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- 10191: Oedipus
- ... he would remain there to eventually die. And yet, his attempt to obstruct fate was a failure, for a kindly shepherd happened to come upon the young Oedipus and released him from the grips of death. The shepherd then gave the young boy to a nearby king who raised him as his own, and consequently named him Oedipus, which meant "swollen feet." Upon Oedipus' ascension to manhood, the Oracle at Delphi ...
- 10192: Antigone: A Tragic Hero
- ... this play, Antigone feels no regret in what she has done. She also shows that she is proud of the fact that she never denied burying her brother. One would infer that although of her death, Antigone died for what she believed. This is the utmost characteristic in the portrait of a tragic hero.
- 10193: What To Do?: Terrorism and the Media
- ... Imagine you are a resident of Jerusalem, in the year 60 AD. You are taking a walk throughout the marketplace doing your weekly shopping. You see a man pull out a dagger and he yells ‘death to all Romans' and attacks a roman guard, killing him in front of hundreds of spectators. The assassin quietly slips into the crowd and is lost in a sea of people never to be found ...
- 10194: Violence on the Tube
- ... fights, shot one another, and gone on rampages after the showings. The MTV cartoon characters, Beavis and Butt-head, who comment on rock videos and burn and destroy things, may have been connected with the death of a 2-year-old and a burned room in Ohio. The victims 5-year-old brother, who set the blaze that killed the 2-year-old, had begun playing with fire after he observed ...
- 10195: Twister
- ... of one of the actors lives called Joe. As a little girl, Joe's father was killed by an F-5 tornado( This is the largest size tornado possible). The movie begins with the actual death of Joe's father in 1969. After the tragedy, time is moved on to present day and into the field where Joe is with a group of scientist's called the Chaser's. Joe is ...
- 10196: The Godfather: Michael Vs. Sonny
- ... those times he should have known better, but all he had on his mind was vengeance. Michael on the other hand is fairly calm about things. He knows that Carlos was involved in Sonny's death, but he lets it go until it is time to deal with it. They are similar in loyalty. They do what they need to do for their friends and family. When others help them out ...
- 10197: Crime Films
- ... of the hood to eventually try to gain power and usurp the organisation. The film usually ends in a great shoot out where the law has finally caught up with the villain, ending in the death or ultimate demise of the gangster. The development of the genre is of utmost importance to the production of films. Audiences do not want to see the same movie over and over. They only want ...
- 10198: Man with The Movie Camera: Shot Change constructs a New Perspective
- ... leisure ones got longer throughout the movie. The sequences keep getting longer and this is the case with another sequence - the life cycle. The order of the cycle is messed up with birth, marriage, and death all represented. As the progress of the day progressed the sequences generally got longer. Along with the idea of time being important, space represented a key element in Man with the Movie Camera. The director ...
- 10199: Seinfeld
- ... who is always busy finding excuses and "way out" explanations for why he has to weasel out of situations, or explain why he failed his attempt to accomplish something. He was ultimately responsible for the death of his fiancee because of narrow focus on saving money even when it becomes detrimental to the very thing he is attempting to do. He is so easy for the audience to relate to because ...
- 10200: Pulp Fiction
- ... of us who take the time to notice it. As it turns out, later in the film, we see the drugs that Vega bought from the dealer cause Mia to OD and she narrowly escaped death with an adrenaline shot to the heart. The adrenaline shot was administered by Vega, however it was at the dealer's house, once again showing us that He has supreme control over us, for without ...
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