Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times The film Modern Times done by Chaplin can be described as a satire of the machine age and has a theme of the dehumanizing effects of different aspects such as modernity‚ industrialization‚ urbanization‚ and even law enforcement. Modern Times was filmed in the 1930s during the era of the Great Depression. The film’s main concerns were directed towards unemployment‚ poverty‚ and hunger; however‚ Chaplin was able to film this in a way where everyone would still be
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The pieces I have chosen to focus on are “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” and Clockwork Angel. “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” was written by Stephen Crane and published in 1893 under the pseudonym‚ Johnston Smith. Later‚ when Crane obtained success through The Red Badge of Courage‚ he was able to publish a revised version of the story under his own name in 1896 (sparks). With “Maggie”‚ Crane attempted to show American life in New York as he had experienced it personally. The piece tells the story
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How does the prologue of The Secret History prepare the reader for the remainder of the text? The prologue‚ as in many works of literature‚ is used as a way of gripping the reader – making one enthralled in the text‚ introducing themes that reoccur throughout the text (for example the narrator’s journey in this particular novel)‚ along with characters‚ and the style of writing used. Within the first few lines of the prologue‚ we learn that ‘Bunny’ is dead‚ yet we are not told exactly who he
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‘Homecoming’ by Bruce Dawe‚ is a protest poem written in free verse‚ which portrays the futility of war in a confronting tone. This poem represents the author’s negative view towards Australia’s involvement in the dehumanizing event. Bruce Dawe creates meaning through the use of language techniques‚ which metaphorically allow him to speak on behalf of the mute‚ dead soldiers. The title ‘Homecoming’ is used to contrast the traditional association of the word‚ with the shocking reality of war. In
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Post Modernism What Is Post Modernism? Post modernism is a complicated term or set of ideas‚ one that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid 1980s. Post modernism is hard to define. This is due to the fact that it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines and areas of study‚ including art‚ architecture‚ music‚ film‚ literature‚ sociology‚ communications‚ fashion‚ and technology. Historically‚ it is hard to locate as it’s not clear exactly when postmodernism
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REALITY AND FANTASY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1.INTRODUCTION o What is reality ( psychology‚ philosophy‚ literature) o What is fantasy (psychology‚ literature ) 2.REALITY AND FANTASY IN LITERATURE o Writers o Characteristics 3.MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE o Styles ( poetry‚ prose‚ drama ) o Writers ( work
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Judgements and Identity Every person has an identity or some defining features that can be used to describe them. Identity can be either the way that one perceives their self‚ or how one is perceived by others. However‚ certain aspects of identity can cause harm to an individual. This harm can be both at the hands of others or at the fault of the person in question. Things such as a person’s appearance and clothing‚ morals and past actions‚ socioeconomic status‚ or even a person’s habit or habits
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horror actor. 1960 also saw the sub-genre of psychological horrors take off‚ with films such as Psycho (1960) and‚ to a lesser extent‚ The Birds (1963)‚ and continued as a major sub-genre till the end of the 20th Century‚ with films such as A Clockwork Orange (1971)‚ Halloween (1978) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991)‚ and its sequels‚ and The Sixth Sense (1999) - which was combined with supernatural horror (see below) - as well as a number of Stephen King adaptations‚ such as The Shining (1980)
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generator‚ and a series of gears or a gear-train will provide gear ratios for an increase in the output mechanical work. With a help of a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon used as a power source in mechanical watches‚ some clocks‚ and other clockwork mechanisms or what is called a Mainspring‚ winding it with a key will store energy in it by twisting the spiral tighter and when it unwinds‚ the force of the mainspring will then turn the connected gear on it meshed with the other gear in the gear
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