Synopsis: The short story “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman” by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the stories of the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. One of the characters named Sherlock Holmes in this story is investigating on a missing case. He is hired by an old retired man‚ Josiah Amberley‚ to investigate about his wife’s missing with a neighbor‚ Dr. Ray Ernest. Mr. Josiah also claims that two people are missing along with his cash and securities and therefore he wants to catch both of them. Holmes
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The Great Gatsby & Citizen Kane " You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. "- James Allen The Great Gatsby and Citizen Kane are both classic American stories about the so called “American Dream”. The main characters in both stories are Mr. Gatsby and Mr. Kane. They each come from similar backgrounds. They also both hold much power as adults. A difference between the two is one chose their way of living the other did not. He was
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Moral Philosophy is arguably one of the most ambiguous forms of philosophy‚ but is also one of the most necessary. We‚ as humans‚ seek some moral reference point from which we can assign moral good and bad in everyday life. However‚ it is not clear exactly which moral standard‚ if any‚ is closest to this intangible moral ideal. The problem is that‚ when speaking of morality‚ there are so many factors and perspectives to consider. First there is the intention of the person which determines the desired
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Possemato October 7‚ 2016 Citizen Kane: A Marriage Like Any Other Citizen Kane is a film directed by Orson Welles‚ released in 1941. The film follows and analyzes the life of Charles Foster Kane. Consequently‚ it is discovered that throughout Kane’s life‚ he was searching for love and appreciation. However‚ Kane had none to give‚ causing his efforts to be doomed from the start. This becomes very apparent in a scene involving Kane and Emily Monroe Norton Kane‚ Kane’s first wife. This scene centers
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Citizen Kane is a film open to many interpretations and analyses. It tells the story of its main character through the complex points of view of those who knew him. Or thought they knew him. The character of Charles Foster Kane is played by‚ and done so in an enigmatic performance‚ by Orson Welles. The intrinsic bias and prejudice of the “narrators” in this film creates conflicting accounts of who Charles Foster Kane really was. Kane was a private man; closely guarding his true identity‚ making
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In Citizen Kane there are many examples of Mise-en Scene‚ but today we will focus on one. The idea and recurring motif of loss; Specifically for Mr. Kane himself. This theme is quite an ironiq thought for someone who tried so desperately to acquire anything and everything. First take a look at the scene of Kane during his youth in Colorado you will notice that even in the beginning he loses his childhood‚ home‚ and his parents. Next is the segment of the movie where Kane seems to gain all that he
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An exploration of the jigsaw sequence in Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane. The life of the fictional newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane‚ as depicted by Orson Welles (1941)‚ is the larger-than-life story of a wealthy and powerful man. And yet‚ Kane’s story is one of loneliness‚ loss and a desperate need to be loved. Kane is at once a powerful patriarchal figure‚ ruling those around him by sheer force of will‚ and a lost little boy in search of the mother who sent him away. This essay will seek to tease
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There’s no doubt that Citizen Kane is a great movie. It is a pioneering film that forever changed film making. Its plot is one of the most creative and original in all of movie history. The cinematography is stunning. Citizen Kane is about those images that we all reflect and project‚ the sum total of which -the impressions we make on other people- are all we that leave behind us. That central‚ unsolveable riddle of personality is at the core of what makes Citizen Kane so endlessly watchable. The
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favor of Kane against Jim Gettys‚ also. I think it also shows bias when Kane is speaking about “Jim Gettys having something less of a chance”. Examples of fallacies: In making the statement “the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys”‚ that is an example of ad hominem‚ because he is attacking Gettys. The statement that Kane makes “the dishonesty‚ the downright villainy‚ of Boss Jim Gettys political machine” is an example of ad hominem‚ also. The campaigner uses apple-polishing about Kane being the
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race. This loss‚ and in turn‚ this loneliness‚ followed Kane until he died‚ as was made evident when he is seen being pushed in a wheelchair by a nurse. Kane’s love life is another example of where he felt extreme loss. While his second wife‚ Susan‚ left him‚ he and his first wife’s love faded away over the years. It is this falling out of love with Emily that is displayed in such a powerful way in "Citizen Kane" through the scene where both Kane and Emily sit at their breakfast table. The sequence
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