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12 Angry Men

... are four major methods of revealing characterization: actions, appearance, dialogue, and thoughts. The film 12 Angry Men makes strong use of all of these methods, but the use of appearance seems to be the primary method used in revealing characterization. As we are introduced to the characters we can make fairly accurate assumptions of their personality based on the court room scene at the beginning of the film. For instance, juror number two looks like the prototypical nerd; wearing glasses, looking very awkward and small in statu ...

Number of words: 922 | Number of pages: 4

Pragmatics Deixis And Conversa

... “navigation system”. In our day-to-day conversational exchanges, the speaker does not consciously use deictic expressions, as well as the adressee usually understands the utterance immediately (meaning that the adressee does not need much time to think about an utterance before understanding the message). Deixis makes discourse easier and more effective, giving us a means to pass more information in less time. Nevertheless, there are certain situations making an interpretation difficult or even impossible, mostly when we only get chunks of ...

Number of words: 3318 | Number of pages: 13

Educating Rita

... she is not attracted to him. "What do you want to know? – Everything." Later on however, she becomes independent, and does not need him to live with. This point in the play divides the love in the story since Rita does not see Frank as often, and seems to care less about him. Throughout the play, Frank has the completely opposite aspect. He doesn’t need her at the beginning, only giving her literature lessons, and after a while, feels very attracted to her and will find it extremely hard to keep on living without her. " ...

Number of words: 1427 | Number of pages: 6

Rituals

... to worry about the little things. My uncle has the turkey cooked the day before, for what reason I have absolutely no idea, and has all the so called specialty dips prepared. My uncle is a bit dingy so not to many people eat his specialty dips, excluding me. I think they are good. They are made up of anything and everything he can get his hands on. Well after my grandpa gets done worrying and everything finally set up it is about 5:30 at night. Around this time our family gets pumped for another one of our shindigs. We all load up an ...

Number of words: 668 | Number of pages: 3

Do Unto Others, As You Would Have Them Do Unto You

... died and she had no one, which is just as Minnie Wright had felt even while her husband was still alive. I feel the law is the law, and if Minnie is found guilty, she should be convicted of the crime of murder. All of the facts, details, and motives would need to be known in order to give a fair conviction. I feel Mrs. Wright is guilty of committing this crime, but there was also a crime for the way that she had been treated. When the neighbor came over, Minnie Wright had shown no remorse in finding out that her husband was dead. She did ...

Number of words: 1040 | Number of pages: 4

Macbeth 5

... Fleance escapes 2. Malcolm conquers Scotland The story of Macbeth is one of power at the expense of everything. The main character, Macbeth starts out greatly admired with strong character. As the play progresses, Macbeth's personality and actions become more deceitful leading to his destruction. Macbeth's changing character over the course of the play can be seen in his roles a general, husband and a king. First, Macbeth's changing character is evident in his role as a general. As the play begins, he is a brave general, well respecte ...

Number of words: 794 | Number of pages: 3

Jungle

... desire to provide Jurgis and his bride with a wedding feast. This problem was happily solved and he eventually worked at various positions in the town. Jurgis, someone who believes in the value of hard work, was naïve in thinking that anything can be accomplished through the application of it. Jurgis was forced to send his family to work in order to survive. He was horrified to discover how the meat packers, where he worked, took advantage of their employees. The workers at the plant had no benefits, worked long hours, and were paid poo ...

Number of words: 569 | Number of pages: 3

The Stuggle For Europe

... effect in those nations. Third, the author discusses Hitler's defeat and Stalin's victory. Fourthly, he endeavors on a mission to explain how the Soviet Union replaced Germany as the dominant European power. Beginning with the Battle of Britain, the book takes the reader through the war up to the surrender of Germany. In this process Wilmot touches on Hitler's alliance with Mussolini, Hitler's conquest of France, the Lowlands, and the Balkans, and the Nazi dictator's collapse in the expansion of the Soviet Union. The author strategically ...

Number of words: 1110 | Number of pages: 5

King Lear

... over Cordelia's forces, Edmund's future seems assured. Alas, the discovery of Goneril's letter urging Edmund to kill her husband Albany leads to his arrest. Edgar in disguise fights Edmund, who is defending his honour and is mortally wounded - "the wheel has come full circle". Gloucester, realising the wrong he has done to Edgar, yet joyful he is alive, dies. Edgar joins Albany in ruling the country. So skillfully has Shakespeare intertwined the two plots, beginning in Act II at Gloucester's castle and ending in the alliance of Edgar ...

Number of words: 419 | Number of pages: 2

Leda And The Swan

... they might initially seem to be in nature, as in this case the seemingly mighty male is abruptly destroyed by his sexual victim. Much along the same lines is Yeats’ “.” Using the binary oppositions of the beauty and viciousness of Zeus as a swan and the helplessness and eventual strength of Leda, Yeats reveals that even the mightiest entities may suffer the consequences of their misuse of power. Picture swans in your mind. You see the snow white feathers, the piercing eyes, and the powerful wings. These are extraordinar ...

Number of words: 1942 | Number of pages: 8

A Comparison Of Framing, Light

... regarded for its filming techniques, including aspects of set design, framing and lighting. Von Sternberg's The Scarlet Empress tells thestory of the rise to power of Catherine the Great of Russia who overthrows her imbecile husband Peter to lead the nation. This film is also renowned for its cinemetography, lighting and set design (rather than its historical accuracy). What follows shall be a comparison of two specific sequences, one from each film. I shall describe each then explain how the elements mentioned earlier are similar in each and ...

Number of words: 1711 | Number of pages: 7

Living In The Present Causes More Harm Than Good

... can often be hard to make. Frequently one's opinions and choices are frowned upon by the establishment and by the majority. This must not let his faith and hope falter, he must strive to accept what he can not change, and change what he can not accept. The world we know blazes past us every second. Our closest friends may soon leave forever, others may change, our old homes may be torn down to build a parking lot; yet time still marches on. I feel very strong that with guidance from our past and hope for our future we must live each ...

Number of words: 518 | Number of pages: 2

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