new art history professor at Wellesley College teaches her female students alternatives to their seemingly preordained futures as wives and mothers. In this paper we will examine women ’s roles in the 1950 ’s through Mona Lisa Smile and compare this film to actual experiences of Wellesley collage graduates. In 1953‚ a time when women ’s roles were rigidly defined‚ free-spirited‚ art history professor Katherine Watson (Julia Roberts) begins teaching her dream job at Wellesley College. Wellesley
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something go thump in the night? Do you believe in monsters? In the movies "Beauty and the Beast" and "E.T."‚ the monster like characters the captured the hearts of viewers of all ages. They both involve two characters that are thrusted into lifestyles that they are not used to. The beast and E.T were both unique creatures‚ had close relationships with humans‚ and were great works of fiction. In both stories‚ "Beauty and the Beast" and "E.T."‚ the main characters are unique creatures are forced
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March 23rd‚ 2011 Triumph of the Will is a Nazi propaganda film released in 1934 by the Nazi party. This film was written and directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Walter Ruttman also co-wrote this film. It stars Adolf Hitler‚ Herman Göring‚ and Max Amann. I watched this film in my house on March 21st. Given that this was a propaganda film‚ there is no real release information as it was not to make profits‚ but to brainwash/convince people to believe in what the Nazi party stood for. Hitler commissioned
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The film Away From Her‚ is a screenplay adaptation from the short story Bear came over the Mountain by Alice Munro. The story focuses around the relationship of Fiona and Grant‚ an Ontario couple married over 40 years. The couple is forced to face that fact that Fionas forgetfulness is actually Alzheimers disease. After Fiona wanders away and is found after being lost‚ she realizes that she can no longer live at home. Fiona has too much self-pride for herself‚ and too much pity for Grant‚ to subject
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Physical Beauty and Inner Beauty Beauty is that aspect of an individual that is possessed by a person and which can be defined as a thing that attracts other person. It has no defined form‚ it can vary from person to person‚ and it can be a person’s personality‚ his or her elegance‚ complexion‚ features and figure as well. Inner beauty is the characteristic which individual owns within his personality‚ it can be habits‚ sense of humor‚ or feelings. There is no confirmed definition of beauty but it
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about freedom‚ authenticity‚ love‚ and death. Although‚ Sartre provides a more realistic approach to death‚ Heidegger provides a more idealistic theory on the subject. I will analyze each of their positions about what death is‚ and use the film American Beauty‚ to provide an example of where this existentialism can be perceived in popular culture. The idea of death has shifted throughout history. In early history‚ from the times of Plato‚ all the way to the late eighteenth century‚ European philosophy
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Life in a Day Response Life in a Day is a film composed of many short videos by different people of what was happening in their life on July 24‚ 2010. The clips varied greatly from a news photographer in Afghanistan to a Korean man traveling the world on his bicycle. This film truly showed how differently many people live. After watching it‚ I feel very fortunate to be where I am in life and to have had all of the opportunities that I’ve been given so far. Many people were not given the opportunities
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Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale directed Beauty and the Beast‚ it first aired in theaters on November 22‚ 1991. Beauty and the Beast portrays the second scene in our movie‚ which depicts the ages four to ten. At this stage in our life‚ we begin to establish our own opinions just like when Belle decided to form her own opinion on Beast . Our lives have been long enough to cognize the world and we have a better understanding about topics. Most young children at this time in life‚ cherish a movie more
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Com 100 Mid-term essay Documentary- One Day In September The Historical film- Munich Two films one day in September directed by Kevin Macdonald and Munich directed by Steven Spielberg are both based on true events. One day in September Is a documentary that shows real footage of the eleven Israeli hostages‚ which was shown on television in 1972 during the Olympic games in Germany. Munich is about five Israeli men that were put together to seek revenge on those responsible for the Kidnapping
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Article Review A Critical Review of Kasiyarno‚ 2014‚ American Dream: American Hegemonic Culture and its Implication to the World‚ Humaniora‚ Vol. 26‚ no. 1‚ pp 13-21. Using American Studies perspective‚ this study reveals the connection between the American Dream as preceding subject‚ a hegemonic culture as interceding subject and world culture as the proceeding subject. The author argues that the American Dream has already influenced people in the world by spreading a hegemonic culture through the
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