Auteur Criticism for Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann As a director Luhrmann has only five films under his filmmaking belt; Strictly Ballroom (1992)‚ Romeo + Juliet (1996)‚ Moulin Rouge! (2001)‚ Australia (2008)‚ and his latest film‚ The Great Gatsby (2012) (Horn‚ 4). Even with such a short list of films he has directed‚ Luhrmann’s directing style is recognizable and obvious for all of his movies. The most noticeable characteristics of this director are his films’ favorable close-up use of editing
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Psychoanalytic Criticism of The Things They Carried Within the book The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien said‚ “A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct‚ nor encourage virtue‚ nor suggest models of proper human behavior‚ nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. If a story seems moral‚ do not believe it.” O’Brien is a Vietnam veteran who does not consider himself a hero. This is interesting because while growing up in the United States of America‚ people have learned
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Reader Response Criticism: William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” was written in first person point of view. The narrator is never given a name‚ but it is apparent to the reader that the narrator is one of the townspeople. This is evident in the opening of the story when the narrator exposits that‚ “our whole town went to her funeral” (Faulkner‚ “Rose” 90). This story tells the tale of Miss Emily Grierson in psychological order‚ beginning with her funeral (as a flashback) and
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Criticism of Practical Application of Utopia in "Brave New World" Debra Ackerman Mrs. Eileen Waite Criticism of Practical Application of Utopia in Brave New World Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World illustrates the loss of morality when established standards are replaced by amoral criteria. In his novel‚ Huxley criticizes the practical applications of Utopia in actual society. Huxley’s depiction of love‚ science‚ and religion support the ineffectiveness of implementing Utopia in everyday
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Madeline Hagen Mrs. Moonan English 10E March 10‚ 2013 All teenagers are rebellious creatures. Many would deny that fact‚ but it’s true. It doesn’t matter how good you are‚ there is a part of you that wants to rebel against what adults tell you to do. This includes me. I am a very good person. I do what I’m told and I don’t talk back‚ but in my head I always have a witty remark or the urge to defy authority and stay up late on school nights or tap the glass of fishbowls. That’s the very reason
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Moreover‚ Ulin found himself that he has lost the capability to find a certain quiet space for reading. “We possess the books we read‚ animating the waiting stillness of their language‚ but they possess us also‚ filling us with thoughts and observations‚ asking us to make them part of ourselves. This is what Conroy was hinting at in his account of adolescence‚ the way books enlarge us by giving direct access to experiences not our own. In order for this to work‚ however‚ we need a certain type of
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Violence‚ Morality‚ and Experience The human psyche contains multiple parts the id‚ simple desires‚ ego‚ morals reasoning‚ and super ego‚ conscience. These parts of the mind determine a person’s personality and cause people make the choices they decide to make. In the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess the Freudian concepts of id‚ ego‚ and superego are embodied in the protagonist Alex. Alex’s id affects his decisions and his personality in the novel. Alex’s violent nature causes him to
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Danya P. Ms. Q English 1302 April 2013 New Criticism and the Poem “When I Heard a Learn’d Astronomer” During the early half of the 20th century‚ a new style of criticism emerged allowing literary texts to be examined as “independent and complete works of art” as defined by Linda Pavlovski (1). It is evident that literary works were and still are interpreted with aid from historical‚ biological‚ and even cultural perspectives but New Criticism advocates each work of literary can stand with its
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: The Author’s Criticism on the Society During the 19th century‚ society was a lot different in both governmental and economic. In Pride and Prejudice‚ the author‚ Jane Austen‚ uses irony and satire to criticize aspects of the society. Jane Austen uses her satire to marvelously bring out the ridiculous characters. These characters symbolize her criticism on the society. Through her use of characters‚ she reveals her concerns towards the law‚ government‚ and each
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Van Gogh’s Starry Eyes Brings Out a Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night is probably his most famous painting. Instantly recognizable because of its unique style‚ this work has been the subject of poetry‚ fiction‚ CD-ROMs as well as the well known song "Vincent" or "Starry‚ Starry Night" by Don McLean. Starry Night was painted in the mental asylum of Saint-Remy‚ 13 months before Van Gogh’s death at the age of 37. This exemplary painting was made using oil paints on a canvas with the size
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