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    Contents: Introduction 5 I. WESTERN GENRE ANALYSIS 7 1. Possible Pathways 7 2. Guns‚ Horses and Cactuses – Defining the Genre 10 3. White Cowboys and Other Key Features 15 4. The Milestones in Hollywood Western’s History – A Short Genealogy of the Western 17 5. The Structure of Western films – Plot Variations 20 6. Stereotypes 23 6.1. The Hero 24 6.2. The Anti-hero 25 6.3. The Villain 26 6.4. The Woman 27 II. Cowboys Enter

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    Dead Man Walking

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    The film Dead man walking was not created on a true case per sea but was constructed on some true people. The personality Sister Helen was indeed based on a genuine Sister Helen Prejean. The character Matthew Poncelet was a fictitious creation manufactured on a permutation of attributes of two real inmates and their criminalities that sister Helen Prejean came in acquaintance with; they are Robert Lee Willie and Elmo Patrick Sonnier. The movie follows the storyline of Matthew Poncelet as he approaches

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    free The families of the victims of the crime by Matthew Poncelet and his partner wanted the both of them dead. In their minds‚ the crimes that the pair had committed were worthy of their death. They rationalized that because the two had taken the lives of their children‚ they deserved to die as well. They were free to do whatever they wanted‚ and they chose to act hatefully towards a fellow man. In order to come closer to God‚ they should have fought for Matthew’s right to life.

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    Dead Man Essay

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    The film Dead Man‚ realized by Jim Jarmusch‚ uses a variety of film conventions and character development to explore several important philosophical questions. The question of reality is explored using key aspects of pragmatism to guide the viewer through a series of conflicting events. The nature of the mind is considered as well‚ using arguments of logical positivists to truly scrutinize the ideas brought up in the film. The movie tests the viewer’s beliefs about the soul‚ even tying ideas into

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    Dead Man Walking The film‚ Dead Man Walking was made in 1995‚ and was adopted from Sister Helen Prejean ’s 1993 autobiographical book‚ which has the same title. It examines one of the most highly debated controversial issues of our time - capital punishment. Since the protagonist of a film is regarded as the "good guy‚" I would apply this label to Sister Helen Prajean‚ played by Susan Sarandon‚ and that of the antagonist‚ or the "bad guy" to Matthew Poncelet‚ played by Sean Penn. However

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    P1 A Dead Man’s Wish Ryan Bunker I liked going early‚ For some reason it felt right. I don’t know if its just because I am the only one there or maybe just because the road beside the graveyard isn’t as busy with traffic. The reason doesn’t matter‚ Its just a personal tradition of mine I suppose. Anyway‚ I arrived a bit later than I usually did‚ I had to pick up a bunch of flowers from the shop instead of usually just

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    There was a path that a teacher who has been at the school for about three years stated‚ “the path appears to be very important to them. Although it is hardly used‚ it connects the village shrine with their place of burial.” Michael no longer wanted the path to be there at his school. Ani‚ a village priest shared with Michael the significance of the path‚ but he didn’t care. This is one story I wouldn’t mind forgetting about. It shouldn’t be a big deal if he doesn’t want the path there. Once

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    Dead Man Walking Analysis

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    Dead Man Walking a movie of a man pleading for his life while on death row. Matthew Poncelet reaches out to a nun‚ Sister Helen Prejean‚ for help in his appeal. Sister Helen found an attorney‚ Hilton Barber‚ to fight for Matthew’s appeal. At the first appeal for a stay of execution Hilton makes a few very compelling points that make you question the death penalty and how humane it really is. As the movie goes on‚ it has more moments like that one where you question am I truly for or against the

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    Dead Man Walking is a 1995 Tim Robbins’ movie based on the eponym non-fiction work of Sister Helen Prejean‚ starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. We follow in it the story of the nun who become the spiritual adviser of Matthew Poncelet‚ a prisoner on death row‚ after having established a special relation with him‚ but also Matthew Poncelet himself and Poncelet victims’ parents. As the Chaplain Farlely says at the beginning of the movie‚ “No Jimmy Cagney ’’l’ve been wrongly accused. lf l only had

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    Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets He was standing on the ledge and was frozen‚ not knowing what to do. He was thinking‚ thinking about falling. He stood there frightened. His mind was in a whirl‚ thinking about what he would lose if he fell; his wife‚ the family that he could have‚ his life‚ his friends‚ his wonderful job‚ he would lose all of it. Then he thought about falling. Would it be so bad? His adrenaline went up as he thought about this. Tom’s mind went off again thinking about leaving

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