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- 10351: The Has Been And The Never Was
- ... get the jumpstart that he needed. Writer-director Quentin Tarantino spent twelve hours trying to convince Travolta to play the role of Vincent Vega, the heroine addicted hitman with a strangely innocent view of the world, Travolta finally relented and signed on to the project for the paltry sum of $140,000. Chunkier looking, with long hair and earrings, Travolta played the part to the hilt, matched perfectly with Samuel L ... Jheri-curled, bible quoting, burger munching hitman in Quentin Tarantino s box office smash Pulp Fiction in 1994. Jackson s brilliant performance netted him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and showed the world he was star material. He went on to co-star with Bruce Willis the following year in another mega-hit, Die Hard with a Vengeance but Jackson s break-out role as a leading actor ...
- 10352: Madonna
- ... filmed in 1986, Shanghai Surprise, also filmed in 1986, Who's That Girl, produced in 1987, Dick Tracy, filmed in 1990. The revealing documentary, Truth or Dare, which was filmed during her 1990 Blond Ambition world concert tour, but released in 1991 showed an explicit side of Madonna that many had never seen. Woody Allen's film, Shadows and Fog, produced in 1992, and the film, A League of Their Own ... a baby, which she just recently completed. One thing is for sure, whatever Madonna does, she still makes front page headlines. Furthermore, she is still producing videos, songs, movies, and books that appeal to people world wide. We will definitely continue to see a lot of her, and her work, in the near future. Works Cited Kamins, Mark. Madonna, Madonna. New York, New York: Sire Company, 1989. Leonard, Patrick. I'm ...
- 10353: Humanism The Renaissance And M
- ... percentage of people were formally educated. The universities helped many people become educated, and their education helped all of society because many of them went on to challenge their teachers rash observations of the world and make great discoveries. This proliferation of education was also helped by many inventions such as the printing press which came about because people had more to live for. Many great thinkers during the renaissance were also affected by the ideas of humanism. More people were educated during the renaissance and therefore more intelligent people that simply thought about the world and ways to make it better. These thinkers included Da Vinci, Galileo, and Machiavelli. Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most influential people of the Renaissance. His notebooks were recovered and they contained schematics ...
- 10354: T.S Eliot's View on Aesthetic Values
- ... only sees the work itself. When the printing press was developed much of the oral tradition was lost. With the development of the press came many options for new writers to embark into the writing world. Woolf says in Anon, " The printing press brought the past into existence. It brought into existence the man who is conscious of the past the man who sees his time, against a background of the ... them. So when the printing press was developed, this was a stepping stone for many women. They could publish works and use an alias, preferably a man's name, to gain access to the writing world. This was much better than before when the women had no voice. Woolf says, " Yet during the silent centuries before the book was printed his voice was the only voice that was to be heard ...
- 10355: Tale Of Two Cities Charictariz
- ... great dignity. In fulfilling his old promise to Lucie, Carton attains peace; those watching see "the peacefullest man's face ever beheld" at the guillotine. In a prophetic vision, the former "jackal" glimpses a better world rising out of the ashes of revolution, and long life for Lucie and her family--made possible by his sacrifice. This argument also links Carton's death with Christian sacrifice and love. When Carton makes ... shouldering" lawyer, who has been "driving and living" ever since his school days with Sydney Carton. Yet the ambitious Stryver--his name a neat summing up of the man--is making his way in the world. With little talent for law, he pays the doomed but brilliant Carton to do his work for him. For the Stryvers of society, ambition and unscrupulousness count far more than skill. Dickens' Stryver is one ...
- 10356: Dust Over The City
- ... wife Madeline. She had moved with Alain to this new city and Alain a succesful doctor, may not have the greatest looks or a muscular body but he loves Madeline more than anything in the world. She plays the unmarried role in front of the city when Alains not around. The author states "She was dancing throughout the night with every guy at every table, like a single drunk woman ... married." (183) Alain felt that all he could do was love her and treat her the best anyone can treat someone else that they love. He shows his loyalness to her and gives her the world and then some. Alain was a man whos marriage was falling apart because of his wife who now showed him and proved to him that she was in it for the money and not ...
- 10357: Kurt Cobain: Biography
- ... touring for two months in the US the band was once again going to Europe. The European tour started on November 2, 1991 in Bristol England. On January 24, 1992 the band went on a world tour. While in Hawaii Kurt marries Courtney Love. Courtney was a groupie and Kurt's girlfriend. She was a also a heroin user. And we would find out later that she was pregnant with Kurt's baby as well. While on the tour Kurt wasn't feeling very well and collapsed a few times due to stomach pains. The band wound up the world tour and on August 18, 1992 Francis Bean Cobain was born to Kurt and Courtney who still went by Courtney Love, her maiden name. Francis was named after a member of the band called the ...
- 10358: Black Like Me
- ... color line, Griffin decided that he had enough material from his journal to create a book and enough experience as a black man so he reverted permanently into white society. Crossing over into the white world was unsettling to Griffin, if only because of the way he was treated by the same people who despised him previously due to his pigmentation. The sudden ability to walk into any establishment and not ... he being black and in the South, and the story is of hatred and racism directed toward him and others like him on account of those details. The account he related showed America and the world that race relations in the South was not the pretty picture it was painted as. Instead, he showed the daily struggle of the blacks to survive. Griffin's bias is that white Southern Americans of ...
- 10359: How Will Our Future Be?
- ... is possible to both look at your colleague in the video-chatter and at the same time write in the word- processor while the other person is watching and commenting. The schools all over the world is using this technique to exchange information. There is also a separate net called cyber-net. This is even more advanced than the other net. It is the ultimate cyber-space where you virtually can ... Nirvana 3D technology. In spite of the wide spread of computers in all the layers of society it is only the really big companies and their employees that takes VRN-3D into use. Imagine a world which is like a movie where there only will be good things, No pain. In this society year 2096, every one almost is living in the cities from where they control their daily function. Even ...
- 10360: An Introspective Look On Fate Concerning The Tragedies Of An
- ... that is weaved for him? The force, which controls the path of man, has been a long survived question. This inquiry remains unanswered, yet consist of many explanations. Plato and Aristotle both felt that a world in which fate ruled completely could not be a good world. In such a realm, man could not be held responsible for his actions. Whether good or bad, he could not therefore be blamed. This idea was supported by their fellow Greeks and can be seen ...
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