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- 7251: Shawshank Redemption
- ... then makes his friends for the duration of his stay at Shawshank Prison. The next challenge that Andy faces is keeping the one thing that he holds dear, hope. The hope that he would one day live as free man once again. Andy's best friend is a man named Red. Red was convicted of murder during a robbery at an age of 18 and was sentenced to life. He has had multiple parole board hearings and each of them were denied. Red has lost all hope of living one day as a free man again. Andy keeps himself busy by transforming the prison into a more comfortable environment but he is never completely assimilated into prison life. Andy has a hobby of playing chess in ...
- 7252: Greek Gods
- ... in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend, but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part in the workings of society itself. Even simple aspects of day-to-day life such as sex and disputes between mortals were supposedly influenced by godly workings. Unlike modern religions such as Catholicism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, where an omnipotent force supposedly controls the workings of the world, a ...
- 7253: Faustus
- ... for so that he can repent for his sins: Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of heaven, That time may cease and midnight never come; Fair Nature’s eye, rise, rise again, and make Perpetual day; or let this hour be butA year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul! O lente lente currite noctis equi (5.3.133-139). This last line, meaning “Slowly, slowly run, O horses of the night,” sums up Faustus’ desperation and ...
- 7254: Existentialism In Film
- ... through Venetian blinds, peopled by hard-boiled characters whose speech was tough and witty, who were hard drinkers and fast livers. They smoldered with a barely sublimated intense sexual tension. The French critics of the day were the first to hail the new style, which they called "film noir". Before I proceed, let me be quite clear as to how film noir might qualify as a genre worthy of our consideration ... being produced at the time. Two films, Detour and Force of Evil, are often called the definitive film noir. A host of others like them would follow the example. Detour was terribly controversial in its day, depicting a returning war veteran who aimlessly wanders around the country and eventually is involved in a murder scheme. It was shot on a low budget, and in only six days' time. The censorship board ...
- 7255: The Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs Wade
- The Supreme Court Decision of Roe vs Wade It has been over a quarter of a century since the Supreme Court made it’s controversial ruling in the case of Roe vs Wade. From that day forth, that ruling changed the lives of many, and still has repercussions that affect people everywhere. On January 22, 1973 the court “declared that a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion” (Kaplan 49 ... of their own, not dependent on what the man says. It gave her the right too much more and the courage to fight for what she believed in. This decision still remains controversial to this day, and Justice Blackmun said it best before he died. “I’ll carry Roe against Wade to my grave, even though I think I’ve contributed a little bit in other areas of law. There have ...
- 7256: Software Piracy: A Big Crime With Big Consequences
- ... an individual who will break into a store, disarm all of the alarms and will hold the door open for you as you walk inside and take anything you wish. This criminal offence occurs every day on computer systems around the world including the internet. This is a very serious problem and is very difficult to circumvent. Every computer user is both tempted and immersed in software piracy in its many ... technical support, updates and discounts on other programs can be attained with out any problems or hassle. Software piracy is a fact of life. It is a crime that occurs at every second of the day and in every country in the world. By ignoring copyright law, intellectual property is being misused. By ignoring the problem it can only get worse. The two greatest ways to defeat software piracy is by ...
- 7257: I Declare My Independence from Homework
- ... an already inordinate amount of time spent on education of young America. The facts of the matter are that many people who are home-schooled spend from one to two hours on school work a day and still often end up ahead of those in the public school system. With this fact in mind, shouldn't a seven-hour school day be long enough to do whatever learning we need to do? At all times during our school careers, we have protested civilly the injustice of homework. But the faculty and the state law-makers have ...
- 7258: Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands
- ... and even during their wedding night he gambled heavily and visited a house of prostitution. When Flor mentions that she sometimes thinks they could be a “couple like any other,” Vadinho replies “Sure, and we’d sit on the sidewalk and gossip, I’d play backgammon while you read this book from the girl’s library.” He could not live a quiet average lifestyle and deep inside she realized and accepted this. Flor did support and accept his habits ...
- 7259: Levi
- ... È UN UOMO, 1947 - If This is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz -Tällainenko on ihminen, suom. Tapio Hiisivaara LA TREGUA, 1963 - The Truce / The Reawakening (suomessa muokattu kuunnelmaksi nimeltä Aselepo) STORIE NATURALI, 1966 - The Sixth Day VIZIO DI FORMA, 1971 L'OSTERIA DI BREMA, 1975 (republ. as Ad ora incerta) - Colelcted Poems IL SISTEMA PERIODICO, 1975 - The Periodic Table - Jaksollinen järjestelmä LA CHIAVE A STELLA, 1978 - The Monkey Wrench LILIT, E ... niin milloin? L'ALTRUI MESTIERE, 1985 - Other People's Trades I SOMMERSI E I SALVATI, 1986 - The Drowned and the Saved RACCONTI E SACCI, 1986 - The Mirror Maker OPERE, 1987-90 (3 vols.) The Sixth Day, and Other Tales, 1990
- 7260: Discuss How Art Can Be Used To Promote, Reflect Or Challenge
- ... selectively retain. Therefore this work appropriates both the words and the classical image and recontextualises them to both reflect and challenge modern society. Serrano is another post modernist artist who challenges and reflects our modern day society through art. Serrano’s work, Piss Christ, is a colour photograph of a statuette of the saviour on a cross, submerged in his own urine that produced a resplendent light. The use of urine ... and tests public tolerance and challenges the government’s commitment to freedom of speech. Piss Christ also questions the public reverence for art, not religion. The authority of the Roman Catholic Church in our present day is also challenged and it highlights the fact that the Church has little power over the people in today’s society. This is displayed through Serrano’s figure of Christ as it is a tawdry ...
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