Essay question: what techniques does the director‚ Danny DeVito‚ use in the film Matilda to illustrate the character‚ Agatha Trunchbull‚ as evil and malicious (mean)? The film ‘Matilda’ directed by Danny DeVito released in 1996‚ is a film in which the principal‚ Ms Trunchbull‚ is depicted as an evil and malicious person through her intimidating appearance‚ unpleasant personality‚ the suspenseful lighting and lastly the unflattering camera angles. To begin with‚ Ms Trunchbull’s intimidating appearance
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Write an essay and explain how Kate Woods helped you understand something about the main character in Looking for Alibrandi. In the movie Looking for Alibrandi‚ director Kate Woods uses many techniques to help you understand the main character‚ Josie. Some of these techniques are internal dialogue and voice-over narration‚ day-dream sequences and colour enhancement. All these techniques help viewers to have a better understanding of Josie’s character. The first technique that Woods uses that
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Matilda Too smart for her own good‚ is a legendary saying used for people that are so smart that at the end of their life it can be dangerous for them. In the fantastic story Matilda written by Roald Dahl‚ the author describes a young girl’s life that is affected by lack of love and affection and her being too intelligent for her age and time. It was the beginning of summer in 1993 the climate was starting to get hot and the Wormwood family didn’t pay much attention to Matilda and her incredible
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The Simple Gift: Billy Luckett‚ 16 years of age explores into the world; leaving home on his own decision. Billy rejects himself as a reject‚ a thief; and a troubled character. We see in the free verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ composed by Steven Herrick there is the use of imagery in the novel in each chapter. There is also a quote which helps to explain the imagery. The format of the book is written as a first person narrative account. It is written from the three main characters perspective‚
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individuals perceptions of belonging evolve in response to the passage of time and interaction with their world. In what ways is this view of belonging represented in your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing? Belonging is a sense of enlightenment felt when an individual gains an understanding of themselves in relation to others and the wider world. William Shakespeare’s pastoral play ‘As You Like It’ and the bildungsroman ‘Looking For Alibrandi’ written by Melina
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Emily Loving A2 Archetypes in Matilda The movie‚ Matilda‚ is the story of a dark family comedy. Matilda takes on the role of an exaggerated version of a realistic childhood; in which adults are grumpy and mean for no reason‚ parents and teachers don’t understand them‚ and children actually have more to offer than what adults see in them. The plot centers on Matilda‚ a neglected adolescent possessing supernatural powers. The story‚ thus‚ turns into a classical drama where good and evil fight each
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Ignorance can certainly be seen in ’Matilda’‚ a comedy‚ directed by Danny DeVito which takes place in U.S.A. during the nineties. All the major characters except for Matilda‚ Matilda’s friends and Miss Honey‚ are careless and only self-involved. This brings the first theme‚ ’Parents have the responsibility of taking care of their children. Parents like Mr Wormwood‚ Mrs Wormwood including Miss Trunchbull are evil‚ until Matilda finds herself using telekinetic powers to move things with her eyes. The
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Icon of haze views (Nmadgvnh rhetorical analysis of contemporary poetry in Persian) Dr. Mohammad Yousefi * Drza Rasoulian S. Arani * Abstract Symbol from the perspective of rhetorical word‚ phrase‚ or the addition of Jamal apparent meaning‚ meaning spread of the spectrum The reader is instilled. Since the expression of complex thought and reflection mystical indirect political ideas and Prevailing social‚ symbolic‚ under ASA has long been the symbol and symbolism of Persian literature
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plans to take her revenge. She is ready to steal the book. She’s standing on the beach by the school contemplating what would happen if she did or didn’t take the book. (Page 81) That bloody book. It only brought me hurt and betrayal. My darling Matilda believes in that book more than she believes in god! Can you believe that? It’s that bloody white man‚ Popeye. He doesn’t deserve to be called ‘Mr Watts’ by me‚ he has brought me nothing but worry. He has the nerve to show up on our land and change
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Empress Matilda was born around February 1102‚ no one really know the exact date. Not much of her childhood is known‚ although when she was around the age of seven she already was told she was going to be the bride of King Henry V‚ and when she did get married she was very loyal‚ faithful‚ and fulfilled most of the duties she had as a wife and an Empress. The one duty she failed to fulfill was the duty of having children. Although some historians say she had one child but they dies at a very very
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