The Godfather is a tragic tale of life‚ death‚ family‚ murder‚ and vendettas. At the heart of this tragic story is Michael Corleone‚ the son of Don Vito Corleone. In the beginning of the film Michael has just gotten back from the war and he’s a hero‚ who tries to disassociate himself from his family‚ due to their illegal activities. That is until his father gets shot and he is practically forced to run the family. He is the definition of a tragic hero. The film opens on a big day in the Corleone
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The Hero’s Journey is inevitable. In order to find yourself you must go through this journey and succeed or you’ll descend into yourself until you dwindle. For example‚ Lindsey Lohan after Mean Girls‚ this movie is such a big hit for her everyone considers her this big up and coming actress and then she just flops. She gets addicted to drugs and can’t land a role to save her life. Her journey possibly ended during the diminishment stage which could’ve pushed her into alcohol and drugs to bring her
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I am writing about the use of lighting in the opening scene of The Godfather‚ (1). The photography of The Godfather as an entire film is very planned and used specifically to generate moods‚ and have great psychological affect. This is just as true for the very first series of shots for the film‚ and perhaps more important since these first shots will give the audience the initial feeling of the film‚ and set a tone for the picture. The first shot is highly dramatic in its lighting
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94-5‚97-99)‚ Abingdon: Routledge Barry‚ P. (2002) Beginning Theory (2nd Edition)‚ (p134)‚ Manchester University Press. http://ak269106-majorcriticaltheories.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/cinderella-and-feminism.html https://prezi.com/cqaahj7hb6iz/the-brothers-grimm-cinderella-and-feminism/
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Exploring Good vs Evil: The Godfather vs The Untouchables Good vs. Evil‚ a universal theme seen throughout the history of story telling‚ can find itself to be especially malleable and suprising in the modern gangster movie. In the classic depiction of this struggle‚ the Gangster was looked upon as the criminal‚ the bad guy‚ while today this is not always the case. In this paper I will be explaining the early gangster films restrictions on who could be good or evil‚ and then introduce the two
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Cinderella written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is a revisionary version of Sapsorrow. In reading both tales‚ Sapsorrow is the pretext of Grimm’s Cinderella. The story of Sapsorrow is one of a sister who was treated very poorly by her “evil” sisters just as in Cinderella. The father in Sapsorrow who after their mother’s death was required to marry the very woman who’s finger his late wife’s ring would fit. During one of the sister’s bouts of treating Sapsorrow poorly again pretexting Cinderella
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Food is a necessary function for human survival‚ but does it also serve a deeper purpose than this? Authors Lewis Carroll and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm use food as a symbol of power‚ or lack thereof‚ and identify the ways in which our temptations can lead us into trouble. Alice‚ Snow White‚ and Hansel and Gretel all find themselves in situations where they are forced to be independent for what is likely one of the first times in each of their lives. In this happening‚ they discover a need for power
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In the short story Rapunzel‚ wrote by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm‚ the sorcerer sheltered the girl away from all people and trouble‚ to protect her. Not knowing she would go against her will and does something that she will not approve of. I will explain how parents try to do what is best for their children‚ but they become too protective and the children straw away from what their parents was teaching them. Also I will explain when is it time to let your children make their own mistakes and learn from
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A Tale Dark and Grimm is a dark fairy tale that is inspired by the Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale Hansel and Gretel. At the beginning‚ Hansel and Gretel are born into a wealthy and royal family‚ but the king is not satisfied and content with Hansel because he is a boy‚ therefore‚ he decides to chop his head off. After the bloody tragedy‚ Hansel and Gretel decided to run away from the kingdom‚ and find a new family and home to live in. Unfortunately‚ Hansel and Gretel find a cottage that is covered with
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The video that I selected to compare the Cinderella Grimm version is Yeh Shen‚ which is a Chinese fairytale. Yeh Shen is an orphan who lives in a cave with her stepmother and stepsister. Yeh Shen goes to the pond where she is greeted by her only friend who is a fish named Golden Eyes. Her stepmother and stepsister see her talking to the fish and they send her to retrieve wood from a far away place. While Yeh Shen is gone‚ the stepmother captures and cooks the fish. When Yeh Shen comes back from gathering
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