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by Billy Wilder) is regarded as a classic example of film noir. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by James M. Cain by Raymon...

shadow of a doorway, looking just like Sonny ... Then I saw that it wasnt Sonny, but somebody we used to know, a boy from around o...

delivered, uncompleted phone calls, overtures not taken up, appeals repulsed. William Faulkner, who praised the novel, said that w...

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...

in drama, as well as two of the most destructive. This paper compares and contrasts the plays that bear their names. Discussion H...

entire character development is based on the idea that he is crucifying himself through the device of his mental anguish. He has n...

in presenting the various biographies that make up this text, citing the private documents of the emperors, as well as public sour...

works for her husband, and hes supposed to show her a good time and do what she wants, so shut up and dance because she wants that...

author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....

friends-who were all at the same class at school-had the idea that war is glorious and noble, an attitude encouraged by their teac...

more day and this is granted. Jason lamely agues that his abandonment of her and their children is for the best. After formulating...

his goods will be forfeit as well. Having already said in court that he wants only his "bond," Portia has him on the ropes when he...

(Eliot 30). In addition she is "likely to seek martyrdom," then try to escape it only to have it befall her when she stopped looki...

his attire was a bit gaudy for a man of his social position. I have long suspected that Montresor and Fortunato were jealous of ...

is notable about Tolkien is that his world makes internal sense. Each race (Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs, etc.) has a distinct langua...

(Brackett & Wilder, 1950). Its the narrator, who is telling his story from beyond the grave. He says he wants to tell the real ...

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

subsequently preaches sermons about him, leading people to believe that he led the life of a saint. Ciapelletto is such a hypocri...

with a trio of witch siblings (described in the text as the weird sisters), who issue this prediction to the Thane: THIRD WITCH. A...

gifted comedian of the era in her own right. Silent screen actors had to convey emotion, as well as personality, by establishing ...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

him: Father Barry (Karl Malden) is a tough priest who urges him to testify about what he knows; Johnnie Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) is ...

affair. If the story were told by Gatsby, we would get the story of a poor but ruthlessly ambitious youth on the make. We would l...

is of excellent quality which is likely why it quickly became a classic, and one which others emulate. The ending is satisfying. S...

couple as well (Beah Richards and Roy Glenn) who arent happy that their son is considering marrying a white girl (Guess Whos Comin...

Dr. Thompsons classic work, which was published posthumously and revised by Claude V. King, the reader finds a detailed model for ...

who come to Africa and find themselves overwhelmed by it. One example of the way in which Marlow puts his interpretation on things...

First, Socrates, who is obviously the focus of the painting, is sitting up, still teaching as shown by his raised left hand. Hes m...

be a relative of Geoffrey Chaucer. The poem features as its protagonist Sir Gawain, a nephew of King Arthur, who is revered by hi...