baseball player's son is kidnapped by the disillusioned man,
the police held the man at gun point in the stadium. When the deranged man made
a move to open fire, the police gunned him down right on the ball field.
My attitude toward this hostile man was that he was very baneful and my
heart was lifted of many worries when he wa .....
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The Use Of “Foil” Characters In Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Number of words: 1330 - Number of pages: 5.... inaction). It is here that Laertes and Fortinbras display their true
purpose in the play.
If we first examine the acts of Fortinbras we can see numerous
occasions when the brave and instinctive actions of this character reflect
poorly upon the character of Hamlet. For example although we do not see
Fortinbras’s initial reaction to his fathers death, we know that from the
outset of the play he has already set out to avenge his fathers death.
“...Now, sir, young Fortinbras,
Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there,
Shark’d up a list of lawless res .....
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Henry V
Number of words: 701 - Number of pages: 3.... insolent message that he "cannot revel into dukedoms there." In place of these territories, he receives an insulting gift of tennis balls. The angry King retorts that he will turn the Dauphin's tennis balls to gun-stones. He expedites his preparations for the invasion.
In London, the hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern reports to Falstaff's old cronies that "the King hath killed his heart" and that Falstaff has died of plague. Pistol, Nym, and Bardolph resolve to follow the King to Southampton and thence to France. In Southampton, on the point of sailing, Henry ord .....
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Fashion In The 1920s
Number of words: 743 - Number of pages: 3.... the knee. They stayed there until almost 1929 when they finally plummeted back down to the lower calf.
It may surprise you to learn that in the 1920's, a lot of clothing was still made at home or by tailors and dressmakers. The brand-name, ready-to-wear industry didn't really exist until the 1930's. Therefore, many women obtained patterns that would allow them to create their own clothing out of fabrics such as wool, silk, linen or cotton. There were also two important ethnic influences on the fabric and prints of the 1920s. One of those influences was Chi .....
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Review Of Citizen Kane
Number of words: 862 - Number of pages: 4.... Thompson meets with Susan at a nightclub and questions her about Kane. She
remembers that Kane "was really interested in my voice. What do you suppose
he built that opera house for? I didn't want it. I didn't want to sing. It
was his idea. Everything was his idea, except my leaving him." Her
flashback tells of her singing lessons, her operatic career, and their
final days together at Xanadu.
Her ravaged face in the nightclub dissolves sl .....
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Othello: Iago As A "Type" Of Satan?
Number of words: 753 - Number of pages: 3.... the help of Roderigo-a foolish, impetuous, former suitor of Desdemona. He convinces Roderigo to make as much money as possible so Roderigo can win over Desdemona when she tires of Othello. He also tells Roderigo that Cassio is in love with Desdemona and convinces Roderigo to murder Cassio (Iago later murders Roderigo). Iago even deceives his own wife, Emilia, convincing her to "find" Desdemona's handkerchief, given to her by Othello as a gift. He then drops it in Cassio's room and uses that as proof of Desdemona's infidelity. He later tries to kill Emilia to s .....
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Death Of A Salesman Review
Number of words: 483 - Number of pages: 2.... all his life to fit into the wrong mold. Note that Willy forced this mold not only onto himself but also onto his sons, causing them the same confusion over identity.
Willy Loman is a perfect example of someone who feels betrayed because he can't achieve the financial goal that society has conditioned him to strive for. He worships the goddess of success, but he doesn't have the talent or the temperament to be a salesman, his chosen career. When he fails as a salesman, no other measure of success, the love of his family, his talent as a carpenter, can comfort h .....
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