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- 15651: The Direct and Indirect Impact of Rhetoric In The Color Purple
- ... groups of people, the communicator, or rhetor, and the audience. Celie, the main character of the movie, shows the impact of rhetoric in almost every aspect of her life. The effects of rhetoric in Celie's life are apparent through her relationships with Mr. Johnson, Shug Avery, and Sofia. The relationship that Celie has with Mr. Johnson is unbalanced from the first time they meet. Celie's complacent and gentle nature leave her at the mercy of Albert Johnson's more dominant attitude. The rhetoric that she expresses to him, of innocence and always complying to his orders, forces her to live a large portion of her life sheltered and overshadowed by Albert, who ...
- 15652: Television and Commercialism
- ... are proud of their standing as images. They suggest that the highest destiny of our time is to become cleansed of depth and specificity altogether." (1). We live in a world populated by images. Children's television has concocted small, preset groups of images such as rainbows for happiness, red hearts for warmth, unicorns for magical regeneration, and blondness to indicate superiority ( 2). Images are just that—images which keep the ... many innocent little girls who become subjected to her unrealistic image. Most often in television there is no depth beyond the surface, what you see is what you get. This is very prominent in children' s television, where without the special effects in action- adventure shows, all that is left are shows that lack enthusiasm. For example, many children's programs are alike. They often involve very innocent, sweet, high-voiced creatures that live in happy land. They are threatened by bad people who capture one of the happy creatures. However they are rescued ...
- 15653: Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness
- ... and often exterminate any Jews they found. Although Jews are the most widely known victims of the Holocaust, they were not the only targets. When the war ended, 6 million Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, and others targeted by the Nazis, had died in the Holocaust. Most of these deaths occurred in gas chambers and mass shootings. This gruesome attack was motivated mainly by the fear of cultural ... Coppolaís movie, Apocalypse Now, is based loosely upon Conradís book. Captain Willard is a Marlow who is on a mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam war to find and kill an insane Colonel Kurtz. Coppola's Kurtz, as he experienced his epiphany of horror, was an officer and a sane, successful, brilliant leader. Like Conradís Kurtz, Coppola shows us a man who was once very well respected, but was corrupted by ... Bahr)." The story Kurtz tells Willard about the Special Forces going into a village, inoculating the children for polio and going away, and the communists coming into the village and cutting off all the children's inoculated arms, is the main evidence for this implication in that film. This is when Kurtz begins to go mad, he "wept like some grandmother" when, called back by a villager, he saw the ...
- 15654: The Death of A Salesman: How Biff Shows Irresponsibility
- ... because he depends on Happy, depends on Willy, and does not know what to do for a living. Biff looks up on Happy as an example of good life. It seems to him that Happy's life is stable and successful. Even though this is not true, Biff lets it bother him. He wants Happy to get him a job in New York so they could work together. This shows some ... as if he could live on his own successfully. This disappoints both Happy and Willy. But this is not the only problem Biff has. Biff also depends on Willy to get him through life. Willy's low morals cause Biff to think it's all right to concentrate on football when he was in high school. Biff does not think he has to work in school. When he flunks math, he does not know what to do and ...
- 15655: Hamlet: A Sane Man
- ... Polonius and goes on about how Polonius is at supper. When Hamlet encounters Gertrude in her closet, an unusual place, in III,iv. He yells at his own mother. In II,i Hamlet enters Ophelia's closet, a highly unusual act, he is dressed badly, and acts very strange towards her. Claudius and Polonius set up a clandestine meeting between Hamlet and Ophelia in III,i. Ophelia then tries to return ... feigned madness. Even Claudius and Polonius believe that Hamlet is not insane. "Love? His affections do not that way tend/Nor what he spake, though it lacked form a little,/Was not like madness. There's something in his soul/O'er which his melancholy sits on brood /And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose" (III,i,176-180). Claudius states Hamlet's emotions are not from love. What he does is not like madness, but it has a higher purpose. Hamlet knows something is amuck and that he is going to set things right. His madness ...
