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    Sin City: Film Noir?

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    falls in need. The film first introduces Hartigan‚ a cop with a heart condition that tries to save a young girl Nancy from rape and murder. He prevails successful in the beginning and the end of the film‚ but ultimately dies to protect her. Marv‚ a maniac hungry for revenge‚ is introduced second. He slept and fell in love with a woman named Goldie who was killed the following

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    seize the throne. After ordering Hamlet to seek revenge on Claudius‚ the ghost disappears with the dawn. Hamlet devotes himself into avenging for his father’s death so much to the point that his mother and Claudius suspect that Hamlet has become a maniac. Consequentially‚ Claudius sends Hamlet’s friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to observe Hamlet and find the reason for his odd behavior. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern soon concluded that Hamlet love for Ophelia‚ Lord Chamberlains’ daughter‚ contributed

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    Holden’s Mental Breakdown The Catcher in the Rye is a novel about an adolescent boy struggling with the idea of adulthood and all the impurities it contains. The teenaged boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is slightly psychologically unstable and does not do well in any of his classes a preparatory school‚ because he refuses to apply himself. Holden experiences a mental breakdown as a result of tragic events in his past‚ his perception of the world‚ specifically the adults‚ and the effect it has on him‚ and

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    Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Abusive Relationships Abuse‚ an adjective‚ to treat (a person or an animal) with cruelty or violence‚ especially regularly or repeatedly. Shakespeare’s Macbeth asserts the daily moral and emotional struggles that husband and wife face in Elizabethan time‚ as well as modern day. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth were both keen to the idea of becoming King (and Queen) of Scotland after the witches spoke to Macbeth and assured him that it was his destiny. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth

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    Stolen Dialogue reveals how spoken language expresses meaning not only at the spoken level but through the implied meaning. It can be said that what’s left out of a conversation is sometimes more important than what is put in. Jane Harrison’s Stolen is an honest and compassionate play that follows the lives of five aboriginal kids who have been stolen from their families as part of the governments’ assimilationist agenda. Harrison employs a range of theatrical and written techniques to highlight

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    The sweat and revenue immigrants bring into America is fruitless when the Xenophobia mindset forbids Americans from moving forward and accepting fruitful foreigners. We saw this embedded in the minds of the locals and the police in John Steinbeck’s ‚ The grapes of wrath and now in Donald Trump’s ‘Make America again’. This campaign includes plans like building a wall along the mexican-american border‚ extreme vetting‚ and closing the doors on all syrian refugees. This is a contemporary twist to how

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    Genesis: The formation and rise of the Gangster Disciple Nation The history of the Gangster Disciples is one of many faces… in order to understand the whole story; one must understand that it is in reality the telling of three different stories‚ all of which took place at the same time. The story of David Barksdale and Mac Aurther’s "David’s and Devil’s Disciples"‚ The story of Larry Hoover and Andrew Howard’s "Supreme Gangster Nation"‚ and the story of Jerome Freeman and Harold Walker’s

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    clouds blocking all sunlight‚ with rain pouring down in scatters. The streets were glossy with rain‚ and the reflection of the lights shone on the surface. Traffic was absolutely ridiculous and early commuters are often aggressive if not outright maniacs. The young woman was driving her way home from a late night with friends‚ still a little groggy since she wasn’t use to being up so early. She had driven down that road a million times and never had any issues with the morning flow. She was just about

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    AN INTRODUCTION Kamala Das I don’t know politics but I know the names Of those in power‚ and can repeat them life Days of week‚ or names of months‚ beginning with Nehru. I am Indian‚ very brown‚ born in Malabar‚ speak three languages‚ write in Two‚ dream in one. Don’t write in English they said‚ English is not your mother-tongue. Why not leave Me alone‚ critics‚ friends‚ visiting cousins‚ Every one of you? Why not let me speak in Any language I like? The language I speak Become mine

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    The Colorado State University (CSU) Theater brings to light a whole new dimension of the original propaganda film Reefer Madness. They basically turn the film into a musical comedy that pokes fun at the hysteria caused by the original work. However‚ I don’t think it is the artist’s main purpose to just make fun of the ludicrous allegations made by the 1936 production. Instead‚ I think the artists were trying to illustrate how some people will go to the extreme to convince us of their ways even when

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