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Movie Review Of It’s A Wonderful Life
622 Words - 3 Pages.... extremely well. Throughout the whole movie I continued to be worried about George. I began to feel sorry for him. I thought that Lionel Barrymore played Mr. Potter commendably. He really seemed to fit the part. As the audience, I grew a strong grudge against him, from the beginning.
Clarence, an angel, was sent down to save George from doing evil by committing suicide. The angel saved him in many ways. George didn’t commit suicide, because he was too busy saving Clarence. Clarence took him to "Pottersville" and showed him what the world would be like if he was never born. That saved George in a way as well. George learned what he had to be thankful for.
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Death Of A Salesman: Symbols In The Play
529 Words - 2 Pages.... existence. A
similar denial is also evident when Willy is confronted with the tape
recorder in Howard's office.
The tape recorder signifies the change 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 ....
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King Lear Earl Of Gloucester
1556 Words - 6 Pages.... deceived by his two eldest daughters’ lies. Then he was unable to see the reality of Cordelia’s true love for him. Lear’s blindness also caused him to banish one of his loyal followers, Kent. Lear inability to determine his servant’s true identity proved once again how blind Lear actually was. In contrast, Gloucester becomes physically blind but gains the type of vision that Lear lacks. It is evident from these two characters that clear vision is not derived solely from physical sight. Lear's failure to understand this is the principal cause of his demise, while Gloucester learns to achieve clear vision, and consequently avoids a fate similar to Lear's.
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Ophelia: The Tragedy Of Love
1536 Words - 6 Pages.... our sympathy, Ophelia goes through a transformation unlike any other character in Hamlet. She is abandoned by everyone she holds dear; her father Polonius, her brother Laertes, and Hamlet, her lover. And yet Ophelia becomes tangled in a web of madness when her loyalty is torn between Polonius and Hamlet. Most horrible of all is Ophelia's suicide-death. The emotion is evokes, coupled with the above points shows that Shakespeare's intentions was to make Ophelia, a minor character in terms of the number of lines assigned to her, into a memorable character evoking the most sympathy.
To fully see Ophelia's metamorphosis, one must compare her at the beginning and at the ....
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Motion Picture Directing
1619 Words - 6 Pages.... convey. These skills involve knowing the jobs and equipment needed to produce a film. A director must constantly be checking with costume, lighting, and set designers(Ruthven). It also contains knowing how to use a camera and use it to film scenes in many different cases. Jeanette Ruthven states that a director will have to review the script, meet with designers, pan for filming times, and set many events which takes many types of skills. A director must also know how to deal with a cast and it's many problems. These skills and talents that are required to direct a single scene or an entire movie is entirely up to the director.
A director has many jobs that must be know ....
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The Effects Of Advertising On Society
568 Words - 3 Pages.... a product and
the achievement of a good is an objective truth, though the goodness of said
product may not be. The statement that Product X will make you more popular,
solve your problems, or let you lead a happy life (statements usually implied in
these advertisements) are generally not true. When advertisers make these
statements, therefore, they are directly misleading the public. The other
tactic used, however, is a bigger problem, being not only harder to identify but
having more problematic effects. Since society likes to think of the good as a
subjective thing, it would seem to be acceptable for advertisers to qualify
their products as being good. However, A ....
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The Witches Are Responsible For What Happens To Macbeth
388 Words - 2 Pages.... of killing King Duncan to become king himself.
In Act 4, Scene 1, Macbeth meets again with the witches, who tell him through apparitions, "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff. Beware the thane of Fife." In the following scene, we see murderers sent by Macbeth enter Macduff's castle and slaughter both Lady Macduff and her son. The witches are also responsible for this murder, because once again, the witches put ideas in his head.
Although the witches can be held responsible for the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macduff and her son, they cannot be held responsible for the murder of Banquo. The witches only speak of Banquo when Macbeth meets with them for the second time ....
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Hamlet: Method In The Madness
1805 Words - 7 Pages.... side of sanity, but
in Hamlet the distinction is not as clear as it is in King Lear. Using the
more explicit relationship in King Lear, one finds a better understanding
of the relationship in Hamlet.
While Shakespeare does not directly pit Ophelia's insanity (or breakdown)
against Hamlet's madness, there is instead a clear definitiveness in
Ophelia's condition and a clear uncertainty in Hamlet's madness. Obviously,
Hamlet's character offers more evidence, while Ophelia's breakdown is quick,
but more conclusive in its precision. Shakespeare offers clear evidence
pointing to Hamlet's sanity beginning with the first scene of the play.
Hamlet begins with guards whose main impor ....
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