- 15656: Stanlislovski's System: Concepts on Acting
- Stanlislovski's System: Concepts on Acting The Elements of Style, as described by Sonia More in her simplified view of the Stanlislavski System, are clear rudimentary concepts designed to help actors achieve a profound and truthful portrayal ... the actor so that he may connect to a character or situation on the stage that he otherwise would not be able to connect with. As Sonia Moore put it, Stanlislovski knew that an actor's mind, will, and emotions must participate in the creation of a live human being on the stage. He also understood that it is impossible for people to turn their thoughts and emotions on and off ... given circumstances or the circumstances that exist within the play. This artistic imagination is being used to give thoughts and feeling to the character being portrayed by simply infusing honesty and truthfulness into the actor's performance. There are other Element's of Actions that guide the actor to form precise, logical and honest connections to the character he is portraying -- Emotional Memory and Tempo-Rhythm for instance. However, the ...
- 15657: Unethical Behavior Role Modeling in Death of a Salesman
- Unethical Behavior Role Modeling in Death of a Salesman Much of a person's personality is derived from his or her parents or the people with whom they live. One's behaviors are a reflection of his or her up bringing. All actions of others in one's environment have an impact in one's behaviors. That is especially true of parent's influence on a child. Nearly all morals and ethics are learned from parents. Sociologists have indicated that as time ...
- 15658: The Crucible: John Proctor's Decision to Die; Is the Right One?
- The Crucible: John Proctor's Decision to Die; Is the Right One? Micheal Griffin In the play, The Crucible, John Proctor quoted "Because it is my name!, Because I cannot have another in my life. How may I live without my name, leave me my name! ( page 138)." He has very strong belief's that if his name is blackened there is no reason to live. John Proctor also chose to die because he could not double cross his friends, the fact that he has three children, John could not raise his children to walk like men in the world if he himself was not a true man. Therefore for the sake of his name,reputation and his kids, John's decision to die is the right one. Family life and friendship is very important to John Proctor, husband and father of three, if he lived then he could not possibly raise his kids to ...
- 15659: Essay on Impulsiveness in Romeo & Juliet
- ... lead to much of the misfortune in this play. Hours after Romeo killed Tybalt, Capulet acted on haste in Act III, Scene 4 and told Paris “I will make a desperate tender/Of my child's love: I think she will be rul'd/In all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not....And bid her, mark you on me, on Wednesday next-” and then continued to sound delirious ... at this point Capulet has become selfish and impulsive. His daughter does not love Paris, but Capulet is not thinking because Tybalt had just died. When Juliet refused to marry Paris, Capulet exploded, and didn't think at all by telling Juliet, “get thee to church' Thursday/ Or never after look me in the face:/Speak not, reply not, do not answer me;”(Pg 173, Lines 66 -68). He than went ... acted hastily. Unfortunately it eventually lead to the death of Juliet. And, only when Juliet died did Capulet finally do the reasonable thing when he apologized to Montegue and insisted that the feud end. Capulet's acts of impulsiveness, though rare, can easily be destructive. Another character who seemed to have balance in his life, was Friar Laurence. He preached to Romeo when Romeo wanted Friar to marry him and ...
- 15660: Movie: Romeo and Juliet - Director's Different Personal Opinions
- Movie: Romeo and Juliet - Director's Different Personal Opinions Films are made with the directors different personal opinions based on the original screenplay. For the movie version of Romeo + Juliet (1996), the quote above illustrates this perfectly. For this essay, I will discuss contrasts between the original screenplay, and the film. I will be discussing plot changes to adapt to the movie's visual capabilities, changes to the time-frame of the script, and plot changes to different relationships between characters. I hope you will find this essay informative. First, I will discuss with you the plot changes to adapt to the movie's visual capabilities. If we were just to read this book, the only visual pictures we would see would be in our minds; but since we went to see the movie, the director had to ...
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