DARK AGES IN EUROPE Dark Ages is the term that was formerly used to describe the decline of Roman culture and the turmoil in Europe in the 5th and 6th centuries after the collapse of the Roman Empire. Modern historians avoid the term with its implication that only Roman values were civilised values. Many Germanic peoples traveled through Italy‚ Germany‚ France‚ Spain and North Africa‚ settling wherever they could. Many groups formed their own kingdoms. The label employs traditional light-versus-darkness
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Isaac steele’s essay rough draft What would you do if you were presented with a choice‚ to join the samurai or to join the knights? Which would you choose? This essay is going to show you facts that might help you decide. I will be talking about the samurai and the knights place in society‚ their armor‚ and their codes of conduct The first topic that i will be comparing and contrasting is the code of conduct. The code of conduct for the samurai was called the code of bushido. This code
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have any significant relationships in his life. On the surface it may seem like that‚ but in reality Batman does have relationships with people. Examples of these relationships are shown in the graphic novel‚ Batman Year One‚ and the movie‚ The Dark Knight. The first person that Batman has a relationship with is Lieutenant Jim Gordon. Batman and Gordon share a common goal of getting crime off the streets. At the beginning of Batman Year One Gordon believed that Batman was a villain. Gordon thought
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Cited: Buchanan‚ Jason. "Christopher Nolan." Movies.nytimes.com. The New York Times‚ 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. . The Dark Knight. By Christopher Nolan. Perf. Michael ‚. Caine‚ Aaron ‚. Eckhart‚ and Christian Bale. Warner Bros. Pictures‚ 2008. Film. Following. Dir. Christopher Nolan. Perf. Jeremy Theobald. Next Wave Films‚ 1998. Film. John. "The Dark Knight Is About George W. Bush." Verum Serum. Verum Serum‚ 24 July 2008. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. . Lahiri‚ Shubhajit. "Following - Christopher
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Alexis Hamlett Good and Evil Essay 9/29/12 Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a reflection of how the good responds to the nature of evil. The Joker is the ultimate evil character and throughout the film he puts other characters in a tough situations that force them to choose between right and wrong and ultimately good and evil. Examples of this are seen with the characters Harvey Dent‚ Batman‚ and in the lifeboat scenario scene. The Joker’s main goal is to prove that people are truly
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Jessica Jackson Film Review (Batman) 13 November 2012 Batman rated PG-13‚ released in 1989 was directed by Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman‚ Jack Nicholson as Jack/The Joker‚ and Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale. The movie’s dark theme and so-so effects and stunt left me less than impressed. Throughout this summary‚ I’ll go over the plot‚ key character roles‚ and film techniques. Although I did not particularly enjoy the film‚ I’ll leave my opinions until the end. The
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Psychological Essay on “The Dark Knight” Hypothesis- The main characters of The Dark Knight is a portrayal of the parts of us that we don’t like to acknowledge. Christopher Nolan the director of ‘The Dark Knight’ and many other psycho-thriller films such as ‘Inception’‚ ‘Following’‚ ‘The Prestige’. He very effectively directs each film in a way that is never going to be predictable‚ each one of Nolan’s films always leave you with questions that demand answers and make you think much deeper into what
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factor of confusion that is‚ can this character be trusted. The way Nolan portrays the joker in the dark night is also typical of the director‚ as the joker is given no identity‚ much like Leonard Shelby in Memento Another trait of is that he frequently uses hard cuts when transitioning to the next scene. This is noticeable in his films from ‘Batman Begins’ onward‚ especially in The Dark Knight‚ as in some instances‚ the hard cuts he uses will go so far as to nearly cut off character’s lines in
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Batman: the Dark Knight Batman‚ the Dark Knight is full of underlying philosophy on society and life in many ways; I will focus on three of them: good versus evil‚ order versus chaos‚ and the theme of corruption. This film masterfully portrays a philosophic insight into selfish human behavior as a whole in society‚ while also giving an alternative perspective on the evil that lies in people just under a thin veneer of good ethics. The Dark Knight marvellously explores how very close to each
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Whether that armor belonged to a knight or a samurai doesn’t matter‚ because they are not all too different. The knights of Feudal Europe were fearsome armed warriors who lived to protect their country and fought even if it meant death. The fearless samurai of Feudal Japan did the same. Both groups lived to serve their lords and leader‚ and they fought to keep peace and to protect their country. The question is‚ were the samurai‚ the brave warriors of Japan‚ and knights‚ the strong warriors of Europe
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