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- 13171: The Grapes of Wrath
- ... it is affecting large numbers of people. Throughout the movie, we watch the Joads progress from a concern only for themselves and their own personal welfare to a concern for all the people in the world. This shift from individual thinking to wide spread thinking is most directly seen in the actions of Tom Joad. When we first see him at the beginning of the film he is mainly concerned for ... by trying to organize them into striking. He tells his mother bye and he leaves to help the others. That shift in thinking is also accompanied with the replacement of the individual family by the world family. The thing that started the breakup of the individual family was the loss of their land. The family had lived there for many generations and had strong ties to the land. Getting thrown off ... to the government camp, there is a brief respite from the breakup of the family. They are finally getting treated like humans again. This shows the audience that there actually is some good in the world. To this point in the movie the family hasn't had any good fortune to look up to. The characters that were chosen to play the parts were great portraying their character roles. Peter ...
- 13172: Hamlet: Revenge: Once An Honor, Now A Crime
- ... upon as valiant; it was Hamlet’s revenge on Claudius for murdering his father, the king, in cold blood. Hamlet wouldn’t have been reprimanded or had to suffer any repercussions. However, in today’s world revenge is a crime strictly punishable and enforced by the law. The Menendez brothers, who took revenge on their parents for sexually abusing them, are not regarded as heroes, nor are they considered honorable. They are shunned by the world and are readily awaiting either a life sentence without parole, or death by lethal injection. Both the Menendez brothers and Hamlet were painfully wronged and felt the need to seek revenge. It is possible that ... my king, and whored my mother; / Popped in between the election and my hopes; ... To let this canker of our nature come / In further evil?” Hamlet decides that it is his duty to rid the world of Claudius, for fear he will do more evil. He has reassured himself that murdering Claudius for revenge is the right thing to do and once again, his resolve deepens. Although Hamlet comes from ...
- 13173: Hamlet: Feigned Madness
- ... the joust, and then Hamlet in turns stabs the king with the poisoned blade. Indeed, “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.91). Works Cited Shakespeare, William. “Hamlet.” The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Vol. 1. Ed. Mack, Maynard. New York City: W.W. Norton & Co. Inc. 1995. 2727-2818. Hankins, John. The Character of Hamlet. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1941.
- 13174: Antigone: Creon
- ... credit and blame for her action. She will not allow her sister to assume any of the guilt. She believes that what she has done will be approves by the Gods. She says that the world approved Ismene's caution, but the Gods approved her courage. The reader should remember that Creon is a new King. This is the first time his order has been disobeyed. He feels, therefore, that he must very strict, or else the populace will not respect his authority. Third scene: Summary Haimon enters, saying he ...
- 13175: The Dead: Summary
- ... difficult considering the complicated symbolism and silent reflections. “The Dead,” like all the other short stories of Joyce’s Dubliners reveals an epiphany. The epiphany in “The Dead” is ironically an awakening to life, a new way of life, and a new outlook on life. This, being Huston’s final film before his death, must have been an epiphany for himself, thus making his film even more meaningful. Set in January 1904, in Dublin, the story opens ... why Huston had pushed this scene into Aunt Julia’s recital. Furthermore, Huston obviously failed at his attempt to look into the family’s past by flashing pictures of unknown people and unknown relics. A new character is added into Huston’s film, after Aunt Julia’s song. The mysterious character recites a poem by Lady Gregory that has the entire room’s attention, everyone except Gabriel, who seems to ...
- 13176: The Making of a Movie
- ... change one's emotions and thoughts as though being hypnotized by the actors' and actresses' presence. Believing to start with "Thespus" , in ancient Grecian times, and revolving into the present century. Drama has taken a new step and has been recorded onto film for many people, despite age, race, or color, to experience the wonders of drama. The simple film captures all of the reminiscent scenes and moments that actors and directors streak upon their workings, leaving an imprint of a new culture. In the future, the film industry will be one of the most sought after fields in the job market. A field which captures many hearts and souls and ultimately freezes time as if it ... formal training, but they should have significant experience. The director can simply gain experience by hosting high school and college plays. There are a couple of influential directors that have lain a path for the "new wave" directors. Stanley Kubrick was exact and to the point. One time he spent over two hours setting up lights around an actors' knees for a ten second shot. Alfred Hitchcock (the master of ...
- 13177: Macebth: Power of Knowledge
- ... appearances of paradox, man's goals of comfort and power are forever encouraged by the influences of others. Macbeth is much more than a one-dimensional villain. Before the murders, he is portrayed as a brave and loyal soldier. It is up to the audience to decide how much he is influenced by the witches' prophecies, the prodding of his wife, and his own ambition, therefore this will decide if Macbeth ... promised the throne, Banquo asks why Macbeth is less than ecstatic. "Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear / Things that do sound so fair?" (Act I, Sciii, L. 54-55) Macbeth's new knowledge makes him uncomfortable, as he realizes the implications. His first thoughts considering murdering Duncan appear, and he is scared. After he commits the murder, Macbeth says, "To know my deed, 'twere best not know ...
- 13178: Shaft
- ... it? The man who became John Shaft for the movie also became John Shaft for his entire career. Richard Roundtree started his career as a model, working for a while in a black theater in New York City. Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1937 and went on to attend Southern Illinois University. It was there that he began his acting career which consisted of big roles in small plays and small roles in small movies ...
- 13179: The Grapes of Wrath: Movie Review
- ... some just didn't care. The business men that were lucky enough not to lose everything, and the other employees working in the cities who still had jobs during the depression didn't like these new programs. In the movie, The Grapes Of Wrath, The towns people didn't like the government funded version of a "Hooverville". The townspeople, along with the police tired to start a fight during a dance, so the police could come in, arrest some of the people living there, and say that this new development wasn't safe for the town, and it would have to be rid of. Fortunately for them they were able to discover there little plan, and spoiled the plan. But this showed how much the people in the towns hated these new developments like the Hoovervilles. Also, I can't recall what town it was in, but when the Joades approached one town border, the men there said there was no work, and that they would ...
- 13180: King Lear Earl of Gloucester
- ... of Dover, Lear questions Gloucester's state: No eyes in your head, nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a heavy case, your purse in a light, yet you see how this world goes. Gloucester. I see it feelingly. (IV.vi.147-151) Here, Lear cannot relate to Gloucester because his vision is not clear, and he wonders how Gloucester can see without eyes. Although Lear has seen ... by the use of the reoccurring theme, clear vision. While Lear portrays a lack of vision, Gloucester learns that clear vision does not emanate from the eye. Throughout this play, Shakespeare is saying that the world cannot truly be seen with the eye, but with the heart. The physical world that the eye can detect can accordingly hide its evils with physical attributes, so clear vision cannot result from the eye alone. Lear's downfall was a result of his failure to understand that ...
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