Devil in a Blue Dress: Novel vs. Film The hardboiled mystery novel‚ Devil in a Blue Dress‚ by Walter Mosley was first published in 1990 and was acknowledged by former U.S. President‚ Bill Clinton‚ as one of his many favorite novelists (Easy Writer). Taking place in post-war Los Angeles‚ the story is narrated by an African American laborer‚ Easy Rawlins‚ who is transformed into an L.A. detective after being pulled in to the affairs of local townspeople. The successful novel continued onto screen
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Ashleigh McCloskey 10/5/2011 Professor Conaway Midterm Essay Comparing the Sun to the Moon Easy Rawlins from Devil in a Blue Dress was a black private detective. He was a man who worked for what he had. Unlike most of the African American population‚ he had his own house‚ but he was lacking money. Rawlins did not have a steady job so when a man came along proposing work‚ he immediately took it. This is much different from the amateur detective‚ Sherlock Holmes‚ in “Silver Blaze.” In “Silver
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Achilles: A God Among Men Achilles plays a major part in Homer’s The Iliad. He is one of the bravest Greek soldiers and the best fighter they have. The epic revolves around his role in the Trojan War and his rage. Achilles has been referred to as "godlike" a number of times and it is deeper than the fact that he has an immortal mother. Being "godlike" seems to be the highest compliment that anyone could receive‚ but to the ancient Greeks it was more of a back-handed compliment than anything. Literally
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The first room of the gallery belongs to the Greek era of artwork and contains two sculptures. The Riace Bronzes‚ which is the first sculpture‚ consists of two naked life size Greek soldiers and was created around 460-420 b.c.e. This two-piece sculpture is important to the Greek era because it is one of the only original bronze pieces left from this time period. The joint sculpture was formed with a wax technique that is now lost‚ and marks the transition from the archaic Greek style to the early
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‘The Birds’ was far most one of the most successful suspense films of its time and possibly all time. It is directed film by one of the great founding films for the horror Alfred Hitchcock. The movie was based on a novel by Daphne DuMaurier‚ I think this is a extraordinary‚ exceptional film because it does everything a suspense film should have‚ and Hitchcock went beyond. I am proceed to examined special effects such as lighting‚ color and camera techniques. Throughout the movie‚ The Birds‚ Hitchcock
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encounter. Such as the two musicians dress up like women and join an all girl band. To make this funny‚ Joe and Jerry become very unattractive as women and try to act like women‚ but fails horribly. Another example is that Osgood fells in love with ¡°Daphne¡±‚ which the audience knows that it¡¯s Jerry. The act of Osgood pursuing Jerry makes the audience laugh. Yet another example is when Joe as a millionaire trying to get Sugar to sleep with him‚ he makes up a ridiculous story where he cannot fall in
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The Greek god Apollo was the god of light‚ order‚ reason‚ prophecy‚ arts and muses. He brings life-giving heat and light to Earth. He was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis. He is represented as a young and handsome man‚ sometimes in a chariot‚ given to him by his father‚ Zeus. In that chariot‚ he brings the sun back and fourth across the sky once a day. ●●● APOLLO____ The Greek god Apollo was a precocious baby‚ like his sister. He was only four days old
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Metamorphosis as a universal principle which explains the nature of the world: Troy falls‚ Rome rises. Nothing is permanent Consider Ovid’s use of theme with variations. For example in books 1-2‚ there are 5 variations of the virgin pursued by god theme Daphne and Apollo: with focus on the chase‚ her metamorphosis into a tree serves as Daphne’s means to escape Jupiter and Io: with emphasis on Hera‚ jealous wife‚ and the metamorphosis as lo’s disguise in hiding from Hera Syrinx and Pan: a meta-narrative
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death‚ doppelgangers or doubles‚ madness‚ and/or secrets. Horace Walpole‚ author of The Castle of Otranto‚ created Gothic literature in 1764. Gothic literature‚ as we know it today‚ has been shaped by many authors‚ from E. A. Poe‚ to Emily Brontë to Daphne DuMaurier’s well-known Rebecca. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ speaks of a well-respected man‚ Dr. Jekyll‚ who creates an alter-ego‚ Mr. Hyde‚ which brings out the darker side of the man. A typical attribute
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November passed into December with little to note. Umbridge made herself scarce; a pleasant surprise‚ but so had Ron‚ which wasn’t so pleasant. Harry made significant headway in Occlumency‚ due mainly to four weeks of detention—most of which Ron legitimated by pushing Harry until he let loose on him one day in the Great Hall. The quick duel was interesting‚ as Fleur noted Ron holding back. Whatever Ron’s game‚ she was getting sick of it. But‚ since students always served detention alone with the
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