“In A Doll’s House” has a few different themes that are shown throughout the movie. It has a lot to do with the sacrificial role held by women of all economic classes in society‚ the low position that women have in their society and how men always have to control their women‚ and the life of what is known as a “trophy wife”. The theme that shows the sacrificial role of women in their society can be seen throughout the movie. In general‚ the play’s female characters exemplify Nora’s assertion that
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Ellington performing in there. This club flourished during the prohibition era in the late 20’s and early 30’s. Richard Gere plays Dixie Dwyer‚ a young musician who works for mobsters in an effort to advance his career. Dwyer falls in love with Vera Cicero played by Diane Lane‚ the girlfriend of gangster Dutch Schultz played by James Remar. Dwyer’s character was loosely based on the life of one of jazz greats‚ Bix Beiderbecke as was told by Cotton’s Club director Francis Ford Coppolla. Throughout
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Act One Comprehension Check To give you a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of the play‚ answer the following questions for Act One. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper using complete sentences. Scene One 1. What is the setting of the first scene? 2. Why have the shopkeepers left work? 3. What is Marullus and Flavius’s reaction to the citizens’ behavior? Why? 4. What important information about the political and social atmosphere does Shakespeare provide us in the first scene
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1) The Romans were a sternly military society‚ where war and agriculture were the principal vocations‚ which were continually forced to defend their own conquests against other invaders (Coffin‚ p. 120). Rome valued its deep-rooted agricultural institutions‚ its household gods and it uncompromising military principles. Roman morality emphasized the patriotism‚ duty‚ masculine self-control and respect for authority and tradition. Its chief virtues were bravery‚ honor self-discipline and loyalty to
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past and the future.12 Diderot suggested that the artist should sharpen this idea‚ advising him to remove the plebeian figures populating the scene‚ which‚ he argued‚ distract the eye and the mind from meditative solitude. avanzi (‘remains’)‚ For Cicero‚ beauty is not an autonomous quality; it is so closely intertwined with the other two principles that it is pointless to try to disentangle them. In his discussion of architectural aesthetics‚ in the third book of De Oratore‚ he claims that when nature
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should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. ~Robert J. McCracken It is sweet to serve one’s country by deeds‚ and it is not absurd to serve her by words. ~Sallust We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit. ~Hubert H. Humphrey May I never wake up from the American dream. ~Carrie Latet A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket
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Nowadays‚ people have heard various stories depicting the licentious and debauched lives of ancient Roman aristocrats‚ among which the story of the Roman emperor‚ Caligula‚ is one of the most famous. Caligula had four wives and countless male lovers; in addition‚ he raped one of his sisters and made prostitutes out of his other sisters. He also forced sexual intercourse with the wives of his friends‚ and then publicly humiliated them by issuing a divorce. Empress Valeria Messalina‚ the wife of Claudius
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Superstition is a belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events‚ such as astrology‚ omens‚ witchcraft‚ etc.‚ that contradicts natural science. Opposition to superstition was a central concern of the intellectuals during the 18th century Age of Enlightenment. The philosophes at that time ridiculed any belief in miracles‚ revelation‚ magic‚ or the supernatural‚ as "superstition‚" and typically included as well much
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is a modern concept based on a term first used in classical antiquity by the Roman orator Cicero: "cultura animi" (cultivation of the soul). This non-agricultural use of the term "culture" re-appeared in modern Europe in the 17th century referring to the betterment or refinement of individuals‚ especially through education. During the 18th and 19th century it came to refer more frequently to the common reference points of whole peoples‚ and discussion of the term was often connected to national aspirations
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Abigail Adams‚ wife of U.S. diplomat John Adams‚ writes a letter to her son‚ John Quincy Adams‚ while he is away on a trip with his father. Adams’ purpose is to warn her son about the temptations he may encounter while he is on this overseas trip with his father. She would also like for him to use this time as a learning experience. Adams’ conveys a condescending tone to impart her authority over her son. In one of the first points of the text‚ Adams’ compares a “ … judicious traveler… ” to a
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