DISCLAIMER: THIS IS JUST A ROUGH DRAFT. Mark Twain once said‚ “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other”. Through events in the play Antigone‚ Sophocles discusses this choice between what is morally right and lawfully right. Sophocles believes that the god’s laws should be upheld no matter what the circumstance‚ and he demonstrates this through the events in the play. Using the Greek traits Hubris‚ Ate‚ and the Nemesis‚ Sophocles creates inner turmoil within
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of tragedy. The upcoming film “Airlift” directed by Raja Menon and produced by Bhushan Kumar‚ is based on a true event we all Indians are not familiar of. We should really thank the makers of this movie for bringing us a heroic act of saving the lives of thousands of Indian on a foreign soil. The movie takes us to the time of Gulf War of the early 1990s when Iraq attacked and took over major cities of Kuwait. The atrocity committed
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viewed in class was a movie I thought I would never see in my life time. Learning about the term “Hermaphrodite” and the actual story about why people use that particular term to describe a human being always struck my mind‚ and after seeing the film in conjunction with the reading the book Testo Junkie I am coming to grips with the term. That word is also used to describe the main character in the story Phoebe‚ a women who has mens chromosomes. The first part of the movie starts out with Phoebe
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Intro to Humanities “Sankofa” Why have African Americans forgotten their roots? “In this bright future you can’t forget your past.” Sweet‚ simple‚ and to the point was this quote said by Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley. The major theme of this movie is returning to the past to understand your future. In the beginning of the film the protagonist starts off as Mona‚ a self-centered model oblivious to her surroundings‚ and its importance. She stood on the very ground where many of our ancestors were
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What Rights Do Animals Have? Week 8 ENGL 135 Ayano Moon Dr: Cynthia Hallett DeVry University What Rights Do Animals Have? In October 2011‚ dozens of exotic animals such as lions and rare tigers were released into human population by local private owner‚ Terry Thompson. This act not only put hundreds of the local populated area at very alarming high risk of extreme danger‚ it also led to “49 animals were slaughtered‚ including 18 Bengal tigers‚ 17 lions‚ six black bears‚ a pair of grizzlies
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The Bill of Rights consists of the 10 amendments in the United States Constitution. These amendments gave people rights and freedoms such as freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and the right to bear arms. If the Bill of Rights were made for animals‚ they would receive the rights and freedom that they deserve. Animals deserve a Bill of Rights to a certain extent because they share common emotions and experiences‚ they would have a better lifestyle‚ and however‚ these animals are necessary for
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When I was a kid‚ one of my favorite story books was‚ Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. As a piece of my childhood‚ that simple story about Max and the “wild rumpus” meant a lot to me. So in the fall of 2009 when I saw the coming attraction for the full-length feature film‚ my first thought was‚ “I really hope they do it justice.” In chapter 10 of Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature‚ authors Desmond and Hawkes note that one of the potential reasons for the failure of an adapted
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recollection‚ and to allow the viewer to understand the nature of anterograde amnesia‚ an ailment that Leonard Shelby suffers from. The ambiguity in the ending of Nolan’s work raises many questions about the reliability of human memory. Throughout the movie‚ the audience is forced to ask repeatedly if the “memory” of the protagonist can be trusted‚ and eventually doubt the fidelity of human memory as a whole. In Memento‚ Leonard’s methods of record keeping assert that human memory can be deceptive‚ and
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THE MOVİE “JUNO” Sixteen year-old Juno MacGuff is the type of girl that beats to her own drummer‚ and doesn’t really care what others may think of her. She learns that she’s pregnant from a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend‚ Paulie Bleeker. Juno and Paulie like each other‚ but don’t consider themselves to be exclusive boyfriend/girlfriend let alone be ready to be a family complete with child. Although she would rather not be pregnant‚ Juno is fairly pragmatic about her situation. Paulie
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The appearance of an Elf and a normal human in the movie was quite dramatic. Buddy the Elf was actually a human raised by elves making him think that he is an actual elf. When he was with Santa‚ he was considered an Elf‚ but in reality when he came from the North Pole‚ he was just a human. He tried to convince
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