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"An Inspector Calls": Issues And Priestly's Viewpoint
Words: 1127 / Pages: 5 .... towards the death of
Eva-Smith who also becomes known as Daisy Renton during the play. But Moral
guilt is not the major issue put forward in the play. The major issue is that of
how class-conscious England has been put forward in the play and how the
Capitalist's and Socialist's are shown. Birling is a ruthless industrialist who
worked extremely hard to make his money, and when he finally reaches the top his
wealth and popularity is threatened by a suicide scandal.
The characters are a mixture of Capitalist's and Socialist's, Mr Birling being a
self made upper-class Capitalist, his wife also has great belief in the family
name, and works hard to ke .....
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Medea: Looking For Revenge
Words: 963 / Pages: 4 .... had very few rights. In the
eyes of men, the main purposes of women in Greek society were to do housework
such as cooking and cleaning, and bear children. They could not vote, own
property, or choose a husband, and had to be represented by men in all legal
proceedings. In some ways, these Greek women were almost like slaves. There is
a definite relationship between this subordination of women and what transpires
in the play. Jason decides that he wants to divorce Medea and marry the
princess of Corinth, casting Medea aside as if they had never been married.
This sort of activity was acceptable by Greek standards, and shows the
subordinate st .....
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The Vietnam War And Hollywood Movies
Words: 562 / Pages: 3 .... they kill, while the Americans are the "good" guys and care for other people. After ten years, The Deer Hunter was produced in 1978. Once again the same theme, Vietcong are cold-hearted and lower people than the Americans. In a violent game of Russian Roulette with the prisons of war (Americans), the Vietnamese mentally torture the "good" guys. The satanic enemy is presented in the most evil way. Then when the Americans shoot them there is a rush of happiness that the opponent has been eliminated, "die you commi bustards." However, just a year later a whole view of Vietnam changed in Apocalypse Now, 1979. When a dozen of helicopters surrounded a civ .....
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The Merchant Of Venice: Theme Of The Nature Of True Love
Words: 1075 / Pages: 4 .... is only concerned with outward appearance, and not with more important
things such as true love. The Prince of Morocco's superficial nature
shines through even more clearly when it comes time to choose the casket.
He does not want to risk anything, and therefore; he does not choose the
lead casket whose inscription tells the suitor he must give up everything.
The Prince, after looking at the inscription of the gold casket, which read
"'who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire'" (2.7, 37), decides that
what he desires most is the Portia's hand so the gold must be the correct
casket. He insists that the gold casket is the one holding Port .....
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Macbeth: Aristotelian Tragedy
Words: 1832 / Pages: 7 .... it states:
"The separate parts into which tragedy is divided are: Prologue,
Episode, Exodus, Choric songs, this last being divided into Parodos and Stasimon.
The prologos is that entire part of a tragedy which precedes the Parodos of the
Chorus. The Episode is that entire part of a tragedy which is between complete
choric songs. The Exodos is that entire part of a tragedy which has no choric
song after it. Of the Choric part the Parodos is the first undivided utterance
of the Chorus." Shakespeare follows this precise arrangement of parts to tell
his story of Macbeth. Macbeth is divided into five acts. It contains a
Prologue, Episod .....
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Movie: The Mission
Words: 532 / Pages: 2 .... the line that split the land was moved in favor of
Portugal. On that land, missionaries had already set up missions. To better
the economy for Portugal, the Spanish Church was sent in to get the Jesuits out.
The would be effected by the continuation of the Jesuits because of the slave
trade. If the Jesuits stayed, the Indians would have a spiritual leader . To
brake their faith the Jesuits would have to be removed.
Near the end of the movie, the Spanish do try to break the faith of the
Indians. Father John is seen carrying a cross with many natives following behind
him. He is killed purposely, and even though he is down, the native faith is .....
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Broadcasting, Programming, And The Audience
Words: 1856 / Pages: 7 .... is their first choice is not available.
Let's say that the Federal Communications Commission licenses station A
in their market. Looking at the viewer preferences, station A would start to
broadcast soaps. By show soaps, it would capture a market of 2600 viewers. All
viewers would watch because soaps is their first choice or it is their second
choice but their first is not available.
The FCC then offers a license to station B. After examining the audience
sizes, stations B also starts to show soaps. By programming to this audience, it
splits the soaps market with station A and both of them have 1300 viewers.
Station B does no .....
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Film Review: Shindler's List
Words: 1016 / Pages: 4 .... people were forced from their homes and into the Ghetto. The Holocaust was a vast evil engine set whirling by racism and madness. Schindler outsmarted it, in his own little corner of the war, but he seems to have had no plan, to have improvised out of impulses that remained unclear even to himself.
It begins with Schindler, a tall, strong man with an intimidating physical presence. He dresses expensively and frequents nightclubs, buying caviar and champagne for Nazi officers and their girls, and he likes to get his picture taken with the top brass. He wears a Nazi party emblem proudly in his buttonhole. He has impeccable black market contacts, and h .....
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Macbeth: A Shakespearean Tragic Hero
Words: 495 / Pages: 2 .... this aroused Macbeth's curiosity of how he
could be King of Scotland. As the play progresses, Macbeth slowly relies
on the witches prophecies. Shakespeare uses the witches as a remedy for
Macbeth's curiosity which corrupts his character.
The influence of Macbeth's wife, Lady Macbeth also contributed to his
degeneration of character. Lady Macbeth's character in the beginning
reveals that she is a lovable person. When Lady Macbeth was ready to kill
King Duncan herself, it showed that Lady Macbeth could not murder King
Duncan because he reminded her of her father. This proves that Lady
Macbeth has a heart deep inside her. Lady Macbeth .....
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Death Of A Salesman: Willy
Words: 680 / Pages: 3 .... his house and dying a rich and
successful man. Furthermore, Willy also dreams of moving to Alaska where
he could work with his hands and be a real man. Biff and Happy follow in
their father's footsteps in their lofty dreams and unrealistic goals. Biff
wastes his life being a thief and a loner; furthermore, Biff, along with
happy try to conjure up a crazy idea of putting on a sporting goods
exhibition. The problem with Willy is that he never grows up and deals with
his obstacles. Willy is also a very stubborn man. He is like a little
child that wants to do something their way even though they know that
another option would be the wiser choice. C .....
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