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- 10201: Of Mice and Men: A Comprehensive Comparison of Novel and Movie
- ... a father figure and protector of the strong simple- minded Lennie. Lennie's strength is his gift and his curse. Like the child he is mentally, he loves animals, but he inadvertently crushes them to death. Women, to him, are rather like animals, -- soft, small, and gentle. And there lies the tension that powers this narrative to its tragic conclusion. The film version and the novel are very similar. There is ...
- 10202: Movie Review: Yentl
- ... Yentl captures the essence of the Jewish woman's eternal struggle. It is the story of a young girl, in love with learning but forbidden to do so by Jewish tradition. Upon her father's death, Yentl disguises herself as a boy to attend a yeshiva (religious school) and continue her studies. She befriends Avigdor, a male scholar at the yeshiva, and falls in love with him. Driven by her love ...
- 10203: Macbeth: Contrast of Lady Macbeth and Macbeth
- ... own insanity when he says Macbeth shall sleep no more!, he could not be more right. Macbeths insanity is clearly shown when he decides to go on a killing spree, the first on his death list is Banquo. His reasoning for killing Macbeth is one of two things: his position as king will not be secure if Banquo is alive, and also Banquo knows of their encounter with the witches ...
- 10204: The Meaning of Chow Yun-Fat (It's In His Mouth)
- ... the afterworld where they can finally consummate their repressed affair. Chow kills the bad guy, telling him in the wonderfully bizarre phrasing so common to HK English subtitles, 'Masturbate in Hell!,' condemning the villain to death, to hell, but also to an eternity of fantasizing about Chow Yun-Fat. And still I haven't gotten beyond my own subjective fantasies. Readers who have never seen Chow Yun-Fat might have a ...
- 10205: I Didn't Do It: How The Simpsons Affects Kids
- ... a conversation with Lisa: Lisa: "Dad, I don't understand, why have you dedicated yourself to living a life of blasphemy?" Homer: "Don't worry Lisa, if I'm wrong, I'll repent on my death bed." (Meyer) The Simpsons is not just an enemy of Christianity, though. In one episode, where Krusty the Clown is reunited with his father, a rabbi, almost the entire episode is spent making fun of ...
- 10206: Television Shows Reflect American Culture
- ... Teen suicides are rising because of many influences: drugs, alcohol abuse, mental and physical abuse, alienation from parents, poor performance in school, low self-image, rejection by peers, sexuality, or, as in this situation, a death in the family. Many teens today feel themselves slipping off the edge and they need something to help them through though times. They turn to drugs and other illegal substances when these situations arise. Young ...
- 10207: Dead Poets Society
- ... lied to Mr Keating about him telling his father. Neil would rather lie to a teacher than tell his father. That is sad and in my opinion that is the saddest thing apart from his death. When Mr Perry enters the theatre during the play and Neil sees him, that change in the facial expression shows us that Neil is scared, but determined to complete the play. After the play when ...
- 10208: Glory: A Review
- ... the impact of the movie Glory is the Musical score composed by James Horner. In the final battle scene in Glory, Horner chose the Boys Choir of Harlem which creates a moving effect during the death of Col. Robert Shaw.(Magill, 158) Horner won a Grammy Award for the score for Glory. He was nominated the same year for an Academy Award for the score for Field of Dreams. Horner's ...
- 10209: Animal Farm: Comparison Between Book and Movie
- ... easy. The movie had a few more differences. The movie showed Mr. Jones being killed in the windmill explosion. The book showed him dying at a relative's house. The book did not show his death till the end so that before that, you might have thought he would attack again. The movie show the windmill blown up once when the book showed it being destroyed twice. Making it destroyed twice ...
- 10210: A Developmental Study of Alex in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
- ... the injection of an experimental serum, is monitored whilst he views movies of UltraViolence. The serum leaves him vulnerable to his surroundings, which are destructive films, and induces such feelings of helplessness, fear, and near-death paralysis, similar to that of drowning. Alex soon associates this feeling of distraught with the violence, and with the background music being played throughout the entire ordeal: Beethoven, Alex's main love. The final result ...
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