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Term Papers on Arts and Movies
Hope Floats Video Review
Number of words: 860 - Number of pages: 4.... Bill. Sorry I did not get the name of the actor. He did do a good job of portraying a very selfish person. He had an affair with her best friend on their living room floor! He was no knight in shining armor. He was more like a Don Juan with only his self in mind. He was mostly out of the picture which showed what kind of person he was. He never even came to see his own daughter until the little girl’s grandmother died. He only came then to ask Birdie for a divorce. Great timing! Not! But it showed his selfish nature. He left his daughter crying he .....
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Oedpius: Justice...
Number of words: 327 - Number of pages: 2.... by her. " ...child of impurity,
begetter in the same seed that created my wretched self."
Oedipus does not try to defend his actions. In fact he blames
himself as quoted from the story "Light of the sun, let me look upon you no
more after today! I who first saw you the light bred of a match accursed,
and accursed ." The consequences of his actions are harsh. He stabs his
own eyes out and his wife/mother took her own life.
Justice is defined as "the abstract principle by which right and
wrong are defined." Utilizing this definition pertaining to t .....
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Julius Caesar: Conspiracy Theory
Number of words: 1355 - Number of pages: 5.... man can be held accountable for crimes he might commit in the future.
In a tragic play, the protagonist is plagued by a "fatal flaw" in his or her personality. Usually the flaw leads to the protagonist's demise or downfall. Brutus' fatal flaw is that he is too trusting. Brutus is an honorable man, who foolishly believes that those around him are just as honest and noble as himself. He just wants what is best for the Republic, and the conspirators convince him that Caesar's death is the best thing for the people. When a person becomes too trusting he is easy .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Who Was Responsible
Number of words: 524 - Number of pages: 2.... to be there for her daughter. A responsibility that she did not act upon.
The Nurse is another example of someone who, in authority, did not show responsibility. She encourages Juliet to continue to see Romeo secretly, even after he has been banished. She even says to Juliet: “I’ll find Romeo to comfort you. I wot well where he is. Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night.” (3.2.138-140) And is clearly telling her to be with this outcast. The Nurse proves to be a traitor when she tells her to marry Paris, “Marry, I will; and this is wisely done.” (3. .....
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Les Miserables
Number of words: 986 - Number of pages: 4.... thievery, he gives the
criminal more silver and sends the police away. He makes Jean Valjean
promise that he will become an honest man with this silver.
The next scene in 10 years later set in a factory where we meat the
other main character, Fantine. As she is reading a letter her perverted
boss snatches it up with his hands and reads it aloud. Fantine has a
daughter that lives with an innkeeper and his wife who are the only ones in
this whole play that give some comedy relief. They treat her daughter
horribly and when the boss finds out that she has a .....
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Work In The Media
Number of words: 459 - Number of pages: 2.... working as a janitor, and later as a construction worker, he feels at home and comfortable with what he does. It is as if, that is what he was meant to do.
The other type of work that is shown in the movie is the educated type of work. In this paragraph, I will show how the movie portrays educated work. Educated work is the work of scholars, people who have graduated college, the educated people. These people will have the best jobs, the biggest houses, and the nicest things. Unlike the menial work, the only physical labor these people will have to do at w .....
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Blanche's Psychological Breakdown In A Steercar Named Desire
Number of words: 1483 - Number of pages: 6.... to whom a boy she believed was a perfect gentleman. He was sensitive, understanding, and civilized much like herself coming from an aristocratic background. She was truly in love with Allen whom she considered perfect in every way. Unfortunately for her he was a homosexual. As she caught him one evening in their house with an older man, she said nothing, permitting her disbelief to build up inside her. Sometime later that evening, while the two of them were dancing, she told him what she had seen and how he disgusted her. Immediately, he ran off the dance f .....
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Death Of A Salesman: An Overview
Number of words: 2004 - Number of pages: 8.... the main character Willy Loman, his wife Linda, and their two sons Hap and
Biff Loman. As mentioned, the focal point of this play is Willy Loman, a
salesman in his early sixties. Throughout the story we are told the hard life,
emotions and triumphs of Willy the salesman. Early in the play we learn that
he has recently been demoted to working for commission, which later in the
play,(on par with his luck) translates into Willy getting fired. As the plot
unfolds we discover that Willy had a rich brother who recently died named Ben,
whom Willy looked upon with .....
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