cinema during the Weimar years. Nosferatu’s shadow ascending their stairs toward the woman who awaits him evokes an entire era and genre of filmmaking. There are vivid scenes in the film when Nosferatu’s ship glides into the harbor with its freight of coffins‚ rats‚ sailor’s corpses and plague are some the most recognizable details of Murnau’s film. Much of the scenes in Nosferatu were shot in an interesting manner and held significant meaning to the film. The location shooting used so effectively by Murnau
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The Great Migration from Ireland to America 1800-1900 The Irish were among the many people who migrated to the United States of America. The wave of Irish migration happened in the mid – 18th century and started around the early 1840s. Many of the Irish moved to the United States of America and Canada because they wanted to be able to live freely. The majority of Irish people post 1000 A.D were Catholic. In Ireland‚ there were laws enforced by the British government that removed power form the
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jesting about the horrors they saw‚ thinking back to the life they had prior to the war‚ and dreaming of their lives during peacetime; all of which worked for only a small duration of the war. In order to avoid going haywire at the sight of every coffin or body they would see‚ Paul and his company often found humor and comfort in joking about the tragedy brought on by war. The soldiers were said to be “good humored” and
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dies‚ and he marries again. He cannot idolize the new wife‚ Rowena‚ though‚ and he becomes an opium addict to forget Ligeia. When Rowena dies‚ he is still thinking of Ligeia‚ and when he finds that Rowena is not really dead‚ and she emerges from her coffin‚ he sees that she has transformed into Ligeia. Here‚ again‚ Poe worships the ideal woman‚ always dead and always angelic. This recurrent obsession is not a reflection of modern experience in male/female relationships. In the modern world‚ we take
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Once upon a time in the middle of winter‚ when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky‚ a queen sat at a window sewing‚ and the frame of the window was made of black ebony. And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow‚ she pricked her finger with the needle‚ and three drops of blood fell upon the snow. And the red looked pretty upon the white snow‚ and she thought to herself‚ "Would that I had a child as white as snow‚ as red as blood‚ and as black as the
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(English 1130) Explication . H. Auden [Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone] 1. Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ 2. Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone‚ 3. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum 4. Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come. 5. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead 6. Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead‚ 7. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚ 8. Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. 9. He was my
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THE NORTH AMERICAN GUINEA PIG presents as a very original and creative psychological drama‚ which also contains some dark humor. The idea of a distraught and desperate man working as a “guinea pig” to test new experimental drugs has merit. The goal for the protagonist is clear and the stakes are personal. The plot is driven more by the emotional goal of the protagonist‚ Tristan‚ to win his family back and to get “control” of his life. The script conveys solid themes about control‚ healing‚ and
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“The Third Bank of the River” is a deep‚ short story written by João Guimarães Rosa. The characters are without names‚ so there is a lot of controversy as to the meaning of the story. It takes place by the Amazon River in Brazil‚ described as “so wide you couldn’t see across it”. From a few clues in the story‚ the use of flashlights and the motor on a boat‚ one can infer that these events most likely would have happened in the late 1800’s. The special circumstance is that the father stays on a boat
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Tom Dacre‚ who cried when his hair was shaved to prevent vermin and soot from infesting it. The speaker comforts Tom‚ who falls asleep and has a dream or vision of several chimney sweepers all locked in black coffins. An angel arrives with a special key that opens the locks on the coffins and sets the children free. The newly freed children run through a green field and wash themselves in a river‚ coming out clean and white in the bright sun. The angel tells Tom that if he is a good boy‚ he will
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CONFUCIANISM ORIGIN: * Founder: Confucius * A Chinese teacher‚ editor‚ politician‚ and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. * The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality‚ correctness of social relationships‚ justice and sincerity. * Confucius is traditionally credited with having authored or edited many of the Chinese classic texts including all of the Five Classics‚ but modern scholars are cautious of attributing specific
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