COMM 251 Final Paper 11/17/2015 Fashioning Femininity: How Makeover Films Frame Society’s Expectation of Femininity Film has proven to be a medium through which society frames its expectations of gender performance and derives its accepted societal norms. This paper will call attention to how “chick flicks”‚ and in particular how the sub-genre of makeover films influence how women are expected to portray their femininity. The Devil Wears Prada is a perfect example of a makeover film within the chick
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Secretary of the Treasury‚ but he is much more. As the first Secretary of the Treasury‚ Alexander Hamilton showed America through relentless fighting‚ sleepless nights‚ and determination‚ that immigrants and orphans could make a change. He left his legacy as a general‚ writer‚ Secretary of the Treasury‚ and adulterer. The early life of Alexander Hamilton was rough. He experienced the life as an orphan and a slave on the island of Nevis in the Bahamas. When he was about 8‚ his parents filed a divorce
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summarize the legacy and importance of Orson Welles as a director and auteur. Welles legacy was well established before his work in films primarily he gained a lot of praise for his radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds. Besides this Welle’s filmography is probably what he is most well known for with such films as Touch of Evil‚ The Magnificent Amerbsons‚ and of course Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane to this date is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made however the film itself and Welles
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In “Sleepers‚” Fat Mancho essentially claims that justice is violence and power outside of the courthouse. Aristotle would likely think that New York City‚ the setting of this film‚ is a perverted polis. Locke would probably call the streets of the criminal section a place where most people are in a State of War. Both ancient and modern philosophers have varying views and reactions to this quote. Aristotle thinks the best polis promotes human reason‚ since this is the defining characteristic of
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effective detail of The Shallows has changed our mind. With a bonus of killer blonde as the female badass‚ Blake Lively (Green Lantern‚ The Age of Adaline)‚ it’s no longer an ordinary survival movie. Hence‚ behind the scene is Jaume Collet-Serra‚ a Spanish film director with bloody cold pieces; House of Wax (2005) and Orphan (2009). Don’t get wronged with the predictable plot cos the simple detail is seemingly geniusly effective turning this ordinary into a maximum thrill‚ giving a critical moment it needs
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I have been thinking lately about the Dharma I have in my family. As of right now‚ I am the last O’Brien male in my family. Being the only male left with that last name comes with a lot of pressure. When I grow older I will have to fulfill my legacy‚ and try to fulfill my families expectations. These expectations range from easy to difficult. The easy expectations are finishing school‚ do what I love rather than what people think I should love‚ and give back to the community. The hard requests are
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Survival‚ to constantly battle to stay alive‚ against all odds. In the film The Pianist‚ directed by Roman Polanski‚ is about how a talented piano player named Wladyslaw Szpilman’s life turns hectic as he is forced to fight against an enormous army. His talent was one of the many reasons why he survived. The people who risked their lives to keep him hidden from the Nazis. Szpilman was both quick witted and extremely lucky. There are many factors that contributed to Szpilman’s survival‚ the outcome
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What‚ in your mind‚ determines a legacy? Is it someone that makes a change in the world by standing up for what they believe in or someone that does beneficial things after becoming well known for a bad reason? Nothing of great importance happens over night‚ just like becoming known as a legacy takes many years of great acts and small doses of recognition. With time being one of the greatest factors of determination‚ did William H. Harrison really leave a legacy if he was only president for thirty
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There are movies fabricated in Hollywood that makes anybody wish to go out and acquirement a motorcycle. There are even characters played aural the films or shows that accomplish benumbed a motorcycle cool. Those characters and movies authentic how a addition should ride a motorcycle. Take a attending at the featured movies and see if you can bethink watching the cine and anamnesis your reactions during the scenes. The aboriginal cine that comes to apperception is‚ "The Principal‚" a chance of triumph
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literature there is a meaning behind it. Dracula‚ the movie of 1931‚ seen by Charles Baker Harris 12 times. To Dill‚ Boo Radley is just another horror story that he was anticipating to see. Boo Radley’s story intrigues Dill‚ after all it was like a film come to life There was a time when Boo Radley went by the name arthur and terrorized the town by hanging outside of the barber shop. Eventually his bad ways were put to an end after locking the sheriff in and outhouse. He was then taken to court where
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