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- 2791: Oedipus Rex: Tragedy of Fate
- ... if we explore beneath the exterior, we will discover that in actuality, the King has many faults and is not so honorable and noble. Oedipus seems to be driven by an unconscious rage. Being very short tempered, he is quick to lash out at those whose opinions are different from his. The first episode appears within the first few minutes of the play. When Teiresias refuses to tell him who murdered ... of lying and conspiring with Creon against him. As the story continues, we see how Oedipus is easily irritated by a few words from a drunken man in a tavern. This once again shows his short temper. Ironically, it was those words that sent him off to fulfill the prophecy in the first place. On his way out of Corinth, we catch a glimpse of another volatile explosion. He becomes involved ...
- 2792: Television and Commercialism
- ... keep the viewer on a superficial level. For instance, in the program Sailor Moon, little girls are kept on a level of clothes and being cute for boys. This is a very unrealistic outlook and short circuits any thoughts of importance in their lives. Barbie, the Mattel doll, also portrays a false image. With her petite, fragile figure, large bust, tiny waist, long legs, big eyes, and vast career ranging from ... the sale of goods; that is, styles that might once have encouraged some nontelevisual type of spectatorship." (8). "television studios to the toy industry, greeting card companies, advertising agencies, and cereal companies. In only a short time, a small scale business of licensing popular kids characters to appear on products has been turned into a multibillion dollar industry. Through the "licensed character" and the program length commercial. Originally the idea of ...
- 2793: Television and The Internet
- ... of Homicide, the series. An entire season of the show, which is actually a pseudo-spin-off of the series, was presented on the internet. Each week a new episode added to the series, with short movies, pictures, and text, all in an interactive context. As you can see, the internet has provided not only the viewer with all the information he needs to enhance his experience and interests in the ... benefits and enhancements, one must always be cautious as to how they interpret the information they are being doused with. I hope that I have provided a broad enough scope of the internet in this short space to allow you to realize the powerful impact that it has had on our experience with television. I did not directly include all the responses to my question in this paper, as it would ...
- 2794: Star Wars: An Intergalactic Joyride
- ... reviewed slightly different versions, they both came to the conclusion that Star Wars is a great movie based on similar criteria. They judged Star Wars' on its ability to draw on classic styles and timeless stories to create something new and absolutely original. The main factor in both of their positive reviews is the skill of writer and director George Lucas to blend the old with the new. They were both ... admirable characters, and the writer/director Lucas's skill as a storyteller) to come to a positive review of the movie. Arnold summed it up in his closing "Lucas' use of old time conventions and stories add to the movie in such a way as to create the unique and fresh fantasy world that is Star Wars'." Works Cited: Arnold, Gary. "Star Wars: A Spectacular Intergalactic Joyride." The Washington Post. 25 ...
- 2795: Similarities of Two Famous Tales of Love
- Similarities of Two Famous Tales of Love In one of the most famous love stories of this century, many elements from anotherfamous tale of love were borrowed. In many instances, Westside Story mirrored Shakespeare'sRomeo And Juliet. Many similarities were noted from the characterization to the plot structure.However, they ... Overwhelmed by all the fighting, Baby John was much like Tybalt's peace keeping foil character, Mercutio. Lastly, Doc tried to help Tony and stop all the insanity around him like Friar Laurence. In both stories, comic relief occurred to keep the audience interested, but the two plays usually differed in their approaches to comedy. In Romeo And Juliet, Mercutio amused the audience with his actions and soliloquies. Westside Story didn ...
- 2796: I Didn't Do It: How The Simpsons Affects Kids
- ... Yes" Bart: "What about a robot with a human brain?" Teacher: "I don't know! Is a little blind faith too much to ask for?" (Pepoon) The pastor, Reverend Lovejoy is a hypocrite. In "22 Short Films About Springfield" he leads his dog to the Flanders' yard to go to the bathroom. He praises the dog until Ned Flanders comes outside. He then acts angry and threatens the dog with hell ... show doesn't make us do it. It just happens. If this world did not have The Simpsons children would behave in the same manner, they just might laugh quite as much. WORKS CITED "22 Short Films About Springfield." The Simpsons. By: John Swartzwelder, Dir: Jim Reardon, Prof: James L. Brooks. Fox. WHNS, Greenville. 12 May, 1996. "Bart the Genius." The Simpsons. By: John Vitti, Dir: David Silverman, Prod: James L ...
- 2797: Television And It's Effects on Children
- ... believe in. In schools, teachers have noticed the difference between children who watch television excessively and those who don't. "The watchers fidget in their chairs, eye contact is less stable and their attention to stories is significantly shortened".(George Hottecker; The Big Picture pg1) Children who watch t.v find it harder to stay focused on one activity more then a child who doesn't. This can make them have ... all this sounds bad you can fix the problem by simply eliminating the watching of so much television and getting the to do more creative things like . Some examples are painting, reading books, acting out stories with puppets, dancing, and just getting them to interact with other children their own age in a safe and positive way. George Hottecker mentions these examples as positive ways of changing their behaviours and that ...
- 2798: Romeo & Juliet: Friar Lawrence
- ... Lawrence does not have very much time on stage but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Through his words Friar Lawrence demonstrates the he is a good intentioned, yet sometimes short-sighted, man who is not afraid to take risks to help others One of Friar Lawrences most favourable traits is how good intentioned he is. He may do something out of the ordinary if he ... an extremely risky thing to do because anything might happen to Juliet while she unconscious. Even after all Friar did to help Romeo and Juliet the play still ended in tragedy because of Friar Lawrences' short sightedness. When the Friar married Romeo Juliet in secrecy, he did not think of all the complications that would arise but instead went on with the marriage because at that time he thought it was ...
- 2799: Romeo & Juliet: Friar Lawrence Is Good Intentioned
- ... Lawrence does not have very much time on stage but the time he does have is crucial to the plot line. Through his words Friar Lawrence demonstrates the he is a good intentioned, yet sometimes short-sighted, man who is not afraid to take risks to help others One of Friar Lawrences most favourable traits is how good intentioned he is. He may do something out of the ordinary if he ... an extremely risky thing to do because anything might happen to Juliet while she unconscious. Even after all Friar did to help Romeo and Juliet the play still ended in tragedy because of Friar Lawrences' short sightedness. When the Friar married Romeo Juliet in secrecy, he did not think of all the complications that would arise but instead went on with the marriage because at that time he thought it was ...
- 2800: Shakespeare's "Henry IV": Summary
- ... robbed a couple of travelers. Hal and Poins did this because they wanted to see what Falstaf and company would say when they came back to the bar. They wanted to see the kind of stories that they would make up. And that did happen. Falstaf made a whole range of stories always changing. One story was that a whole army attacked them and tried to fight them off but Falstaf and friends could not do it. Another story was that Falstaf knew it was Prince Hal ...
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