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a take on the play that is patterned after the screwball comedies of the 1930s, as "Beatrice and Benedick are surely the prototype...

much more smoothly with the women in charge, is a much happier place (Canby, 1980). The film is uneven and the sequence where the...

film that we can interpret as a sign, with another signified added to it. It is thus a triple layer of meaning: the object itself,...

that each person compose a ghost story (Gilbert and Gubar 239). Marys story was transformed into the novel Frankenstein; Or, the ...

as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...

sit down, even when "they are having menstrual cramps" (Giroux). In the film, workers also complain about "plant conditions, speed...

opens just after her birth. Like all babies, she is crying. Lucinda, a rather stupid fairy, is intent on giving Ella a "gift" and ...

he has always valued charisma over actual skill or knowledge. This point is shown in a flashback in which Willy asks his oldest ...

there is a certain allure to the way in which both Caine and O-Dog are portrayed. Cinema has since its inception been one of the...

the service of the agency" (McCarthy). Both films offer up an individual that is, in one way or another, presumed to be a bad gu...

to his students. He gives them no time to "adjust," but leaps right in with both feet on the first day by having the class read Ro...

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares American Psycho (2000, directed by Mary Harron) and In Bruges (2008, directed by Martin...

his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...

Opposing Arguments Petrakis (2010) is completely right when he writes: "the screenplay is simplistic and uninteresting, lea...

in his dysfunctional body and she reads him constantly, also hiring round-the-clock nurses and other readers (Changnon, 1995). W...

which a jury debates the evidence it has just seen presented in a murder trial. This paper reviews the film as well as discussing ...

not easy to explain why individuals are motivated to act in the ways they do. This is why there are a number of competing theories...

legitimate government of both Taiwan and China began to change in the 1990s when democracy was introduced and new leaders were ele...

a switchblade knife," are primarily interested in getting out of there as quickly as possible (Dirks). It is clear that these midd...

the novel or the film precisely. Typically, films classified as film noir, but not all of them, focus on a murder or multiple mu...

(BPD) is subject to period of extreme emotional turmoil, as these individuals tend to see themselves in a distorted fashion, which...

This research paper focuses on the films of Roberto Rossellini, specifically on "Paisan" and "Germany Year Zero" and the films of...

a realistic glimpse into troubled American youth that did not compromise moral values or the integrity of the film. Judging by th...

This essay presents a comprehensive discussion of Allison Anders' 1993 film Mi Vida Loca, a movie that focuses on a group of young...

This essay describes how comedy was achieved in two science fiction films, "Star Trek IV: the Voyage Home" and "Galaxy Quest." Th...

This essay pertains to a Vincente Minneli film from 1945, "The Clock," which starred his wife, Judy Garland. The writer discusses ...

This essay presens a scene analysis from the 2003 film "The Hulk," directed by Ang Lee. The writer describes the scene and summari...

This essay discussed aspects of group communication using the film "12 Angry Men" (1957). Four pages in length, three sources are ...

This essay pertains to "V for Vendetta" and "Children of Men" and provides a discussion of how both films support Enlightenment i...

This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...