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    find proof of her brother still being alive‚ and then makes a plan to work in the Duke’s court. She does not‚ like Olivia‚ go overboard and begin mourning for her brother. Immediately one can see the contrast between the two: Viola is not the damsel in distress that Olivia comes across as. Here‚ one must admire Viola for her resourcefulness and courage. After all‚ she is alone in a strange country‚ but manages to keep her wits about her. In matters of love‚ too‚ Viola is to be admired. She loves Duke

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    “Bad Company” The time of the classic cowboy was so short‚ less than 50 years‚ and yet the rebels and outsiders of the old west live on as a key icon of American history. The glorification of the cowboy stands alone in history; Europe’s knights and Japan’s samurai were warriors not outlaws or bandits. Due to their unique position of being both honored and despised‚ the cowboy experienced pressures unlike any other icon in history. This position allowed them to become glorified as a classic hero in

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    Everyone constructs their own reality Each person has their own perception of reality‚ that doesn’t always represent what the world really is. Our reality is a blend of attitudes‚ perceptions and influences from our environment‚ which is controlled by ourselves. In Tennessee Williams’s play‚ ’A Streetcar Named Desire’‚ all characters create their own reality‚ through their views on their experiences. It is made very clear that each character has a different reality from one another‚ emphasizing

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    films the villains seem to be more terrorist related or they deal with computer hacker villains. Another underlying theme that is often found within the spy genre is the love story between the protagonist and a female lead that may be a villain‚ damsel in distress‚ or a spy that has to work with the protagonist. Regardless‚ there is a love component generally found within the spy genre. One running theme throughout the spy genre film is that the action keeps the audience on edge. Throughout the whole

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    accepted the fact that she was insane‚ that scene created an atmosphere of suspense because that was the scene Brian Cameron the Police Officer or Inspector becomes really interested in Paula‚ thus this scene creates the gothic element of a damsel or woman in distress. Also the following scene when Paula and Gregory got back home they got into a fight and Gregory psychologically plays with Paula telling her lies about her and playing with her memory‚ which can be seen in the dialogue between Gregory and

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    and eventually rescuing/protecting her father (similarly to Mulan). Belle‚ like Pocahontas‚ also dismissed her potential love interest‚ Gaston. This dismissiveness shows that these newer princesses are independant and self-reliant unlike the damsels in distress. Another remarkable thing about the film‚ Beauty and the Beast‚ is that it is written by a female writer. “Linda Woolverton‚ the new addition to the writing team‚ expressed her motivations for Belle: she modeled Belle on Katharine Hepburn’s

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    For starters‚ Silver Linings Playbook has a complex plotline that breaks the original formula of boy-meets-girl in order to create a twist in your usual romantic comedy. The scene begins with a face to face confrontation between Pat and Tiffany whose met for the first time. The scene consists of alternating cuts between Pat and Tiffany‚ whose met for the first time. The scene consists of alternating cuts between a close-up of Pat and a close-up of Tiffany‚ as they exchange their first dialogue with

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    demonstration of the technological advances of the time. The Dawn of the Dead was the second film in director George A Romero’s Living Dead series. In the post-apocalyptic world the dead are reanimated and are driven to feast on human flesh‚ much to the distress of those humans who trying to survive in this hostile world. This horror film follows a helicopter flying traffic reporter Stephan‚ his girlfriend‚ Francine (who is very early in a pregnancy of their love child.)‚ and two gun touting S.W.A.T team

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    MISSING WHITE WOMAN SYNDROME Missing white woman syndrome‚ also known as missing pretty girl syndrome‚ is a tongue-in-cheek term coined by some media critics to reference a form of media hype in which excessive news coverage is devoted to a specific missing or murdered white women and girls‚ while virtually ignoring missing men‚ non-white women‚ or other news stories. According to these critics‚ reporting of these stories often lasts for several days or weeks‚ sometimes even months‚ and

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    The Vanishing When a foreign film is remade the director tends to change things like the characters‚ relationships between the characters‚ organization of the plot‚ symbols‚ and the theme to appeal to American audiences. Why is that? Maybe it’s because “[Americans] just haven’t overcome the language barrier” or that “[foreign] films move at a much slower pace than [American movies]” like Fred Hift states in his article “Film – European movies: Looking for an American audience.” Often time’s American

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