Research Paper Shadow Warrior by Akira Kurosawa The film “Shadow Warrior” also known as “Kagemusha” was made by Kurosawa in the year of 1980. The film recounted the actual historical event about the death of a great samurai Shingen Takeda who was known as the head of Takeda family. The film started in the year of 1573 while all samurai families competed with each other and the final goal was to unite Japan as a whole. The period was also known as Sengoku period. The story began in Shingen’s place
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Info: Author(s) Alan Lawrence Sitomer Genre(s) Urban fiction Publisher Disney Hyperion Publication date 2005 Media type print Paperback Story Setting : The Getto Characters : Mustafa‚ Andre‚ Gwen‚ Shawn‚ Mohamed and Lima PLOT SUMMARY: Andre seems to have everything. A good basketball shooting ability a well paying job as a magazine writer. and an loving girlfriend. Andre is assigned the job of writing an article on racism. He starts to see it everywhere he goes‚ . One night
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In 1915‚ Gandhi returned to India permanently. He brought an international reputation as a leading Indian nationalist‚ theorist and organiser. He joined the Indian National Congress and was introduced to Indian issues‚ politics and the Indian people primarily by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Gokhale was a key leader of the Congress Party best known for his restraint and moderation‚ and his insistence on working inside the system. Gandhi took Gokhale’s liberal approach based on British Whiggish traditions
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The Importance of the Comic Sub-plot in The Tempest The comic sub-plot has various uses for the play. It brings light relief&ndash without it‚ it would be a very dramatic play‚ if not boring.As because Prospero controls the whole island we know that nothing can really happen that he doesn&rsquot want to‚ so the play is lacking tension and the comic sub-plot prevents it from being a very boring play. Drunkness is amusing anyway‚ they fall about and say stupid things which is entertaining for
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1. Find 8 adjectives to describe Scrooge. The eight adjectives that I found best describes Scrooge at the beginning of the novel would be greedy and unfriendly‚ even though he donates‚ I still feel that he is somewhat greedy at the beginning of it. Following would be grumpy‚ miserable and cold hearted. As the novel progresses‚ he definitely begins to be more thoughtful and friendly. By the end I feel he is a happy old man and glad those ghosts came to him. 2. How does Scrooge live despite enormous
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Most children would agree that their parents are their biggest supporters and motivators; although‚ that is not the case in the short story‚ “The Wallace Playlot.” The determination comes from within each and every character. Lombardo uses characterization to develop the idea of there being multiple different factors that play into the creation of a strong passion in which somebody holds. Throughout the short story the reader sees everything through the eyes of Petey. He is not the strongest player
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Element Definition ACT in the Play Exposition What you need to know. Background information is presented‚ main characters are introduced‚ and the conflict is established. Macbeth’s encounter with the three weird sisters. Lady Macbeth’s reaction and response to the news of Macbeth’s predicated rise to the crown. Rising Action The conflicts and challenges encountered by the characters. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth plotting to kill the king. King Duncan is murdered. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s
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In the novel The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston uses ghosts to represent a battle between American and Chinese cultures. The two cultures have different views of what a ghost is. The Chinese believe the ghost spirits may be of people dead or alive. Chinese culture recognizes foreigners and unfamiliar people as ghosts because‚ like American ghosts‚ they are mysterious creatures of the unknown. Americans view ghosts as spirits of the dead that either help or haunt people. American ghosts may
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The Road Warrior (1981‚ dir. George Miller) begins with Max (Mel Gibson) and his dog getting tailed in what appears to be some kind of apocalyptic future.This can be seen through what they drive‚ the styling of the two guys on the bike (mohawks and strange outfits...even for the eighties) and the harsh look of the climate. Max is obviously worried about being tailed and so is his dog‚ which is why the puppy keeps looking back while Max tries to speed up. There’s threatening music too. They then encounter
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01.08 Macbeth Plot Analysis Graphic Organizer Plot Elements Element Definition Act in the Play Exposition: a device used to introduce background events. The prophecies by the witches. Rising Action: a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward thepoint of greatest interest. Macbeth and Banquo’s encounter with the witches Climax: the most intense‚ exciting‚ or important point of something; a culmination or apex. Macbeth’s fight with Macduff when he realizes
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