paranoia. Portman plays Nina‚ a ballet dancer with a major company in New York City. As a sheltered good girl‚ Nina is naturally suited to the pure and intricate "White Swan" role in "Swan Lake." But that same leading part also requires her to portray the seductive and malicious "Black Swan." To nab the all-important spot‚ Nina must draw from the deep well of aggressive‚ passionate‚ and dark feelings flowing underneath her obedient‚ child-like persona. That process unhinges Nina in a series of scary
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Distorted Environment‚ Immorality‚ Lust‚ Film Noir‚ Double Indemnity Double Indemnity is a film that involved a distorted and obscured environment that causes different moods and emotions. At the beginning of the film‚ you can observe the darkness of the city and careless drivers driving at a high speed. This atmosphere gives a feeling that there are mysteries‚ intensity‚ loneliness‚ sadness‚ horror‚ confusion‚ and danger. Double Indemnity involves self-destruction‚ disappointment‚ manipulation
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powerful. There’s a strong all is lost moment when Black Raven is ready to die‚ only for Nina to save his life.
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America. La Niña is the cold phase of ENSO and El Niño is the warm phase of ENSO. These changes from normal surface temperatures can have huge implications in the ocean environment as well as on global weather and climate. El Niño and La Niña usually last for several months‚ but some occurrences have been known to last for a year or more. While the periods of ENSO are very irregular‚ El Niño and La Niña events occur roughly every two to five years. Usually‚ El Niño occurs more often than La Niña. Typically
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I have chosen to play the character Nina from the 1896 play The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. My reasons for this are; she is the most mentioned lead female character and she seems to have a lot of depth to her‚ which I am very keen and eager to learn. My first step in playing the role of Nina would be to find the ‘Given Circumstances’. I have picked four ‘Given Circumstances’ to demonstrate how this technique of Stanislavski would help in creating the basics for a character. The first ‘Given Circumstance’
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her obsessive thoughts. Nina compulsively harms herself in order to become the Black Swan she is trying so desperately to perfect. She tears at her cuticles and the skin around her nails. When the skin around her nail beds become bloody‚ Nina pulls the skin along the length of the finger from the nail area. “Those engaging in self-harm often describe a sense of tension that precedes the act followed by a feeling of calm immediately afterwards” (Crowe & Bunclarck‚ 2000). Nina also scratches her back
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Reaction Paper on the film‚ “Black Swan” Anonymous The movie‚ Black Swan‚ is about Nina‚ a ballerina whose life is consumed with dance. At the beginning of the film‚ the company where she belongs to is preparing to open the season with Swan Lake. Like any other ballet dances‚ Swan Lake has a story - it is about a pure and sweet girl trapped in a swan’s body and the only way to break the spell is true love. Nina lands the role of the Swan Queen – but‚ the role of the Swan Queen requires a dancer
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he can stop his dad Silas. Arthur‚ Logan‚ and Bear came after him. Suddenly they saw Mr. Disilvio holding a gun. Suddenly they heard Johnny‚ Billy‚ and Nina coming. Danny told them that briefcase is in the Witch’s hut. He told them because he wants them to let Arthur‚ Bear‚ Violet‚ Logan‚ and himself go. He doesn’t wants to be involve. Suddenly Nina pulls out a badge. Logan was misjudge her. He was surprised that she is a detective. While she holds her badge and a revolver Mr. Disilvio grabbed Violet
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in the crowd and helps her break away from the riot. She is protesting against a law her father is pushing in her country’s Senate. The guy in the suit is part of her father’s staff‚ and secretly in love with her. And so‚ the rollercoaster that is Niñas Mal (Bad Girls) begins. The scene I described piqued my curiosity‚ and I wasn’t the only one. It was MTV’s most popular show in 2010 for viewers between 12 and 24 years old (1). And somehow‚ at 28‚ I made it through 70 episodes of clunky writing‚
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As many have heard about Christopher Columbus‚ he discovered the New World. He was born in 1451‚ Genoa‚ Italy to a family of weavers and merchants. Before the discovery‚ Columbus was a wool worker‚ a sailor‚ a merchant‚ and a bookseller. He has studied mathematics‚ astronomy‚ cartography‚ navigation‚ and natural sciences at the “University of Pavia” (Young). Christopher Columbus left Spain to search for China and to spread the religion‚ but instead‚ discovered the New World. His voyage was captured
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