Franklin Reyes Professor Neeley Gossett English 1102 1 October 2014 Fences In the play “Fences” by August Wilson‚ the main characters Cory and Troy are building a fence that Rose their wife/mom has asked them to built. August Wilson did not name his play‚ Fences‚ simply because the dramatic action depends strongly on the building of a fence in the Maxson’s backyard. Rather‚ the characters lives change around the fence-building project that serves as both a literal and a figurative device‚ representing
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the character’s death. In the case of Troy Maxson‚ main character from the play “Fences” by August Wilson‚ it is clear that he constantly struggles to keep up with good deeds for his family‚ but unfortunately allowed his inner flaws to lead him to his lonely and tragic death. Therefore‚ Troy Maxson is indeed considered a tragic hero and there are pieces of evidence throughout the aforementioned play that further proves my point. Troy Maxson is a man with two sons by the name
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Title of the Movie: Helen of Troy Directed By: John Kent Harrison Produced By: Ted Kurdyla Written By: Ronni Kern Starring: Sienna Guillory as Helen Matthew Marsden as Paris John Rhys-Davies as King Priam of Troy Emilia Fox as Cassandra‚ Princess of Troy Rufus Sewell as Agamemnon Stellan Skarsgård as Theseus Joe Montana as Achilles Katie Blake as Clytemnestra Craig Kelly as Pollux Manuel Cauchi as Paris’ Father Kristina Paris as Iphigenia Music By: Joel Goldsmith Cinematography: Edward J. Pai
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Here is a list of differences that I gave between the Iliad and the movie "Troy" from a past question: The movie was only inspired by Homer’s Iliad‚ not a completely accurate depiction of what he wrote. The movie script took many liberties with the poem and the characters. Here are some differences between the movie and the poem: - Homer’s Iliad was greatly influenced by the gods. In the movie "Troy" the gods played no role in events that took place. - In the movie Hector kills Menelaus
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was interested in the tales created by Homer and this may be what led him to discover the site of Troy. He had begun excavating at a mound located in Hisarlik‚ Turkey. It was here where he found the location of Troy. He had discovered seven settlements which he labelled using Roman numerals with the deepest layer being Troy I and the shallowest being Troy VII. Schliemann identified Troy II as Homeric Troy and this brought with it a new insight into the tales of Homer. Historians now knew that the stories
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Helen of Troy I. CHARACTERS Major Characters: Achilles- Stanley Baker Agamemnon- Robert Douglas Andromache- Patricia Marmont Hector- Harry Andrews Helen of Troy- Rossana Podestà MenelausNiall MacGinnis Paris- Jacques Sernas Patroclus- Terence Longdon Priam- Cedric Hardwicke Ulysses- Torin Thatcher Minor Characters: Aeneas- Ronald Lewis Polydorus- Robert Brown Alpheus- TonioSelwart Andraste- Brigitte Bardot Andros- Eduardo Ciannelli Cassandra- Janette Scott Cora- Barbara Cavan Dancer- George
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Contrasts of Troy and the Iliad Troy and the Iliad are very similar in the story line and the all-around theme but there are huge fundamental changes the director made to the story to increase the likeability of the movie. Troy includes some of the significant events from the Iliad but there are extremely important events of the book that he did not include and some events that are important to the movie that never actually happened in the book. The three most important fundamental changes of the
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JR SMITH Great Depression The Great depression probably the hardest time‚ financially‚ for most Americans. The GD went on for a while but the hardest time would be from 1929-1939. It was so bad the eventually other countries were affected by it. During the Great Depression there were many life stories‚ major events‚ government reaction‚ and a comparison to modern day America. With so many things going on‚ families being financially distraught‚ war‚ strikes‚ and a bad economy‚ it set the U.S
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of nationalism and determination uncommon in many other cultures. The greater good of Rome was always put before individual desires. This was not an idea forced onto the people of the time‚ it was something ingrained in Roman culture. At the fall of Troy Aeneas‚ the son of Venus‚ was instructed to go and found a new empire. His destiny could not be stopped by romance or even his own family. Aeneas was fated to not only found Rome‚ but bring values to the soon-to-be empire. As the city around him
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WORLD LITERATURE Film Analysis of HELEN OF TROY SUBMITTED BY: Galagar‚ Mikko MC21 In the film‚ Helen of Troy one of the main character is Achilles‚ the demigod warrior‚ a highly skilled and the strongest champion of Greece which also showed his soft side – his kindness‚ care‚ love for a woman and brotherly love for his cousin‚ Petraclus. The film really captured my idea of Achilles based on the book of Greek mythology. I think anyone who will watch attentively in
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