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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Hamlet: Act 2 Scene 2 - Compare Hamlet's Reaction To Arrival Of Rosencrantz And Guildenstern And To The Players
Number of words: 596 - Number of pages: 3.... enough to see through
the outer disguise into the interior motives. He forces them to reveal that they
have been sent by the King to find out what is causing Hamlet's "transformation"
( 2.2.5). Hamlet admits his sanity by telling his good friends that his "uncle-
father and aunt mother are deceived." (2.2.348) Why does Hamlet admit his
sanity to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Is it an another attempt to at deception,
or is it to implant a sense of trust between Hamlet and his old friends? Hamlet
could possibly be furthering his plans for revenge by admittin .....
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Movie: Dead Poet’s Society
Number of words: 896 - Number of pages: 4.... do not fully understand until their life has passed by. “Carpe Diem, Seize the Day like there will be no tomorrow, Seize the Day before it passes you by.”
The Welton Academy rears young boys into strapping men under the laws of ethics and morality, standards created by the school, centered around discipline and conformity, opposed to creativity and initiative. Mr. Keeting, a new teacher from the Chester School in London, not only introduced his students to a European method of teaching, but cultured them with independent thought and originality. He lead his s .....
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The Dead: Summary
Number of words: 1345 - Number of pages: 5.... At the banister, Aunt Julia and Aunt Kate anxiously await the arrival of their nephew, Gabriel, whom they hope will arrive before the infamous drunk, Freddy Mallins. As one guest after another arrive James Joyce’s prose is eloquently translated into dialogue by director, Hutson and thus, Actresses Cathleen Delany (Aunt Julia) and Helena Carroll (Aunt Kate) create an element of suspense more so than in the words of Joyce. Upon his long awaited arrival, Gabriel’s greeting and idle chitchat is identical to that of the text.
Joyce describes in depth the th .....
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Camelot: Merlin
Number of words: 1209 - Number of pages: 5.... ruler) transported through time to better fit the
needs of the populas. The "transporting" begins in and around the 15th century.
A man by the name of Thomas Malory felt the extreme need to give France, his
country, a hero(s) in a time of great disappear. He felt it necessary to do this
because the feudalist time in which he was living in, was slowly dying. He
thought that if he could show people how many great hero(s) came out of this
time period it would revive and flourish once more. He then turned to history
to find such a hero. As needed to remedy the .....
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Shakespeare's "Henry IV": Summary
Number of words: 813 - Number of pages: 3.... story and talks all of the time.
He also spends most of his time drinking in the tavern. Hal likes to hang
out with Falstaf because he is funny and outspoken. Hal and Falstaf could
make fun of each other and call each other names and that wont bother them.
For instance when the prince started calling Falstaf, “This bed-presser,
this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh”. Then Falstaf came back
by saying, “Sblood, you starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's- tongue,
you bull's pizzle, you stock-fish,--O for breath to utter what is like
thee!-you tail .....
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Shakespeare: Tragedy Class 101
Number of words: 556 - Number of pages: 3.... and too thoughtful, takes on a serious tone, compelling
the audience to react accordingly. Hamlet is just one of the many central
characters in Shakespeare's plays who have fallen "victim of his own
strength" (652).
Magnitude is another element in tragedy, found mainly in
characterization. During the Elizabethan and Greek era, tragedies revolved
around people of great importance as opposed to other ages where the
protagonists were ordinary men of inconsequential titles ("Tragedy" 306).
Hamlet, being a typical tragedy, evolves itself in the noble realms o .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Various Types Of Love
Number of words: 807 - Number of pages: 3.... "true love." The next
definition of love comes from Romeo, but before the time he met Juliet.
According to his definition, love (or, rather, not returned love) is pain.
He h ides from the sun due to the "love" he feels, and does not act like
"himself." I believe Romeo is both right and wrong: not returned love is
pain, but Romeo doe s not truly love, as he is merely infatuated by a woman.
The next definition of love comes from Juliet, who, before meeting Romeo,
did no t even have a definition of love. She appears not to know what love
is, and, for that matter .....
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Movie Review: Dangerous Minds
Number of words: 621 - Number of pages: 3.... about life when you have
nowhere to turn. In the movie, the students are expected to fail and if it
were not for the determination of LouAnne Johnson these students probably
would have failed. At the beginning of the movie it shows how two teachers
have already quit their job at this school and had given up on these
students. Many educational stereotypes are out in today's world, which
makes people believe that these students do not want to learn or just do
not care about their futures. While this may be true in some instances
many students are desperat .....
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