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- 14131: The Rules of the Game: Andre’s Arrival at La Coliniere
- The Rules of the Game: Andre’s Arrival at La Coliniere In The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir paints a satirical portrait of the decadent French aristocracy prior to World War II. The scene where Andre Jurieu (Roland Toutain) arrives at La Coliniere is of particular importance, for it is the first time he sees Christine (Nora Gregor) since his plane trip. Through his use ... The mise en scene of this particular shot lends many important insights into the nature of their relationship. As a somewhat subjective shot, it shows the importance of this arrival into the stationary Christine’s world. The doorway, located in the lower left corner of the screen, frames the approaching men. As Andre steps into the door, he sees her and stops in his tracks. They both stand motionless, and the ...
- 14132: The Autobiographical Elements in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... Amontillado. In this story, the main character Fortunato, was left to die in a tomb after being tricked by his love's father. Lastly, the poem, "Silence," strongly suggested that he felt alone in the world, and was longing for companionship. Suffering through several periods of fear and irrationality during his life, Poe included those experiences in many of his more famous works. One of these periods involved experiences in joining ... a magazine of his own. "Poe was the first in a long series of American authors who felt a need to drink. Alcohol ruined his life. He had no good jobs. He had no stable world. He had nothing to anchor him to reality, so he induced fantasies and drowned his fears with a bottle" (Poulter 4). Poe's works reflected what he thought about the evil of drinking. Liquor played ...
- 14133: Arts and Ceramics In History
- ... all other regional styles had been driven from the ceramics scene by Athens, who had created an empire of luxury wares with Attic Black Figure pottery. Around 530 BC there was a birth of a new type of pottery called Attic Red Figure. Attic Black Figure was virtually replaced by the new comer around 480 BC. The key to Athens’s success was due in part to the variety of shapes and the countless range of pictorial and geometric designs on the exterior of the pieces. The ...
- 14134: George C. Wallace
- ... Wallace polled to become state representative of Barbour County. During his jaunt as a state representative, he had a number of highlights. They included bills that issued in the industrial era that attracted hundreds of new industries. He was also involved with the GI and Dependents Scholarships Act that provides widows and children access to trade schools and colleges. Wallace entered the governor's race in 1958. Patterson ran on the ... to via for governor. The final conquest for governor was supported by a huge amount of black voter support during the general election. The governor appealed to his white loyalist and catered to thousands of new black voters. This marked a complete turnabout in his political career. However, Wallace acted more like a yes-man than a governor due to the pain pills. The extent of enormous pain limited his concentration ...
- 14135: The Death Penalty
- ... enough strength to lead to important restrictions on the use of the death penalty in many northern states, while in the United States, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Rhode Island abandon the practice altogether. Pennsylvania adopted a new law, in 1974, to distinguish the different degrees of murder and used the death penalty mostly for premeditated murder, murders which are planned out before they are executed. The death penalty was also confined to ... or state in the country and has seen the greatest reduction in murder from 702in 1982 down to 261 in 1996, a 63 percent reduction, representing a 270 percent reduction. Edward Koch former mayor of New York City, said: Had the death penalty been a real possibility in the minds...murderers, they might well have stayed their hand. They might have shown moral awareness before their victims died...Consider the tragic ...
- 14136: Language Is A Virus
- ... varies with circumstances, such as different cultures, religions, historical times or just personal feelings. Folk tales and legends are stories that have been passed throughout generations and are being told in many parts of the world in different languages. These stories, originally written as local tales, pass the boundaries of their localities and become absorbed into the folklore of other religions and countries through publication in other languages. In many cases ... writings are of a controversial nature and as such they appeal to some but can meet with a violent disapproval by others. Salman Rashdie has been lucky to survive the violent anger of the Muslim world. But at the same time he became popular with many segments of the population, not necessarily due to the greatness of his writing, but primarily because of the controversial subject he touches upon, the fact ...
- 14137: Every Day Use
- ... mixture of envy and awe." She believes that her sister gets everything she wants; all she needs to do is ask somebody for what she wants. She thinks that, " no is a word that the world never learned to say to her." From her point of view, Dee controls the world with her hands; she can do whatever she wants. Another example that exposes the reality of Maggie is that even her mother treats them differently. Dee is the perfect girl while Maggie is just a ...
- 14138: Silas Marner
- ... previous mistakes. Like most men of wealth he decided that throwing money at the problem would fix it. This still didn’t cover up the fact that Godfrey ,someday, would have to confess to the world that he was the father of Eppie. This made his second marriage somewhat strenuous. The money he spent on Eppie’s well being was money that was meant for starting Godfrey’s second family. This ... he lived on the out kirts of the village, people came to see how he was doing with the raising of Eppie. People were surpirsed at how personable he became. Of course Eppie meant the world to him. He was very defensive about how he would be able to raise her. Many times he had commented on how he must be the only she knows as a father and no one ...
- 14139: Use of Non-Lethal Weapons
- ... in everyday life. Another problem in our society is violence such as riots and fights. These things can be controlled with sticky foam, water cannons, or rubber bullets. The main reason to choose tasers and new-age weapons over guns, is the fact that they are non-lethal. Every year about 500 police officers are killed by guns. This kind of death doesn't need to happen. In 1983, 10,895 ... children were killed by guns, and every year that number increases. So, if you would like these numbers to drastically decrease, we must choose smarter, and non- lethal weapons. One other important reason to choose “new-age” weapons, is that lethal force is commonly used when not needed. One example is riots, where things such as water cannons or snare nets could be used instead of lethal force. In some jails ...
- 14140: Obesity
- ... rate. Fenfluramine(brand name Pondimin) in-creases the serotonin level, which decreases appetite. However, neither drug works alone. They only have optimum effect together. Phen-fen is how I became interested in the research of new obesity drugs. I first learned of phen-fen in June. The article I read in the Knoxville paper about people who had taken the medicine, showed it to be what I and many others had ... of the medicine, was the energy and the feeling of motivation. Other side effects of phen-fen are dry mouth, dizziness, short-term memory loss, and in some the serious problem of pulmonary hypertension. The New England Journal of Medicine presented an editorial on the benefits and risk of phen-fen and other drugs in this class. The physicians who wrote the article, wrote that considering the health risks of obesity ...
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