film’s achievement is due to the eloquent screenwriting by Alvin Sargent‚ powerful‚ emotion evoking drama from Judith Guest’s original story‚ and phenomenal acting by Timothy Hutton‚ Donald Sutherland‚ Judd Hirsch‚ and Mary Tyler Moore. “Ordinary People is especially notable for the superbly modulated performances Redford has elicited from Sutherland‚ Moore‚ and Hutton” (Crowdus). Judith Guest herself personally believes
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would have." It was Hitchcock who specifically ordered this murder shown as a brutal thing‚ scribbling in his own hand for shot 116: "The slashing. An impression of a knife slashing‚ as if tearing at the very screen‚ ripping the film." This filmic slaying is long‚ terrifying‚ and
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It’s okay if friends fight‚ it happens in life. The story “The Southpaw” by Judith Viorst is about a young girl that wants to be on an all boys baseball team. The story “Concha” by Mary Helen Ponce is about the main character Concha‚ who is trying to prove her bravery to her friends. The realistic fiction short stories “The Southpaw” by Judith viorst and “Concha” by Mary Helen Ponce have many similarities and differences between them. The main characters are alike and different in many ways. In
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also speaks it‚ you expect to communicate perfectly with them‚ but this is not completely true. Even if you speak English with someone that speaks English it doesn’t mean your communication is perfect because there’s different ways to speak or as Judith Baker describes it in her article “Trilingualism”‚ there is home English‚ formal English and professional English. Trilingualism is the article of an English Teacher at a high school and she‚ trying to be the best teacher possible for her students
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and unsure what to do when placed in a troubling situation. Understanding the consequences‚ I received the same punishment as if I was in the fight myself. That same exact concept could be used to express how Lady Macbeth is more responsible for slaying King Duncan herself. Throughout the story the audience notices how manipulative and depraved Lady Macbeth can be. She has such a huge impact on how Macbeth thinks and on the actions he makes. Just like any other committed wife‚ she wants the best
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“There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong‚ but the middle is always evil.” – Ayn Rand. To fully understand the complex world and culture of the Anglo-Saxons‚ one must examine the only form of historical evidence available – texts. One particular great work from this time period is often underrated and overshadowed in modern society by many other ancient works such as Iliad or Oedipus Rex. The epic poem‚ Beowulf‚ was sung by multiple unknown Anglo-Saxon poets four
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The myth of El Dorado‚ the legendary South American City of Gold‚ promotes visions of opulence and glory at mere mention of the name. It is no wonder that the story served as the an ideal romanticized vision of possible marvels of discovery that expeditions to the New World may yield in the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. The myth did its part to stoke the minds of explorers and draw them into unknown territories in pursuit of such a vision‚ consumed by the same wealth-obsessed minds as those that
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1st edn‚ (Quartermaine House Ltd‚ 1980) • Hogett‚ Brenda‚ Mental Health Law‚ 4th edn‚ (Sweet and Maxwell‚ 1996) • Maguire‚ Mike‚ Morgan‚ Rod‚ Reiner‚ Robert‚ The Oxford Handbook of Criminology‚ 4th edn‚ (Oxford University Press‚ 2007) • M.Laing‚ Judith‚ ‘Care Or Custody? Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System‚ (Oxford University Press‚ 1999) • Peay‚ Jill‚ Tribunals on Trial‚ 1st edn‚ (Oxford University Press‚ 1989) • S • The Divided Self: An Existential Study of Insanity
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exposed through the reversal of roles in both of these pieces. The characters in these stories clearly demonstrate the expectations that certain males and females must negotiate in order to expose the problems when there is labeling of certain genders. Judith Butler’s analysis of gender is that it is performative- meaning that nobody really is a gender from the start; after watching the video and reading the text for this exercise‚ it is clear that Fionna and The Knight expose the misconceptions of gender
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Prejudices in Our World Both Brent Staples in “Black Men and Public Places” and Judith Cofer in “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” seem to be illustrating the prejudices some people have. They both explain how the way they look gets them treated by others. Brent Staples‚ because he is black in perceived as a criminal; Judith Cofer is a Latina and is mistaken for a waitress. Both stories give numerous examples of prejudice. In addition‚ each writer has a larger purpose
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