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Arsenic And Old Lace
Words: 353 - Pages: 2.... the movie is when their nephew, Mortimer, finds the bodies, and is quite flustered to discover how his aunts treat it with such nonchalance.
Humor is also found in the misunderstanding between Mortimer and his Brewster family. Throughout the entire movie, Mortimer finds himself ashamed of his Brewster name. He discovers that his aunts keep twelve bodies in the basement. Mortimer also receives a visit from his lunatic brother John, who, like his aunts, murders people. While Mortimer discovers more about his insane family, he still must deal with his brother Theodore, who believes that he is President Roosevelt. Finally, Mortimer commits .....
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King Lear: Main Issues
Words: 662 - Pages: 3.... Kent tries to advise Lear of his initial mistake, Lear denies the fault and tells Kent "out of my sight", which itself is a contradiction, as Lear does not have any 'sight' to see Kent's view and to understand the true extent of his decision to divide the kingdom. In the same scene, Lear also show the audience his failure to be a father, by using irrelevant judgements to divide land. "Which of you shall say doth love us most?" Lear asks his three daughters. To please Lear, Gonerill and Regan speak words of flattery and Cordelia, so 'true', says "I love you according to my bond." To hear this, Lear praises Gonerill and Regan by reward o .....
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John Ford And Frank Capra: A Study Of Their Movies
Words: 2715 - Pages: 10.... the crisis that it bestowed upon the land. Hollywood, the movie
making capital of the world tried its best not to reflect the problems of the
country in its products. Instead of the grim realities of world, Hollywood lured
in the audience with escapist movies. The classic thirties genres like screwball
comedies, glamourous musicals and fantasy movies, were mere ploys to divert the
sad reality of the time and in doing so Hollywood firmly defined its role as
entertainer not critic. Capra and Ford can also be accused of following this
pattern too, with other movies they made. The 30's were also a time of the great
studio system and one had t .....
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Hamlet: The Cause Of Ophelia's Insanity
Words: 838 - Pages: 4.... Laertes, is
tactfully set up by Shakespeare during Ophelia's initial appearances in the
play, aiding in the preparation for her subsequent mental deterioration.
Pol.
What is between you? Give me up the truth.
Oph.
He hath, ny lord, of late made many tenders
Of his affection to me.
Pol.
Affection, puh! You speak like a green girl
Unsifted in such perilous circumstance.
Do you believe his "tenders" as you call them?
Oph.
I do not know, my lord, what I should think.
(I, iii, ln.107-113)
Ophelia openly professes her confusion. Polonius' response is presented in
a manner which is clearly intended to sincerely disda .....
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Critical Article On MacBeth
Words: 536 - Pages: 2.... fog" and I am within full agreement with Empson when he
remarks that comment of the line.
Certain lines to MacBeth, which Empson described as essential, were
disregarded by Robertson as having "no sense". This paragraph shows an
example of what Robertson disregarded:
"But cruel are the times, when we are traitors And do not know
ourselves, when we hold rumour From what we fear, yet know not what we
fear, Each way and move."
Robertson, after contemplating this passage, remarked that this is
"certainly not Shakespeare's" because of the earlier point based above.
Empson believe's that Robertson's flaw comes within his tr .....
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Interpretation Of Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
Words: 1316 - Pages: 5.... who revels in the thought of luxuries that can now be afforded, who is become with flirtation, and engages in childlike acts of disobedience (259). This inferior role from which Nora progressed is extremely important. Ibsen in his "A Doll's House" depicts the role of women as subordinate in order to emphasize the need to reform their role in society.
Definite characteristics of the women's subordinate role in a relationship are emphasized through Nora's contradicting actions. Her infatuation with luxuries such as expensive Christmas gifts contradicts her resourcefulness in scrounging and buying cheap clothing; her defiance of Torvald by .....
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The Untouchables: Mise-En-Scene Analysis
Words: 535 - Pages: 2.... and stairs are of a light gray color. There is a clock that is
directly above the big, dark, wooden doors that are continuously reverted back
to during the scene. The costumes of the main characters in this scene are the
same as throughout the movie. Ness wears a light gray colored suit, hat, trench
coat and tie. Stone is wearing a little darker colored, more casual, clothing
with a tie and light colored hat. Capones men were dressed similarly with
trench coats and hats of light colors. Also, the innocent bystanders in this
scene are the sailors in their suits, the woman, with the baby in her innocent
raggy clothes, and all the oth .....
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Macbeth’s Destiny
Words: 504 - Pages: 2.... anywhere. Macbeth wrote to his wife Lady Macbeth and told of the “predictions.” This is where the witches unexplainable powers come in with their knowing Lady Macbeth’s reaction of the news of Macbeth’s becoming king. Then it is reported that Duncan is coming to visit Macbeth’s castle. The thought of royalty for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and the opportunity to have the king within striking distance appeal to both of them. This causes them to act against their king even though they were loyal to him. The events all occurred because the witches’ simple knowledge of what would happen if they told Macbeth that he would become .....
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Oedipus The King: Dramatic Foreshadowing
Words: 1252 - Pages: 5.... In drama, foreshadowing is generally
used for several purposes, including the creation of tension, creation of
atmosphere, and adds an element of credibility to a character. All of
these are important elements of a play. However it is not hard to imagine
a play in which more then half of the elements of a plot, namely exposition,
discovery, point of attack, complication and crisis all be caused by an act
of foreshadowing or prophecy. Indeed, “Oedipus the King”, which was
considered the greatest play in history by Aristotle, was one such play.
"Oedipus the King" was the story of the King of Thebes, Oedipus,
and his dark past hi .....
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Romeo And Juliet: Summary
Words: 359 - Pages: 2.... whom thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes".
This is exactly how Romeo behaves. Juliet on the other hand had to marry Count Paris so her love with Romeo is simply a way to get out of it. She never had a relationship with a man and she didn't like to have her first and only relationship with a man her parents arranged for her. She wanted freedom and Romeo was her ticket to it.
During the story Romeo and Juliet convince them selves to be in love with each other and they become obsessed, not with the love for each other, but with the fact of being in love .....
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