Prometheus was a Greek titan who‚ according to myth‚ gave us fire (among other things). Like with many Greek mythological figures‚ there are many different legends about him. The most definitive work about him is the book "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus. Here are the claims given by critics: 1. He descended from Heaven as God incarnate to save mankind. First of all‚ Prometheus wasn ’t ’God ’. The Greek equivalent of the Judeo-Christian God was Zeus. There were also many lesser gods
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The Lacanian Mirror: Reflections on Oldboy According to Jacques Lacan in the “The Mirror Stage”‚ the stage is “an identification” in which the subject undergoes a transformation by assuming an image in the mirror (34). There is a “jubilant assumption of his specular image by the child” (34) as he admires the wholeness of the reflection and longs to identify with it. At the same time‚ however‚ the wholeness of the image is compared to the fragmented condition of the child’s body and is‚ thus‚ met
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Report on Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers R.S. Film 100 Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers is a Wuxia film that unarguable stays true to the general conventions of Wuxia yet‚ at times‚ deviate from them to give way to Yimou’s own signature style. Much emphasis is given to pay tribute to Wuxia and Yimou’s auteristic reliance on mise-en-scene and cinematography. The use of certain elements of mise-en-scene and cinematography contribute to characterization and story development
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Bradley Morton English 120 Professor Cardozo 4/24/12 Mousey’s Life as a Mestiza The term mestiza can be described as the biological bringing together of Anglo‚ Spanish and indigenous Indian blood. Mestiza though is also loosely identified as a spirituality‚ where a new borderland space is created and filled with a new meaning of individuality that bridges the gap between two or more opposing cultures. This phenomenon is vividly portrayed by Sandra Cisneros in her book‚ The House on Mango
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Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice Methuen‚ London‚ 1984. 153 pp. of SeljTonscious Fiction. Linda Hutcheon‚ Narcissistic Narratiue: The Metafictional Paradox. Methuen‚ London‚ 1984. 162 pp. Metafiction is now recognized as the designation of a kind of fiction - beginning to proliferate in the 1960s - that turns its attention on its own narrative andlor linguistic identity. Too often‚ critics have one-sidedly labeled it as an example of the anti-novel‚ a reaction against
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Annie Hall considered as Woody Allen’s greatest movie which was released in 1977 shows the story of a failed romance. Starring Woody Allen himself and Diane Keaton the movie represents Allen’s own personal. This movie was a completely different idea of Allen from other movies since all other Allen’s movies are always filmed in a way to seem as laugh machines in which you would laugh all the way through it. Annie Hall interprets the love and the need of workout n a failure of relationship but all
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Critical analysis of narration in Mad Max: Fury Road. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) is the fourth film in the “Mad Max” franchise‚ directed by George Miller. At its heart‚ Mad Max: Fury Road is an action film following protagonist Max Rockatansky’s fight for survival in an apocalyptic wasteland‚ but it could also be considered a revolutionary piece of cinema. Mad Max: Fury Road is interestingly constructed‚ with the main protagonist Max taking a back seat throughout the film and having little dialogue
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Indigènes‚ or the forgotten heroes: Perhaps‚ the movie that provides a deeper representation of North Africans in the French context is Rachid Bouchareb’s Indigènes. The movie explores the experience of soldiers from North Africa and other French colonies in the continent. The story focuses exclusively on a group of North African soldiers who are fighting to liberate France from the German occupation during World War Two‚ but the nature of their patrimony is excruciatingly ambiguous. The characters’
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the 1960 ’s Rat Pack favourite conveys the intricately thrilling plot where Daniel Ocean leads a rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons for the monumental heist of 3 major Las Vegas Casinos. This sequence is significant because it sets up the diegesis of the film and also gives us an insight into the character of the protagonist. Also‚ structurally‚ the set up of the heist is crucial to setting up the audience ’s high expectations and apprehensions of how something of this scale can be achieved
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The eerie lifeless doll‚ stripped of its features with each dramatic cut made by a creature composed of needles‚ as well the dark composition and sharp ominous score‚ made the opening scene of Coraline highly recognizable in the film industry and introduced the audience to a gothic animated world like no other. Coraline‚ released in 2009‚ focuses on an eleven year old girl and her journey through an alternate dimension that leaves her appreciating her own reality. The film is based on the book by
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