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- 1961: The First Movie
- ... the movie business. From this humble beginning came movies with actual plots. Of course, they got a bit longer than this first minute and half. The movie business flourished in the twenties, but when the Great Depression came along the it suffered greatly. As the economy began to pick up, so did the movie business. New genres like horror came on the scene in the early thirties. The first horror movies were ... sound opened up new doors in the movie industry. They now could add intense drama and intricate plots. During WWII, the movie industry became somewhat less popular. But when the war ended, there were many great hits produced, such as the Gone With the Wind directed by Victor Fleming and Citizen Kane produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Wells. The impact of the war lead many European directors to ...
- 1962: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ... man shaken…"(Fitzgerald 307). Aside from being a major literary voice of the twenties and thirties, Fitzgerald was also among "The Lost Generation’s" harshest and most insightful social critics. In his classic novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald blatantly criticized the immorality, materialism, and hedonism which characterized the lifestyles of America’s bourgeois during the nineteen-twenties. Collectively, Fitzgerald’s novels and short stories provide some of the best insight into ... and the corruption of the American Dream. The life of F. Scott Fitzgerald is marked by as much, if not more, romanticism and tragedy than his novels. Throughout Fitzgerald’s life, he unsuccessfully battled alcoholism, depression, and himself, in a quest for both personal and literary identity. At the age of twenty-three, Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, to critical raves and unimaginable economic success. Shortly after ... with both the tragic and romantic elements of Poe’s life, as well as the many similarities these two men shared, may have very well facilitated his plunge into the unforgiving abysses of alcoholism and depression. Jeffrey Meyers’ biography Scott Fitzgerald provides a complete and seemingly unbiased account of the life of one of the most complex men in American literary history. Whereas previous biographies tended to over-exaggerate either ...
- 1963: Interpretation Of The Human Body
- ... profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of faith in gods. The sky god Horus, a bird, is found in a great amount of Egyptian art. Little recognition was ever given to the artists. The emphasis was on the patron. Early Greek art was greatly influenced by the Egyptians. Geography permitted both cultures to exchange their talents ... s Red Light, we saw a man walking alone in front of n old truck. The man was not colored at all. He seemed to be sauntering across a street at night. A feeling of depression or sadness surrounds the man. The human is not important but the emotion is. Most of the modern art uses the human body to portray a feeling or emotion. Rarely will you find any new ... Through the ages each culture had its own interpretation of what the human body means. I have briefly explained a few of the broadest views of the human body. In order to explain one in great detail would take volumes. I thoroughly enjoyed Mona’s tour of the museum and I hope to see her there again.
- 1964: Psychoanalysis
- ... the powerful influences emanating from the surrounding environment. Furthermore, the damage done to the basic psychological structures by traumatic experiences leaves those structures weakened and with defective functioning. Such outcomes can cause intense anxiety and depression. In order to keep functioning effectively, the ego attempts to maintain control by achieving some sort of compromise between the contending forces. Lisa could not separate her self from her problems, and therefor fell victim ... them. Her life was not focused, but she managed to create clarity in the release of her sexual self. Patients seek psychoanalytic treatment because they suffer from one or more psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, sexual inhibitions or manifestations (such as with Lisa’s conflict), obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions, irrational anger, shyness, phobias, low self-esteem, a sense of being unfulfilled, nervous irritability, and many more. Psychoanalysis does not promise ... absolutely everything that comes to mind without censoring anything, a technique that is called free association. This brings about a state of regression in which long-forgotten events and painful encounters are remembered, often with great clarity and intense emotions. The analyst often can trace the connection between the patient's current fantasies and feelings about the analyst and the origin of these thoughts and emotions in childhood experiences. These ...
- 1965: E.t.a. Hoffmann His Life, His
- ... lost the first one in his early age. Hoffmann was baptized as Ernst Theodor Wilhelm and he later on in 1804 changed his name Wilhelm to Amadeus, because he became a passionate admirer of the great musician Amadeus Mozart. His family, originating from old traditional polish nobility, had a strong background in the profession of law and therefore his father was a lawyer at the court in Königsberg. As a young ... condition began to worsen. Forced to leave Warsaw, E.T.A. moved 1807 to Berlin, where he tried unsuccessfully to promote his artwork in music, literature and drawings. Not having a job and under the great depression of the Franco-Prussian war, his economical situations worsens. Due to his friendship with Hippel, Hoffmann got the possibility to work for the theater in Bamberg where he moved in 1808. His opera “Der ...
