In 1558‚ the Roman Catholic Queen Mary (Kathy Burke) dies of a cancerous tumour in her uterus‚ leaving her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) as queen. Elizabeth had previously been jailed for a supposed conspiracy to murder Mary but has now been freed for her coronation. The film shows Elizabeth being courted by suitors‚ including Henry‚ Duc d’Anjou (Vincent Cassel)‚ the future King Henry III of France‚ whom she rejects‚ and urged by William Cecil‚ 1st Baron Burghley (Richard Attenborough)
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Women in Power: Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth I was the most remarkable women leader in English history. She was born on September 7‚ 1533 at Greenwich Palace. Her birth was not celebrated; instead it was a bitter disappointment to her father King Henry VIII‚ who was highly anticipating the birth of a son. Her mother was executed for treason shortly after her birth Elizabeth lost all heredity to the throne. After Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour died‚ however‚ Elizabeth was placed back
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ways of their existence could be a testament to their uniqueness or rather to the solitude of their existences. In Powder the existence of one human being is both a testament to uniqueness as well as the quiets of solitude. Powder is essentially a movie about a troubled teen. Jeremy Reed was raised with his grandparents. He lived in their basement and spent all his time reading highly intellectual books. He is discovered by a social worker‚ who tries to send him to public school so that he can make
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Disney- conveyed many life lessons or themes in the movie Maleficent; one of the more important themes it teaches is that greed can sometimes overcome friendship. According to the movie‚ Maleficent was still young and she went to find a boy who turned out to become her best friend‚ or so she blindly thought. Later on when they started to get older her friend “ Stephan” started to work for the king in the big castle and when he was in the room with the king and his other generals. Stephan overheard
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The film‚ “the Power of One‚” followed the life of a boy named P.K. from a small child to a handsome young man. It showed all the hardship and tragedy he had to endure throughout his life. Although the movie could have focused more on the apartheid‚ it instead portrayed the vulgarity of those times through the eyes of an English boy. As time went on‚ P.K. slowly began to realize the full severity of the apartheid. It was difficult for a child to comprehend how horribly people could treat one another
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Shared Theme In my opinion‚ the shared theme across all of the texts and movies we viewed is that they all have something to do with the freedom and history of African American people. What African Americans went through in the 1900’s was very unlawful and unfair‚ they were beaten‚ killed‚ and thrown in jail. Just for trying to do what’s right. For example‚ In the Freedom Walker’s book I read‚ it was about the Montgomery‚ Alabama bus boycott‚ and how thousands of black people protested against segregated
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Gattaca is a movie in which many common themes are apparent. The themes that will be discussed are Potential‚ Determination and Perfection. Although many more themes occur in Gattaca‚ these are the most relevant ones. Potential comes up a lot during Gattaca because that ’s what the entire movie is based on. The reason some one would get gene modification in the first place would be to increase there "potential". The doctor even said‚ "don ’t you want your son to be able to have the best life possible
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‘The Help’ Movie The Help is a movie that has been adapted from a bestselling novel by Kathryn Stockett. The story revolves around Jackson‚ Mississippi in the early 1960s. The storyline is developed from the point of views of Aibileen Clark‚ Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan and Minny Jackson. Skeeter is a white young lady who has aspired to be a writer. Her break into the same materialized when she was availed an opportunity to transcribe the Black maid’s experiences in the town. It is quite evident that
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The movie is called radio. The main character’s name is james. james is autistic and he likes radios. James goes by the name radio. Another main character is coach jones. Coach jones is a coach for sports at the school. Coach jones helped radio after he was bullied by his players. One of the players is johnny he is the one that hurt radio. Johnny is very good at sports he plays basketball and football. The theme of the movie is about a boy named james who likes football and goes by the name radio
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intertwine with each other. Those three things are magic‚ power and fate. Excalibur would not exist with out the magic of the all-powerful Merlin; the town of Camelot would never been created with out the power and strength of Arthur and his men ; and furthermore with out fate Arthur would have never have pulled the sword from the stone. With out these three things to be the center themes‚ there would be no story of Excalibur. In the movie‚ "Excalibur" a lot of magical incidents took place‚ mostly
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