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The Painting Of Pygmalion And Galatea: A Sensual Embrace
775 Words - 3 Pages.... feet remain anchored in the block of marble, supported by a second dias, she has reached over to her creator and they are locked in an embrace. This warm and sensual embrace signifies the ultimate moment for the sculptor as he realizes that his creation has finally responded to his love. The telltale mallet that is lying in the foreground with bits of marble scattered close by indicates that the artist was working on his delicate sculpture when suddenly he felt her flesh tremble. Gérôme's illustration suggests that Pygmalion, after realizing Galatea was no longer a lifeless slab of stone, dropped the mallet and rushed to her side, instantaneously taking her into hi ....
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Seinfeld
1323 Words - 5 Pages.... Seinfeld. The zenith of
television sitcoms. Season after season, Seinfeld has provided non-stop
laughing, excellent acting and original scripts mirroring real life.
One of the major factors contributing to the overwhelming success of the
show is its cast of unstererotypical characters. The main characters refereed
to as the "Fab Four", consist of Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Benes, George Costanza
and Cosmo Kramer. Jerry Seinfeld, known by his own name on the program, is the
central figure of the sitcom and the catalyst for almost everything that happens.
He is involved in the antics revolving around Kramer, George and Elaine. On one
episode George, Kramer and Jerry are spyin ....
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The Need For Horror And Thrill And The Movies
995 Words - 4 Pages.... fire, floods, and fear is instilled by roller coasters.
Our society takes part in the communion of mass murder and destruction because it seems to protect us from having to deal with the shock of death and recognizing it. In Psycho, Hitchcock revealed out “shock of recognition” by not letting us see the cutting and death in the shower scene. Films made after Psycho usually refer back to this scene, either working with or against the unseen cuts of the knife.
An example of a film that works with the shower scene in Psycho is obviously displayed in de Palma’s Dressed to Kill. The scene that correlates is when Peter’s mother is killed the elevator by Liz. ....
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Is Hamlet Mad?
2011 Words - 8 Pages.... Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!"
Macbeth wants his flesh to dissolve into a dew ("solid" contrasting with "melt"
in the first line), and wishes that God had not forbade suicides from going to
heaven. This is also the first glimpse of another recurring theme in the play,
that of Hamlet's unhealthy obsession with the afterlife. This is one of the
reasons that the ghost of his father has such an effect on him, which is a
trigger for all the subsequent events in the play.
Moving on to the fourth scene, the next interesting speech is on l. 23. It is a
long and complicated speech, but its ge ....
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The Die Hard Trilogy: McClain An Example Of A Hero In America
614 Words - 3 Pages.... to Seger. Bruce Willis
plays the character John McClain in the trilogy Die Hard, he is a good example
of a hero in America today.
In the third movie, McClain takes on a partner to help him fight a mad
bomber. This is different from the movies from the past, James Bond or John
Wayne never needed help. The partner he picks is a inner city black man, in the
fifties this never would have happened. The fact that he picks a black man
incorporates some multicultural aspects into the movie. The fact that he picks
a partner shows some post modern aspects of Hollywood. Both of these facts help
sell movies and help define a hero in America today.
Another aspect that m ....
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The Advantage Of Commercials
655 Words - 3 Pages.... is. Not only is cost an
advantage of TV commercials, so are TV's impact credibility, selectivity, and
flexibility.
Television is powerful in may ways, mostly by having the ability to
combine all major medial into one media called commercials. TV commercials are
like direct mail because it comes directly to the consumer in his or her house.
It is like the radio because TV has to have sound to make it powerful impact.
It is also similar to print or newspapers because TV is able to show the product
alone, in a setting, or in use. Finally, unlike any other advertising vehicle,
TV can portray the object in motion while the other forms of media cannot.
TV is believable mostly ....
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Causes Of Macbeth's Downfall
588 Words - 3 Pages.... The second set of predictions from the witches make Macbeth think he is invincible. "Then live, Macduff. What need I fear of thee" (4.1.92)? Is what Macbeth says when he learns none of woman born can harm him. Macbeth loses his feel good attitude when he learns the answer to his question about Banquo's descendants. "Horrible sight! Now I see 'tis true;/ For the blood- boltered Banquo smiles upon me/ And points at them for his" (4.1.136-138). In the end Macbeth believes in the prophecies to make his own fate. He was fighting Macduff successfully, even after Dirnam wood moved until he learned Macduff was not born of mortal woman. "Accursed be that tongue ....
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Basketball Diaries: Movie Summary
409 Words - 2 Pages.... society. This was Jim's way of dealing with his problems.
Jim has a very poor outlook on the church. Partly, because of his
experiences with his teachers. He did not have a personal relationship with
the priests. He felt that they were trying to control him. Jim was not very
receptive to authority. He hated it. Whenever, someone tries to force him
to do something he turns his back on them. This lack of respect of
authority could because of lack of male influence in his life. Jim looked
at the church as an institution rather than a home. No, I do not hold this
view on the church. I was raised in environment with personable priests.
This helped me grow with the church rath ....
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