- 1966: Ethan Frome
- ... disturbance overwhelming Ethan constantly. Ethan cannot overcome this storm. Ethan is, indeed, not content with his marriage with Zeena. Ethan's feelings contradict one another, forming a storm of frustration and indecisiveness forming rage, discontent, depression, and confusion. In the book, an orchard is described. This orchard, full of starved apple-trees is yet another symbol regarding Ethan. Ethan's marriage with Zeena once was able to grow the healthy fruit ... desires to "plant" a bond with her. Ethan did not make this "garden", however Ethan had the desire to make it. This garden would grow and flourish to become a successful grounds for life in great abundance. The "garden" is basically, as I see it, a symbol of "what could be". What could be, cannot be, due to duty. Ethan is bound by duty till the end. With these symbols, as a few examples, I find Ethan to, indeed, be feeble and weak. Though, I do admit, it does require a great amount of strength to maintain the life in which he has made for himself, I find Ethan to be hopelessly burdened and branded for life. A life full of suffering is not a life ...
- 1967: Jonathan Swift Answering The Q
- ... England's people lived in a comfortable life style during the eighteenth century, and some lived exorbitantly. In London, beautiful buildings and churches took the place of the old buildings that burnt down after the Great Fire. Middle class Londoners could relax and discuss whatever they pleased in any of the many coffeehouses that were present at the time (McDougal, p335-336). Irish History It would be extremely hard to believe ... any other country, was no longer allowed. This was too much for Ireland to bare. Their main source of wealth was completely obliterated . The next chain of events led to its state of famine and depression. Most of the skilled workers left the country for better opportunities elsewhere leaving Ireland almost unpopulated. A lot of Irish people left for America in hopes of better opportunity, thus sending the country into a ... believe one should not judge that until they fully understand Swift. In my paper I made references towards Swift's views of himself, this may have seemed irrelevant at the time but it has a great importance in comparison to the times in which he lived. In every authors works there is some trace of the world that surrounds them. It is the world around them that shaped that person, ...
- 1968: Crazyhorse
- ... was forced to take the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Oglala forcing Crazy Horse, the great war chief, and many other leaders to surrender their nation in order to save the lives of their people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western plains was the Sioux Nation ... army's morale. After negotiations were made Red Cloud lead one hundred-and twenty-five leaders of the Sioux nations to sign the treaty of 1868. This treaty guaranteed “absolute and undisturbed use of the Great Sioux Reservation. No person shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in territory described in this article, or without consent of the Indians pass through the same” (Matthiessen 7-8). This ... in charge of this expedition. During this expedition Custer claimed that there was gold in the Black Hills. Grant looked at this as an opportunity to show the country he could pull them from the depression and he opened the Black Hills for prospecting. This broke the treaty of 1868 again (Ambrose 343-346). The Black Hills was a sacred place to the Sioux. It was a place where spirits ...
- 1969: The Battle Of Little Big Horn
- ... was forced to take the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Oglala forcing Crazy Horse, the great war chief, and many other leaders to surrender their nation in order to save the lives of their people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western plains was the Sioux Nation ... army's morale. After negotiations were made Red Cloud lead one hundred-and twenty-five leaders of the Sioux nations to sign the treaty of 1868. This treaty guaranteed "absolute and undisturbed use of the Great Sioux Reservation. No person shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in territory described in this article, or without consent of the Indians pass through the same" (Matthiessen 7-8). This ... in charge of this expedition. During this expedition Custer claimed that there was gold in the Black Hills. Grant looked at this as an opportunity to show the country he could pull them from the depression and he opened the Black Hills for prospecting. This broke the treaty of 1868 again (Ambrose 343-346). The Black Hills was a sacred place to the Sioux. It was a place where spirits ...
- 1970: Romeo And Juliet Plot Summarie
- ... the ball invitation for him. Benvolio convinces Romeo to go to this ball with the intent to show his friend that there are many girls better than Rosaline, and thus lift him out of his depression.(SPACE)Scene 3:At the Capulet house that evening, the Nurse and Lady Capulet speak to Juliet about her marriage and her duties and responsibilities as a wife and mother. Lady Capulet persists that Paris ... on the dancing and music. Capulet discusses a previous masque with a friend, when Romeo enters. He soon sees Juliet, and he is astounded at her beauty. He forgets all his feelings of despair in depression as he falls in love at first sight. Tybalt, however, is attending the ball as well, and he recognizes Romeo. Furious, he informs Capulet of this and threatens to the Montague. However, Capulet does not ... prize, and she informs Romeo that she will marry him if his intentions are good and pure. Romeo assures Juliet that he is an honorable man. After deciding to marry, the two lovers part with great reluctance as Romeo goes off to make all the necessary preparations.(SPACE)Scene 3:Early morning, a brief time after Romeo parts with Juliet, he meets his Franciscan friend, Friar Laurence, and he agrees ...
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