most famously known for writing Le Morte d’ Arthur. It’s said this novel was written while he was in prison‚ during his third imprisonment. He allegedly raped Joan Smith twice‚ stole from her husband‚ destroyed the Duke of Buckingham’s hunting lodge and many other crimes. He was imprisoned for these charges but escaped just two days later by swimming out the moat one night. He was again imprisoned in 1452 and 1468 when he turned to writing‚ writing Le Morte d’Arthur. Le Morte d’Arthur is a novel which
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started to arise‚ with the conviction of vindicate women in the social arrengement of that time‚ in order to get the same opportunities as men. Literature could not escape from this reality; as a result‚ women began to write about their situation. Ursula Le Guin´s “Nine Lives”‚ published in the 1960´s‚ was one of the first attempts in science fiction literature to adress the condition of women in the social arrengement. “Nine Lives” is set in Libra‚ a rocky planet which is far away from Earth‚in the outer
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Art History 153 Compare and Contrast Raft of the Medusa vs. Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe In “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault there was use of the Baroque treatment of light in this painting. There is a physically powerful contrast between the spread-out group of survivors to the movement of the raft itself. There is a sharp contrast of light and dark colors of dynamic poses. There is a black man at the top of the survivors that is waving a rag or piece of cloth
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Merlin’s Character Development in Le Morte d’Arthur Many characters take lots of thinking and organization to understand them. This is the same case for most of the characters in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. One must understand where each came from and what personality the author is trying to portray. In Le Morte d’Arthur we find Merlin to be a very creepy‚ powerful‚ and mysterious character. The first indication that Merlin is a very different kind of character comes out within
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Therefore‚ the Jews saved by Schindler gave him a ring with the quote ““Whoever saves one life saves an entire world” (Rosenstand‚ 600). By saving the Jews‚ Schindler had preserved humanity. Both stories‚ Schindler List and the story about the village of Le Chambon have significant similarities. Both are true stories about doing a good action follow a moral value even if it could bring negative consequences. As the American philosopher Phillip Hallie explained‚ sometimes doing the right thing may “get
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West Side Story‚ and Les Mis‚ they all have a very important history and tells their story with music. The Characters Sportin Life‚ Ice‚ and Javert were all victims of their culture circumstances. Sportin life in the song “it ain’t necessarily so” portrays his struggle with fame and money during the depression. Ice from west side story was struggling with vengeance and became a victim of gang rivalries in 1950s New York‚ this can be seen in the song “Cool”. Lastly‚ Javert in Les Mis was a victim of
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In Girl With A Pearl Earring and Les Miserables‚ Griet and Cosette are mistreated by the higher class. Cosette is Fantine’s daughter who is given to the Thenardiers‚ a family of innkeepers‚ because Fantine knows she cannot take care of Cosette. While at the Thenardiers’s inn‚ Cosette is abused and forced to do extortionate tasks she is barely able to do‚ like fetch water in the dark with a bucket larger than her. She is given no mercy‚ because of the “fierce mistress and venomous master” she is being
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In any good novel‚ and even in life‚ people can be influenced in both positive and negative ways. In the three novels that we have read so far‚ Great Expectations‚ Lés Misérables‚ and Wuthering Heights‚ the main characters are faced with negative challenges and influences. Positive guides and influences also affect the characters in these books; the positive guides usually end up winning in the end. In Great Expectations‚ the main character of the story was Pip. Some of the negative influences
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec‚ Moulin Rouge - La Goulue The city of lights was all about fun and the nightlife during the 19th century. Fortunately enough‚ Jules Cheret and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec were able to perfectly capture the essence of Paris’s blooming nightlife through their posters. Generally speaking‚ both posters are the same style‚ however‚ each artist was able to create different visual effects and atmospheric perspective using their own aesthetic sense. In this situation‚ both posters
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talkies was so strong‚ he had no choice but to adapt to modern times. However his use of sound is quite particular and very interesting to consider in relation to his view on the subject matter. For this essay we will explore his first talking film‚ Sous les toits de Paris (1930) that illustrates very well the director’s critical attitude towards sound. To get a broader understanding about what the filmmaker was trying to achieve‚ we will look more deeply into one sequence of the film. The chosen extract
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