killed also. I think that Odysseus did the right thing. The reason is because if his people were loyal they would not let people win over his wife. Odysseus punishment was not harsh for the people involved either he would have done what the death sentence in some states He hung them for having connection to the wooers. Just the wooers living in his house justified his actions. Their are many reasons why i believe that Odysseus did the right thing.
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“We are home!” On Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing With his Do the Right Thing producer‚ director‚ and actor Spike Lee has succeeded in creating a truely controversial film that leaves its audience with questions and a source for a lively discussion. And indeed many have taken the opportunity to comment on Lee’s work‚ mostly ignoring its general aspects and rather focussing on its message or deeper meaning. The film deals with both social and racial relationships and shows a community in which
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The movie Do the Right Thing‚ written and directed by Spike Lee‚ has a man vs. society and man vs man theme. As a drama this movie shows the racial tensions in Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn in 1989. The setting is of the neighborhood street is important to this movie because the story is about the community dealing with being suppressed and racism. In Do the Right Thing‚ the film is shot on location with the addition of Sal’s Restaurant. The street corner is Malcom X Boulevard and Quincy Street
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The bitter struggle for representation and control of black images has been almost as consistent as the profit driven system in Hollywood. From 1915 to 1950‚ the American film industry produced only a small number of films that transcended clichés and stereotypes about African American life. Race films such as The Scar of Shame (1926) and Within Our Gates (1920) highlighted recurring themes of black self-improvement and black literacy (Guerrero 147). Similar to Oscar Micheaux and many other black
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other.” This is said by Radio Raheem in the film Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee. Radio Raheem goes on to explain that no matter how much hate seems to get the best of us‚ love will always come out on top. The Film centers around the themes of hate and love‚ the supporting character Da Mayor reinforces Radio Raheem’s monologue that love always prevails over hate through his conflicts and relationships in the film. Da Mayor is a major character in the film whom reinforces the theme that love will
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three-dimensionality that affords them the agency to “act” rather than simply “react” to others. Hence‚ Nola has no choice but to passively resigns herself to being raped by Jamie (Tommy Redmond Hicks)‚ while Tina realises that there is little she can do to deny Mookie’s carnal urges‚ and therefore submits to him‚ aware that he possesses little interest in her
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Summary: Do the Right Thing takes place in Brooklyn on a hot day. The movie starts at Sal’s Famous Pizzeria. A young African American named Mookie works at Sal’s and is the only black man working there among a family of Italians. This pizzeria is a very popular spot for the people of the town which is made up of a lot of African Americans and HHispanics. The movie shows different stereotypes and the conflicts between different ethnicities. The movie escalates when an AAfrican American named Buggin
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and it could lead to more problems instead of solving the current situation. It is always better to nip the problem from the bud‚ instead of letting it grow and allowing it to torment everyone. 2. In moral subjectivism context‚ Mookie did the right thing‚ as he was enraged by the death of‚ Radio Raheem‚ a fellow black man‚ and so did everybody else. However in this case‚ everybody was reacting strongly instead of responding according to the situation. Everybody was selfishly warped into their own
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“When stop chasing the wrong things‚ you give the right things a chance to catch you.” (Unknown) Many people get scored to show their courage for the right thing. What gives you and your peers to do the right thing with courage? Your peers and yourself do have courage because people do have that someone in life‚ that helps encourage them. It’s just buried inside and you need to show people you’re courage to do the right thing. People just don’t want to disappoint anyone. In this short story
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Maria Zarka Film April 11‚ 2013 Sequence Analysis Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank scoops up the audience and places them into Mia’s world‚ which is filled to the brim with dysfunctional relationships with family‚ social groups‚ her mother’s boyfriend‚ and neighbors. It also sends a message to the audience that portrays the ways in which these broken relationships develop and continue to occur again and again‚ the cycle continuing with each passing generation. Fish Tank also portrays Mia’s personal
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