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- 12311: High Noon
- ... such limit-situations as chance, suffering, conflict, guilt, and death. He is the town's marshal, Will Kane, who marries a beautiful Quaker girl in the courtroom. The couple plans to move away to a new town and settle down to have a family. During the celebration, the outlaw Frank Miller is announced to come in town while the gunmen supporting him are already in town waiting for him. Kane is ... in liberty. His life and activity make sense in the historical context as a participation in the continuity of man's life as being-oneself. High Noon is representative of man's existence in the world related to his being with others. Because man has freedom, his acts are always limited to certain conditions, by uncertainties and risks, forces and moral principles. The personal liberty compels the individual to make choices ...
- 12312: Harlem Renaissance
- ... that is still taught today. There was, also, a not so well known renaissance that occurred in the United States from the 1920’s to the 1930’s in Manhattan. This renaissance was called “The New Negro Movement”, but was later called the Harlem Renaissance. During this time, there was an unprecedented outburst of creative activity among African-Americans that occurred in all fields of art. The renaissance started off as ... out or showed that racism was wrong such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, and George Washington Carver. Another person who played a role in the Harlem Renaissance was Countee Cullen. At New York University his works attracted critical attention. His first collection of poems, COLOR (1925), was published before he finished college. Countee was a part of the fresh generation of new writers that came out during the renaissance. In 1927, Countee published two more volumes of verse - Copper Sun and The Ballad of the Brown Girl - and edited an anthology of Negro poetry called Caroling ...
- 12313: Of Mice And Men 4
- ... make no difference who the guy is, long he s with you. I tell ya, he cried , I tell you a guy gets lonely an he gets sick." This shows Crook s view of the world and how he feels about what his life is about. He feels as though nobody cares for him which is probably true from the quote above. George and Lennie feel they are not alone they have a dream. This dream is what pushes them on. They are often talking of the land they dream of. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no Family. The don t belong no place. They come to a ranch an work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow there stake, and the first thing you ... Slim, The jerkline skinner." At the end of the story when George shot Lennie he realized that he killed all of his hopes an dreams in the process. This suggest, somehow that everybody in this world is truly alone. Steinbeck presents us with a bleak picture of human loneliness. It is not entirely clear, at the end of the novel whether he is presenting us with loneliness or negative images. ...
- 12314: Jujitsu - The Gentle Art
- ... sword. Jujitsu was a part of the Samurai’s fighting skills, something he could use when he was unable to use his favourite weapon. There are many different styles of Jujitsu that exist around the world, and many different ways to actually spell the name. The original spelling derived directly from the Japanese was Jujitsu. As the popularity and practice of this martial art spread across Europe, the spelling and pronunciation was forced to change. This occurred during World War II, when the name Jujitsu had to be changed to Jiu-jitsu (pronounced Jeeu-jitsu). This name-change occurred because the Germans occupying the area at the time claimed that the name resembled the ... defeat an opponent with as little time and energy spent as possible. It is no wonder that Jujitsu is taught to American and Russian Special Forces, as well as armies and police units around the world. For me, Jujitsu has become a most valued part of my life. It is not only about learning how to overcome an opponent, it is a way of life. It has taught me discipline ...
- 12315: On The Road - The Role Of Wome
- On the Road, by Jack Kerouac, is an honest story of a friendship, and four trips across America. The narrator is Sal Paradise, an aspiring novelist who lives with his aunt in New Jersey. Sal s best friend is Dean Moriarty. Sal idolizes Dean for his laidback cowboy style, his ease with women, and his all around joy in living. Over the course of the book, Dean marries ... that a woman cannot survive without a man Women were a sidetrack for the men in this novel. Sal and Dean s goal was to be on the road, to explore their inner-selves, the world around them, gain more freedom, and basically question the meaning of life. Women were sex traps , which lured the guys away from the road, and this quest of theirs for deeper understanding. The women these ...
- 12316: Film Review-rainbow Trout
- ... The villagers include the trout breeder Chang-hyun (friend of Min-su and former lover of Jung-wha), Tae-ju (a young man), and a group of wild hunters. Once the urbanites move into the world of the village people, the differences in the social status of the characters become meaningless. As Chang-hyun's fish-farm gets crowded with urban visitors, it becomes a claustrophobic space filled with a suffocating ... as an experimental and creative film maker in terms of cinematic style and thematic content. For example, his 2nd feature, Our Twisted Hero', dealt with political allegory, and his 3rd feature, Eternal Empire' opened a new genre of thriller/mystery/ period drama. Director Park's ever-renewing interest in a mosaic film style and subject matter is obvious in Rainbow Trout', as well. First, it is a hybrid-genre film composed ...
- 12317: Die Hard The Movie - Action Film Subtexts
- ... who take over the building where Holly works in L.A., so that they can rob the company of $600 million worth of bearer bonds. Unbeknownst to them, John McClaine has just flown in from New York, where he is a cop, and has come to get her after work to spend the holidays with her and their children. The entire movie is about how he nearly single-handedly overcomes the ... subtext that runs throughout the movie is the marriage of the McClaines. It is obvious from the beginning that they have been separated, and do not have a good marriage. He is a cop in New York, and she has taken a job in L.A., and brought the two kids with her. She is an executive for a Japanese company, and has changed her name to her maiden name, instead ... at the airport in a limo, and he has never ridden in a limo before. When he gets to her office, he is amazed by how fancy it is. Her co-worker shows him her new Rolex watch, and she seems embarrassed by this, because he could never afford this on a cop's salary. At first when they see each other, you can tell that things are tense between ...
- 12318: Development Of The Carol
- ... folk music and text printed on broadsheet. The 19th century brought about an enormous decline in the popularity of carols that ultimately led to their final revival and restoration. Although there was little composition of new carols, as it was said to have been a period of poor musicianship and intelligence within realm of religious-based music by Sir Henry Hadow, there was much printing and collecting of older material that ... wealthy and common class people had begun to forget and neglect the original concept of a carol. But not everyone gave up hope. A small book was published around 1839 by J. Guest, called A New Carol Book, containing invaluable reprints of carols such "Hark! the herald angels," "God rest you merry," and "The holly and the ivy." And in 1869 "The Leisure Hour," a British magazine, printed an article on ... antiquity caught the attention and admiration of the general public, and special editions were published for church use. Finally, the carol was coming back to life. In 1871Bramley and Stainer published Christmas Carols Old and New, which was to become the sole most popular and well-loved collection of carols throughout history and is still in use today. It became invaluable to the clergy, and inspired the publication of dozens ...
- 12319: David Cronenberg
- ... first big screen success came to him in 1969 when his simple and tasteful film "Stereo" got shot down at the box office. David was somewhat discouraged by this and in 1970 would shock the world with his first film of the horror or shock film industry that broke all the limits. "Crimes of the Future" was a large success at the box office and at he 1970 Cannes Film Festival ... the movie "Crash" for instance has nudity after nudity after nudity. Even the part of society who accept adult scenes in film became shocked at the hard-core nonsense Cronenberg was directing. Mr. Cronenberg’s new film "ExsitenZ" is supposed to be as irritating as The Fly or The Dead Zone, but a lot more violent. In conclusion, it’s all about who is looking at what, and the type of ...
- 12320: Dali
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Design The Guggenheim Museum in New York is home of one of the world's greatest collections of modern art. And fittingly, the building itself is a work of modern art. Instead of the traditional rectangular building with various flat floors, architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the museum as ...
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