.... with the typical cinematic conventions of the film noir style. Film noir often tackled subjects that dealt with common underlying themes: corruption, deceit, mystery, etc (Sobchack, 271). One of the most well known and acclaimed pioneers in film noir is the movie The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941). This film was based on a private investigator, Sam Spade, hired to investigate a case. The Maltese Falcon is now viewed as the typical film noir style movie because it contains traits and qualities of filmmaking that were adapted by film noir filmmakers. Film noir started during the mid 1940’s and has been a popular film style ever since, yielding such contemporary ....

.... before him was how to end the war and save lives. He regarded the atomic bomb as a weapon -- an awesome one, to be sure -- but still a weapon to be used. Roosevelt’s view, apparently, had been the same. According to Stimson, who had been responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project since 1941, there was never any question in Roosevelt’s mind but the bomb would be used when ready. On Truman’s orders, the B-29 Enola Gay piloted by U.S. Army Force Col. Paul W. Tibbets dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The date was August 6, 1945. Tibbets had named the plane after his mother the night before the attack. The Bomb was named Little Boy ....

.... just some of the hardships that many loyal, hardworking citizens were faced with. The reverberations of these new inventions caused a dramatic plummet of the life expectancy of an average citizen to an alarming 15 years of age. Women and children were expected to work up to 16 hours a day and doing labor that could cause serious injury, like carrying extremely heavy loads. For their work, they were paid ridiculous wages, women around 5 shillings per week, and children about 1. One can easily recognize the negative aspects of such a dramatic event. However, if one "steps back" to view the revolution as a whole, he will notice that the positive aspects completely outweigh th ....

.... produce. Once considered a relatively safe form for generating energy, nuclear power has caused more problems than it has solved. While it has reduced the amount of traditional natural resources (fossil fuels), used to generate power like coal, wood, and oil, nuclear generating plants have become anachronisms. Maintaining them and keeping them safe has become a problem of immense proportion. As the plants age and other technology becomes available, what to do with these “eyesores” is a consuming issue for many government agencies and environmental groups. No one knows what to do about the problem and in many areas of the world, another nuclear meltdown is an accident wai ....

.... independence. People who were though to be a threat to the revolution or Republic were put to death by the guillotine. The movie showed how people may be wrongly blamed and arrested for a crime they did not commit. When situations arise like this in history panic and chaos breaks out, partly because of fear of being wrongly accused of a fictitious crime and partly for some people’s desire for power and death. The movie contains more than one theme. The first, shows the importance of bravery and sacrifice and the second shows the ruthlessness and betrayal that goes on in government. In the “government defense officer” believes that he is betrayed by the woman he wants ....

.... Middle Ages is an era that is very different than now in many ways. One of the most important figures out of the Middle Ages is King Arthur. He is said to be the son of Uthur Pendragon and Ygraine of Cornwall. He was the king of the Britons who fought against the Anglo- Saxons. In many legends he was kept away from the kingdom during his childhood. He gathered some really great knights in his court. Problems of precedence were avoided by using the round table at meetings. King Arthur has a big influence on literature, art, music, and society from the Middle Ages to the present. There is a huge debate on his existence because there is no conclusive evidence to prove he ....

.... commissioned Botticelli to execute "the Adoration of the Magi" the three wise men in the painting are supposedly Lorenzo's grandfather, father and uncle. Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano are also pictured in the painting. When Lorenzo died in 1492 at the age of 43 Michelangelo was intended to design to tomb but he left Florence for good in 1534 only the Ducal tombs had been designed. Lorenzo (the magnificent) and his brother Giuliano lie disregarded on a cassone or chest, opposite the altar. Michelangelo designed the tombs for Lorenzo de Medici Duke of urbino and Guiliano de Medici Duke of Nermours. The two complex tombs were conceived as representing opposite types: Loren ....

.... Most of the important men of Egypt paid to have their body carved out of stone. That was were the spirit would live after the man dies. They used stone because it was the strongest material they could find. Longevity was very important. The bodies are always idealized and clothed. Figures are very rigid, close-fisted, and are built on a vertical axis to show that the person is grand or intimidating. Most of the figures were seen in the same: profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of faith in gods. The sky god Horus, a bird, is found in a great amount of Egyptian art. Little recognition was ever g ....