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- 1541: Oedipus Rex
- ... of Thebes and is well respected by all of his people. Once Oedipus realizes that he has married his own mother and killed his own father and took his throne, he goes into a great depression. He can no longer look into the eyes of the people that have entrusted him for the last few years, so he stabs out his eyes: Ah god! It was true! All the prophecies! ---Now ...
- 1542: Euthanasia
- ... the matter. Some people believe that regardless of the justification one may have, no one has the right to take away other‘¦s live through active or passive practice of euthanasia. The emotional effects including depression, guilt, and some other results could last for years. How, then, would it justify for a person assisting suicide to be burdened with painful distress? At this point in time, the debate on the issue ...
- 1543: Crime Films
- ... family and the portrayal of war after WWII are some major examples. As we saw in White Heat the use of the A-bomb was integrated into the final shot of Cody Jarret. The great depression in the mid-west was the setting for the rural gangsters of Bonnie and Clyde: a film that changed the way the classical gangster was viewed. Earlier gangsters were all powerful and strived to be ...
- 1544: Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- ... all of his humanity and the movie ended with Chief escaping after it had been said that it couldn't be done. Electro-convulsive therapy is a technique used to treat disorders such as major depression and schizophrenia. Patients usually receive one treatment about three time a week for usually ten sessions. Electrodes are attached to the temples and a strong electrical shock is given, enough that convulsions are produced. This ...
- 1545: John Ford and Frank Capra: A Study of Their Movies
- ... The Informer and Grapes of Wrath by Ford. America in the 30's was a time of hardship economically, politically and socially. If you have taken an American history course you know all about the depression and the crisis that it bestowed upon the land. Hollywood, the movie making capital of the world tried its best not to reflect the problems of the country in its products. Instead of the grim ...
- 1546: Art
- ... Out of the mystification of changing needs and changing material, art of the twentieth century, through creative minds, brought measures of logic into play. Following a brief euphoria of World war one, arts in the depression became more socially conscious, realistic and nationalistic. Realism derived from traditional American art, which was basically expressionism with strong emotional overtones, focusing on feelings involved in such somber times. It was said that The future ...
- 1547: Death of A Salesman: Willy Loman - A Tragic Hero
- ... memories. The way he overuses his vivid imagination is sad because the only thing it's good for is enabling Willy to go through one more day of his piteous life, full of bitterness, confusion, depression, false hopefulness, and a feeling of love which he is trying very hard to express to his sons who seem reluctant to accept it.
- 1548: Death of a Salesman: Summary
- ... early thirties marked the dust bowl era, destroying most of the farming industry. On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor forcing the U.S. into WWII. 3. Most people who lived during the depression learned the value of the dollar. They learned to save their money and not spend it on frivolous things. They also learned to ration and looked out for their families. The play does not depend ...
- 1549: Death of a Salesman: Willy Lowman's Escape
- ... memories. The way he overuses his vivid imagination is sad because the only thing it's good for is enabling Willy to go through one more day of his piteous life, full of bitterness, confusion, depression, false hopefulness, and a feeling of love which he is trying very hard to express to his sons who seem reluctant to accept it.
- 1550: Death of A Salesman: The Tragedy of One Man
- ... and sons because he wants to be seen as a success. But to dismiss Willy Loman as just another obnoxious NPD is to miss the enduring pain of those depleted souls who suffer the empty depression of mirrored ambitions (Welleck 214). It is in this sense that Willy Loman is tragic men as Heins Kohut understood him. Heinz Kohut is a social psychologist who has done extensive research on the influence ...
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