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- 4661: The Godfather: Gangster Genre
- ... who stole the valued object. Gangster films are morality tales, success stories turned upside down in which criminals live in an inverted dream world of success and wealth. Although they are doomed to failure and death, criminals are portrayed as the victims of circumstance, because the stories are told from their point of view - all other "normal" roots to the top are unavailable to them. Film gangsters are usually materialistic, street ... public enemy" begins his life, not as a hardened criminal, but as a young mischievous boy whose early environment clearly contributes to the evolving development of his life of adult crime and his inevitable gruesome death. Unlike other films, this one examined the social forces and roots of crime. James Cagney's dynamic, charismatic and magnetic characterization of the murderous thug unfortunately made the film appeare to glamorise criminal activities (although ...
- 4662: Compare And Contrast - Sir Per
- ... Armand. Percy, on the other hand, plays fair and is very polite. Like the time when Percy's life was in danger at the Chat Gris. When he was leaving, and minutes away from his death, did he dash out the door? No, he politely paid for his meal and left. Now that's nice ! Another thing that the two characters do not have in common is how they direct their ... to kill them all. Chauvelin's job is to find deliver the aristocrats that are sinning on their country to Madame La Guillotine. Totally opposite is Percy's job of rescuing these doomed French from death during their revolution. In conclusion, it's easy to see that these two men have a lot in common. They are both smart and creative, they both fight for what they believe, and they both ...
- 4663: Antigone: Following Her Beliefs
- ... s a crime that God commands." Basically, God is the only one she believes in making the rules for her and others. Secondly, Antigone knows that she is going to die due to Creon's death sentence, but Antigone is not going to be killed easily. From reading this book, Antigone defends her belief of God's having the power of making the rule's, not a King, such as Creon ... Haemon had arrived there earlier. Haemon realizes that his love is gone and cannot continue this pain. He pulls out his sword and stabs himself in the ribs. When Eurydice hears of her son's death, she faints and later kills herself. Creon now understands that he has been stubborn and uncaring. God punishes him by taking away his family. "And the deaths I caused-In my own family by my ...
- 4664: Hamlet: Betrayed By His Mother and His Helplessness
- ... uncle so quickly without sufficient mourning. Hamlet felt betrayed by his mother and felt guilty about his own helplessness. Hamlet is emotionally hurt by his mother’s quick new marriage right after his father’s death. When Hamlet says, "O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason/ Would have mourned longer!" (I ii 154-155) Hamlet is disappointed that his mother had insufficient mourning for his father. Hamlet was not ... ii 76) He loses his trust in his mother, claiming "frailty, thy name is woman!" (I ii 150) Hamlet’s mother had been married for a long period of time and after her husband’s death she just married her brother-in-law without even waiting for the mourning period to be finished. Hamlet is particularly heartbroken over the behavior of his mother, but there is nothing Hamlet can do about ...
- 4665: Claude Monet and His Painting
- ... of pictoral granulation. Never fully content, Monet went to Dieppe, Pourville and Varengeville-sur-Mer. His first wife Camille died in 1882, and in 1883 Monet finally settled in Giverny where he remained until his death. This geographical constant was coupled with the disintegration of the group of impressionists. Other influences and groups presented themselves and, gradually, each of the painters drifted away to pursue their own styles. Among the newcomers ... found luxury, Monet devoted himself to gardening which, in turn, provided a motif for the painter's last important work, the Water Lily . Monet was absorbed in this project almost exclusively from 1900 until his death, ...stripping it of objective solidity and creating of it an ethereal, lyrical abstraction. Monet's Methods of Painting Monet's method of painting is scientific in nature. Monet did not simply walk to the poplar ...
- 4666: Romanticism
- ... Tom Walker. When he knows his wife doesn t return, he just worries about the value that his wife brought with her. The story shows an interest in the unusual such as Irving describes the death of Tom s wife. Her hair, lung and her apron were hung on the tree. This folk tale story is also an important lesson that teaches people-don t be greedy. Therefore, Irving succeeded in ... The other element that can be in his poem is unusual of the raven. The Raven used to talk and repeat just one word Nevermore, but because of that word, it helped Poe recognizes the death of his special wife. Poe describes his soul through the poem with the deep of sorrow and sadness. This can be proved for the first element of Romanticism that appealed to emotion rather than reason ...
- 4667: The Mikado: Criticism The English Society And Beliefs
- ... blood relation, that is English sentimentality. Another faulty logic of the false dilemmas that by the Mikado's law, when a married man is beheaded his wife is buried alive. How can a king rule death to a person by an unreasonable cause? Why a married woman must die if her husband is dead. Gilbert pointed out the gender inequity and unfairness in the English society in The Mikado, and he ... by setting a happiness ending for NANKI-POO and YUM-YUM. The Mikado himself is identifiable as a pantomime king because he doesn't take any excuses in the song of punishment for compassing the death of the Heir Apparent. An English cruel king is as stubborn as mules; he will stubbornly adhere to his opinions over everyone. KO-KO used Mikado's way against Mikado by saying that NANKI-POO ...
- 4668: Macbeth: Abuse Of Power And Appearance Versus Reality
- ... he slowly begins his reign of terror. One of Banquo’s murderers says to Macbeth, “Ay, my good lord: safe in a ditch he bides, / With twenty trenched gashes on his head, / The least a death to nature.” He is saying simply that Banquo is not a threat anymore to Macbeth. Macbeth’s next target is by far the most shameful on a person’s part; he orders the murder of ... be murdered in that same castle. Another example of irony is the fact Macbeth and Lady Macbeth thought their newfound royalty would bring them good, when in fact it only brought them misery and eventual death. Symbolism is when an object is used to represent something else. The most apparent use of symbolism is the use of blood within the play. In Act I blood symbolizes honor when the Captain of ...
- 4669: Role Of The Common Man In A Ma
- ... introduction of the play, the audience meets the Common Man. He is dressed from head to toe in black tights, which shows off his pot-bellied figure. The black clothes he wears suggest darkness and death. Next, the audience meets Steward, Thomas Mores butler. He is a humble character but has some extremely important lines that foreshadow Thomas Mores future. My master Thomas More would give anything away to anyone. I ... More, an additional line foreshadows the future. The river looks black tonight. They say it s silting up, is that so? (Bolt 28) In this line, river looking black foreshadows thing becoming worse and even death. The Common Mans characters aid in setting the mood and foreshadow events that are still to come. Each character has a unique style, which sets him apart form others. The personalities of the different characters ...
- 4670: Nature’s Significance In King Lear
- ... him and Cordelia. Lear’s rash actions represent a great violation of the law of nature, which from that point will lead to disorder and disaster throughout the entire play, and eventually the destruction and death of Lear’s family. The second family that is discussed in King Lear is Gloucester’s family. In this family it is Edmund, Gloucester’s illegitimate son who commits actions that disturb nature, and as ... of nature. These violations of nature’s rules, specifically, Lear’s disclaiming of Cordelia, and Edmund’s betrayal of his father and brother are the causes for the destruction of the characters, that is, the death of the two families. The process of disturbance in nature’s laws leading to destruction of human lives applies both ways. It is because of disturbed human behavior that nature is disturbed, which brings about ...
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