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- 4461: The Shawshank Redemption
- ... that he inherited. This shows that Andy had guts and that he wanted to survive. In return for his favor of helping the guard, he gets his fellow workers ice cold beers on the last day. It is ironic because he has quit drinking himself. Andy then begins to work in the library because the warden hears of his talents in finance. This is where Andy first meets Brooks. He use ... the bad (the sisters, a group of homosexual rapists). His personality is one of a person who makes the most of what he has. But he never loses hope that he will be free one day. Red is a very unique character in his own right. The prison's sole black inmate, he is the man who smuggles contraband into the prison. He is also a "lifer" and he says that ... but still tries to make his life on the inside the best he can. Red really doesn't think much about being paroled (he is rejected several times during the movie). He just takes one day at a time. He is determined not to let the jail system get to him. His friendship with Andy becomes stronger throughout the movie from when they first meet until Red joins Andy in ...
- 4462: The Chamber: A Look Into the Novel and Film
- The Chamber: A Look Into the Novel and Film Stories about crime prove to be a strong part of America's entertainment in this day. In The Chamber, John Grisham writes about a Klansman who is convicted of murder and a grandson who tries to save his grandfather is on death row. This story is now a major motion picture ... to kill her children? Of course not. She just knows they're dead, Adam, dead for twenty-three years now. She knows they were killed by a bomb planted by my father, and if he'd been home with his family instead of riding around at night with his idiot buddies, little Josh and John would not be dead.' " (61). The Chamber is a story about life and death and how ...
- 4463: Movie Villains
- ... Treasure Island. Long John doesn't die in the end, he escapes because he tricks Jim into letting him go from his prison, he escapes and probably is still trying to find gold to this day. One more modern villains is Jaws, not the fish, from the James Bond series. Jaws is a really tall man who has hands as big as a person head, and metal teeth that can crush ... villains who they are, what drives them to evil? C. The speech is setup into listing villains and explain their backgrounds. II. Villains A. Wicked Witch of the West. B. Leatherface. C. Long John Silver. D. Noah Cross. III. Villains and their untimely death. A. Every villains has his own reason for his acts, each is different. B. Mostly the common reasons are, greed, revenge, or just plain psychopathy. C. I ...
- 4464: David Selznick and Since You Went Away
- ... dealing with dealing with the trials and tribulations of everyday life without the support of a male authority figure. A lot of emphasis is placed on the female audience's familiarity with "the details of day to day living and plenty of humorous sentimental reportage of housekeeping: rationing, the problems of two growing daughters and the business of getting jobs to help the family's reduced budget."(Hartung p 374) Selznick increased the ... this on-screen realism. Indeed, this issue was the case for many Americans and people from other countries as well. Overall, it was the message that appealed to the audience the most and the modern day press agreed with this films message. But, this wasn't the absolute case. A famous film critic, at the time was very harsh on this film. He downplayed Selznick's attempt at portraying a ...
- 4465: David Williamson's "The Club" and "The Removalists"
- ... by testimony to the Royal Commission into Police Corruption. Another, perhaps even more important issue explored in The Removalists is that of police corruption. Simmonds is thoroughly corrupt, and by the end of Ross' first day on the job, Simmonds has already managed to corrupt him as well. He explains to Ross early on that, "Something doesn't have to be very big before it's too big for us and ... attitudes expressed towards the extensive police corruption in The Removalists are quite realistic. After Kenny begs Rob to call in police from another station, the removalist says, "You must be mad. Do you think they'd come down and collar their own mates?" The recent Royal Commission has revealed that police corruption is a widespread and severe problem in Australia. However, until now, attitudes have again been those of resigned acceptance ...
- 4466: Radio and Television Advertising
- ... something is being advertised. Two of the best ways to advertise are radio and television. These two mediums affect virtually everyone. Most of us listen to the radio or watch televison at some point each day. Because of this, many of us are able to remember products by the jingles or slogans that are used. An example of this is the slogan for Charmin tissue. Anytime you see Mr. Whipple you ... more, however it is guaranteed to run at a certain time. Televisons is the strongest medium to advertise in and also the most expensive. Like radio, the cost of advertising on television in. The television day is broken down as follows, morning, midday, early fringe, primetime and 11 pm to sign off. Morning and midday are usually filled with local shows, game show, soaps and perhaps even a mid-day movie. This time period is aimed at the housewife or homebody. Early fringe runs from 4pm to 7:30pm, during this time varied programs are shown including news, kiddie shows or rerun comedies. Primetime ...
- 4467: Death of a Salesman: Summary
- ... really wants out of life. Willy's wife is Linda Loman, a short old woman with a lot of fire. She has a lot of love for Willy and stands by him until his dying day. She is the peacemaker of the family and tries to hold it together through all the chaos. 6. Willy is a static man, he has lived a basic life, doing the same thing everyday, never ... him for one minute. I got so mad I could've torn the walls down! How the hell did I ever get the idea I was a salesman there? I even believed myself that I'd been a salesman for him! And then he gave me one look and I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life had been! We've been talking a dream for fifteen years. I was ...
- 4468: Romeo and Juliet: Chance And Its Role
- ... to attend if he was not a Montague. Then by coincidence, Romeo meets Juliet at the ball and falls in love with her and her with him. After Juliet and Romeo are married the next day, Romeo runs into Tybalt and Mercutio as they were fighting. If the wedding had been delayed by even ten minutes, Romeo wouldn't have gotten there until they had finished. If this had happened Mercutio might have lived and so would have Tybalt because neither of them had intentions of killing the other. Also, the fight could have happened any other day but it just happened to happen on the wedding day. Another important coincidental event is when Friar John is unable to give Romeo a letter because he was detained during a visit to a friend. This is the reason that Romeo kills himself because ...
- 4469: Transformation of Macbeth
- ... of Shakesphere's, Macbeth, the character, Macbeth is basically an everyday normal type of soldier fighting and killing for his king. His title at this point is the Thane of Glamis. Upon having a great day on the battlefield, including killing MacDonwald, Macbeth has no clue as to what is in store for him. When Macbeth and his friend Banquo meet the witches for the first time, they are completely shocked ... his wife, Lady Macbeth, she begins to play mind games with him. She does this by trying to convince him to murder Duncan. She tells him things like If you were a real man you'd do it. This upsets Macbeth, and he begins to think that he is actually going to do it, and eventually carries it out. What he doesn't realize is that he will later regret his ...
- 4470: Death of a Salesman: Society's Alienation of Willy Loman
- ... never intended to give Willy his job back. He was merely trying to take Willy's position because he didn't believe Willy could hack it anymore. This is a reflection of society's present day treatment of the elderly. Younger generations now, move older people into rest homes and try to keep them out of public view, for risk of embarassment. This is reflected by Howard's statement, "I don ... It is human nature to be judgemental of things, and especially people. Willy Loman was no exception to this. Yet, Willy was already down, and society kept him there. He lost the job that he'd worked at faithfully for thirty-four years, simply because the younger owner couldn't bear with having an older, less succesful salesman representing the company. Willy is sealed off from his family, especially from his ...
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