Papers on Plays and Movies
Television Shows Reflect American Culture
Words: 1087 - Pages: 4.... referred to. Three to
four years ago it dealt with the subject of murder or homicide. One of David's,
a star in the show, best friends was playing with a gun which he had acquired
during a summer vacation to the mid-West. The friend shot himself by accident;
what followed was a time of mourning for David and a recollection of many fond
memories of the times they shared together. This episode's tragedy brought the
characters in the show closer together.
Many innocent children, and sometimes adults, are killed accidentally
playing with guns, or by drive-by random shootings. This is a major problem in
the United States and the show i .....
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Movie: The Firm
Words: 1501 - Pages: 6.... the firm by gathering
information on overbilling of the firms clients. The firms clients files
contained information that could destroy both the firm and most of their mob
clients. Berndini, Lambert, and Lock had a past history of spending large sums
of money on their new lawyers then once they got used to the good life the firm
would let them in on the corruption that when on. The firm had a tight control
over their partners. They knew everything about their personal life as well as
their work life. All their homes were wired and their phones tapped. They also
had access to information on their partners family and friends. With such t .....
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Portraying Robin Hood In Two Unique Films
Words: 549 - Pages: 2.... between the two movies making them quite different. The cartons also aren't humans they are animals, Robin Hood is played by a Fox throughout the movie in contrast with a human actor playing the role of Robin Hood in the Fox version of the film. There is indeed a contrast in characters between the Fox and Disney versions of Robin Hood.
Secondly, the Fox film doesn't use narration in contrast to the Disney film using an animated roaster who is a Minstrel to narrate much of the story. This changes the point of view in how the viewer interacts with the storyline in the film. In the Fox version you have to rely on the characters to tel .....
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Creon's Role Of King And His Responsibilities
Words: 1237 - Pages: 5.... the accompanying action to ruling. In both positions, one is a ruler
who holds great power over the state. However, the king is placed in a greater
place of accountability to the people. This accountability is what Creon says
inspires "fear" in the king, for if affairs of state or of the people fall into
decline, the king is the first person whom the citizenry look to blame. This is
analogous to executive leaders throughout history, as one can see in looking at
American presidents and the correlation between the present conditions and
events of the nation to the public's opinion of the president, regardless of the
actual impact that hi .....
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Movie: All Quiet On The Western Front
Words: 628 - Pages: 3.... and is very
strict. After completing the Training camp the boys go to war. When the boys
get to the battlefield they are told by Kat their leader, that what they
learned in training camp they do not need to know because, you don't need to
know how to march in war. The first day they are there, Paul sees a horse
getting killed. He is very mad about this because the horses are innocent and
they are not involved with the war. Paul is changed emotionally by this and he
is sad about it.
After the boys see the Kaiser they talk and don't even know what they
are fighting for. One night in battle Paul killed a French soldier. Once he
killed the so .....
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Movie: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Words: 698 - Pages: 3.... and basically refused to
allow the patients to even watch the game on the TV during their chores even
after having took a vote where a mute patient nicknamed 'Chief' for the first
time communicated that he wanted to watch the game. McMurphy had befriended
Chief and later discovered that he was not deaf and dumb but was only faking his
muteness and they planed to escape together.
McMurphy later found out that many of these patients were here only
because they put themselves here and didn't want to leave even though they had
the option to. He tried his best to bring some life to these patients such as
teaching them to play poker and gambl .....
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King Lear: The Quest For Power
Words: 489 - Pages: 2.... gain more. He writes another letter. This one is similar to the first, except instead of implicating his brother to his father, it implicates his father in a plot with France to kill The Duke of Cornwall. The King decides that Gloucester’s supposed treachery cannot be tolerated and orders that his eyes be torn out. At this point, Edmund seems to be unequivocally evil. This is undoubtedly false.
Two of the other characters of the play, Goneril and Regan surely equal Edmund’s ferocity in their quest for power. Our first glimpse at the two surely begins to prove that fact. In this scene, the King asks that each of his three daughters prof .....
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Light And Darkness Found Within The Gospel Of John And In Sophocles' Drama Antigone
Words: 1156 - Pages: 5.... which their concepts of light
and darkness affect humanity. Sophocles' light, in the form of Teiresias,
allows truth to permeate throughout one's lifetime. John's light, as the
manifesta tion ofthe logos, presents truth and enlightenment to humanity, but
also ensures a glorified and joyous afterlife through Christ's salvation.
Teiresias, the voice of fate and harbinger of truth in Sophocles' play
Antigone, humbly enters the drama by addressing the malevolent Creon and stating
that he "must walk by another's steps and see with another's eyes" (Antigone,
102). The wise prophet was metaphorically declaring that he delivered the
message of .....
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The Rise And Fall Of Lady Macbeth
Words: 726 - Pages: 3.... her womanhood. We can see this ruthless nature more in depth in
the quote “I would, while it was smiling in my face,/ Have pluck'd my nipple
from his boneless gums,/ and dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you/
Have done to this” (I,vii,56-59) She is obviously a very bitter female,
frequently referring to her role as a woman, both physically and emotionally in
negative ways. In the above quote, Lady Macbeth is commenting on her husband's
lack of gall, stating, that quite frankly, she would make a better man than
he.
Although still a very strong woman, we see the first signs of weakness
in Lady's Macbeth's character .....
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Movie: Good Will Hunting
Words: 676 - Pages: 3.... Will is able to understand love only in the abstract
sense. His psychologist, Shawn, says that we all need a soulmate --
someone who touches us and opens our minds in ways we never thought
possible. Will undoubtedly challenges others day after day, and that is
why so many people were drawn to him out of sheer amazement. But, they
weren't afraid to get to know him, and they all chose to let him into their
lives in hopes that he would do the same. The problem is that he never
knew how to do this. In turn, he couldn't fully enjoy life because he had
no one to share it with.
Like many others, Will needs someone to believe in hi .....
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