mountains and were aided by village sympathizers. Fascism is represented in the film by Vidal‚ Ofelia´s stepfather‚ a vicious captain in Franco’s Civil Guard based at a rural military post. He is in charge of eliminating the guerrillas resisting in the mountains. Ofelia‚ the child-heroine‚ is an orphan whose father died in obscure circumstances during the Spanish Civil War. Carmen‚ her mother‚ remarried Vidal who controls her and limits her to a wheelchair. She is constantly sedated and confined
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It should be noted that the film places an emphasis on the idea of control with the actions of sadistic Captain Vidal (Sanchez). The film portrays the Captain as struggling with himself and the memory of his father. He carries his father’s pocket watch at all times‚ because it is a permanent memory of when his father died in battle. His fascination with the time
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film you have studied. Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guellermo Del Toro is set in Spain 1944. Captain Vidal‚ the leading commander at the Mill is fighting the resistance‚ who fight for a Spain where people in power do not rule over the people. Captain Vidal’s pregnant wife Carmen is introduced with her daughter Ofelia. Del Toro has built the movie by balancing the brutal storyline of Captain Vidal and the fantasy that consumes Ofelia’s. Lighting‚ symbolism and editing were used to integrate the storylines
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And you ’ll learn that‚ even if it hurts.” At this point Carmen takes a big shift in character and eventually dies in labor which leaves a sour note on Ofelia. Captain Vidal‚ whom is Ofelia ’s stepfather is a very harsh character. Vidal does not care for Ofelia and overlooks her completely as if she is simply Carmen ’s shadow. Vidal is solely interested in his child which Carmen is bearing throughout the movie. When Carmen goes into labor he actually says that no matter what he wants his child to
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Gemglkegkjepge Eg[ Epg Ego Roge ]ogegre Ge Gegreijgoiejgeojgoejgrepjgepgife[-prjgirjir r e3 e g eg e ge ge e gfre rg e grg eg reg eg e gegege ge gee g e egr eg eg e egeg e gege gege ge g e ge l Madrid have reached an agreement with Malaga to sign Isco on a five-year deal‚ for a reported fee of £23m. Manchester City were also pursuing the midfielder‚ 21‚ with new manager Manuel Pellegrini hoping to lure him to England having been his boss at Malaga. Isco‚ who recently won the Under-21 European
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21-01-2011 judges from SRKV College of Arts and science and College of Education and from various Higher Secondary Schools selected the prize winning exhibits. The prize winners of the exhibition are as follows: Junior Level Place School Cash Award I GRG Matric Higher Secondary School‚ Peelamedu‚Coimbatore Rs.3000/- II Pioneer Mills Higher Secondary School‚ Jothipuram‚ Cbe Rs‚2000/- III Government High School‚ Pandian Nagar‚ Tiruppur. Rs.1000/- Senior Level Place School Cash Award I Nanjappa
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received numerous awards and such as Academy Awards for Best Cinematography‚ Best Art Design‚ and Best Makeup. Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl named Ofelia who travels with her pregnant mother to live with her new husband/stepfather—Captain Vidal during the Spanish Civil War in Spain through the Francoist period. To escape the hardships of the real world‚ Ofelia delves into a fantasy world. There she discovers a deserted labyrinth and encounters a mystical faun creature. She interacts with
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VERBAL - a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. Types of Verbals Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. The following sentence contains both a present and a past participle: The children‚ crying and exhausted‚ were guided out of the collapsed mine. Crying is a present participle‚ formed by adding -ing to the present form of the verb (cry). Exhausted is a past participle‚ formed by adding -ed to the present
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Nick Joaquin’s “The Woman Who Had Two Navels” revolved around the upper middle class expatriates consciousness during the American period of colonization. It portrayed every character’s struggle to maintain their “selves” in a foreign setting like Hongkong. It can also be defined as coming to terms with the political consciousness during that period. The novel also contained mixtures of hatred‚ love‚ anger‚ insecurities‚ and sufferings that manifest in the realities of life making the flow of the
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