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The Apostle
Words: 801 - Pages: 3.... unexpected, and comes from someone who is not necessarily a model citizen.
The central figure of the film is a southern evangelical preacher, the self proclaimed "Apostle". In the beginning, this man is the picture of a stereotypical "Bible-belt" minister. He is loud, flamboyant, hypocritical, and uses his influence to become a pillar of the community. However, slowly loses everything he holds dear. He loses his wife to another man and loses his job at "his church". He then commits a heinous act which puts his wife's lover in the hospital and eventually kills him. Then he chooses the least honorable reaction as he skips town and tell .....
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Macbeth: A Man Of Established Character
Words: 1827 - Pages: 7.... and his evident joy in it is traceable in art to the natural
pleasure which accompanies the explosive expenditure of prodigious physical
energy and the euphoria which follows. He also rejoices no doubt in the success
which crowns his efforts in battle - and so on. He may even conceived of the
proper motive which should energize back of his great deed:
The service and the loyalty I owe, In doing it, pays itself. But while he
destroys the king's enemies, such motives work but dimly at best and are
obscured in his consciousness by more vigorous urges. In the main, as we have
said, his nature violently demands rewards: he fights valiantly in or .....
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A Zipper For Pee-Wee Herman
Words: 1098 - Pages: 4.... of these types of shows, a new genre was born. Children's
television which was a mixture of songs, education, fun, and a whole lot more.
In 1969, the first airing of "Sesame Street" took place. Sesame Street had
programs which were sponsored by different letters of the alphabet or numbers
each day, and relied on very short, animated cartoons with live and puppet
segments which kept the interest of preschool children. The show was an
instant outstanding success, and still broadcasts today.
In 1970, "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" was born. Mr. Fred Roger's used
puppets and music to teach patience and cooperation, while providing guidance .....
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Television Censorship
Words: 1589 - Pages: 6.... expression were regulated(Microsoft Encarta 95)."
CENSORSHIP OF OBSCENITY
"The beginning of a new legal approach may be traced to the action of the
federal courts in the 1930s, when they held that Irish author James Joyce's
Ulysses was not obscene and could be freely passed through customs. The courts
ruled that the use of "dirty words" in "a sincere and honest book" did not make
the book "dirty." Since the 1950s many obscenity cases involving books,
magazines, and film have been brought before the Supreme Court. In the cases
during the 1970s the court ruled that laws against obscenity must be limited "
to works which, taken as a wh .....
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Wilson's Fences
Words: 803 - Pages: 3.... works hard in his job even though he knows there is little chance that he will rise.
Troy loves his son Cory and wants the best for him but not like anything like his father. Troy doesn’t want him to play sports because of what happened to him. Troy tells Cory that he won’t get to play because of the discrimination. “I decided seventeen years ago that boy wasn’t getting involved in no sports. Not after what they did to me in the sports (p.39).” Troy also wants Cory to be a man. He tells Cory to keep with school because he never had an education. He wants Cory to grow up to learn a trade like fixing cars or build houses so t .....
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Shakespeare's Definition Of A Ghost
Words: 1195 - Pages: 5.... believed in the
possibility of the ghost being an actual dead person sent to perform some task
or mission. On the other hand, the ghost could be the devil disguised in the
form of a deceased loved one, tempting to procure the soul of one of the living.
The nonbelievers among the Elizabethans saw ghosts as omens, telling of troubled
time ahead, or simply as the hallucinations of a crazed person or group.
Shakespeare recognized the complexity of the Elizabethan ghost's identity and
played off of the confusion, making the question of identity a key theme to his
play. Throughout Hamlet Shakespeare explores each of the possible identit .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Symbols In The Play
Words: 529 - Pages: 2.... in Willy's life throug h the
advancement of technology. It also represents the end of Willy's career.
This is brought about when Howard, Willy's boss and godson, shows the tape
recorder to Willy and appe ars to be more interested in the sound and
technology of the machine instead of Willy, who i s fighting for his job.
Howard no longer need s Willy's services and without concern fires him.
This, to Willy, was like, "eating the orange and throwing away the peel".
However, Willy is partly to blame, as he does not accept change and wants
to remain in the pas t. This is foreshadowed in the scene where Willy is
left alone with the tape recorde .....
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Romeo And Juliet: The New Age Vs The Old Age
Words: 824 - Pages: 3.... The 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet shares many similarities and differences with the original play. The 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet showed that thier actors can still speak in the same dialect that Shakespeare wrote. Differences are also introduced into the movie because nothing can compare to what Shakespeare has written back the old English days. The biggest difference would be that the film was made to fit modern times. No matter the what year each production was made, the same plot of Romeo and Juliet still remain in the both stories.
The main similarity between the1996 version of Romeo and Juliet and the original play i .....
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Our Town: Universal Theme Of Family
Words: 371 - Pages: 2.... within the play.
As most authors would prefer the reader trapped within the play the
author uses techniques which I have never observed before in this play.
For instance dramatic irony, and Pantomine play a very important role in
this play. By the use of the stage manager constantly pausing and giving
us a reality check, he makes sure we know we are still in reality. The
Stage manager creates quite and effective environment by playing different
parts. Although in the play he plays many miscellaneous roles, to the
audience he is the constant reminder that this is a play. He serves as a
gateway between two worlds of "Our Town" .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy
Words: 680 - Pages: 3.... Furthermore, Willy also dreams of moving to Alaska where
he could work with his hands and be a real man. Biff and Happy follow in
their father's footsteps in their lofty dreams and unrealistic goals. Biff
wastes his life being a thief and a loner; furthermore, Biff, along with
happy try to conjure up a crazy idea of putting on a sporting goods
exhibition. The problem with Willy is that he never grows up and deals with
his obstacles. Willy is also a very stubborn man. He is like a little
child that wants to do something their way even though they know that
another option would be the wiser choice. Charley practically sets a
potential job .....
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