Saul Dibb in his 2008 film The Duchess and Gillian Flynn in her 2012 novel Gone Girl both deconstruct the bases that form trust and deception within relationships and society. Although Flynn’s thriller of twists and Dibb’s 18th century drama depict two diverse settings the texts both present the idea that trust is an unrealistic expectation within relationships‚ as relationships are created from idealism of the perfect partner. Both texts explore the importance of appearance within society‚ as Flynn
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father of “Modern Portfolio theory”‚ developed the mean-variance analysis‚ which focuses on creating portfolios of assets that minimizes the variance of returns i.e. risk‚ given a level of desired return‚ or maximizes the returns given a level of risk tolerance. This theory aids the process of portfolio construction by providing a quantitative take on it. It integrates the field of quantitative analysis with portfolio management. Mean variance analysis has found wide applications both inside and outside
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The film “For Colored Girls” by famous and well-known director‚ Tyler Perry‚ is a 2010 drama film that deals with the incredibly intense issues about women in the society which we live in. It reveals the different issues that impact women in general‚ but colored women in particular. The film interconnects seven women‚ exploring their daily lives and struggles as colored women. Each film character deals with a different personal conflict‚ such as‚ rape‚ love‚ abandonment‚ infidelity‚ and abortion
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about a prostitute in Hollywood‚ marrying an extremely rich businessman‚ in spite of her mutual distrust and prejudice. The movie contains the basic narrative of the Cinderella tale: through the love and help of a man of a higher social position‚ a girl of a lower social status moves up to join the man at his level. Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) in Pretty Woman comes from a small town in Georgia‚ and works as a prostitute on the streets of Hollywood to support herself. Although Vivian’s social position
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While not as overtly anti-war as his third film Paths of Glory‚ Kubrick still manages to show the ridiculousness of nuclear war while linking two basic male instincts together‚ sex and the desire to kill. The film continuously portrays excessive examples of sexual and gender politics‚ technology‚ international politics‚ the role of communication and the dehumanization of man. Gender and Sexual Politics The politics of gender played out in the film treat women as recreational sex objects for powerful
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The portrait has always been a key point of the arts‚ whether it be the refined face of ‘Mona Lisa’ by Leonardo da Vinci or ‘L’image fantôme’ by Hervé Guibert. The common features of all photographic portraits combine the genre in content and means of expression‚ therefore the atmosphere and mood in an image play a significant part in photography. Photography denotes a fraction of a second in life; a second which if missed will be gone forever‚ never can it occur again. The gesture and movement
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Mary Regan HUM2305 27 March 2013 Good Life Essay The common lecture given by President Machen encouraged college freshman to seek the good life in college and understand why it is a requirement to take this class. Much like Beethoven creating Ode to Joy‚ many students have graduated from the University of Florida and have accomplished or created things that changed the world. Machen ’s ideas about what the good life is and why the “What is the Good Life” course was set up exemplify the concept
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Snigdha Singh (n8779171) KFB210: Fashion and Costume in Film Assessment: 1 “A good costume must be material enough to signify and transparent enough not to turn its signs into parasites.” (Barthes Roland‚ 1972 pg 5) That is exactly what is portrayed in Marilyn Monroe’s white halter dress in “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) directed by Billy Wilder. The movie revolves around Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell)‚ an employee at an advertising company who resolves to eat healthy food‚ and quit smoking
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In 1978 John Carpenter changed the landscape of horror cinema with the release of his terrifying new film Halloween. The film follows a group of young females as they are stalked‚ tormented and inevitably killed by an escaped lunatic wearing a Halloween mask and wielding a knife. The film was revolutionary for the many themes and concepts it introduced‚ (including the concept of the final girl) things that have been so often repeated they have become tropes of the genre. However the initial praise
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Hollywood films and cinema‚ which one vital value is the dichotomy of outlaw hero versus official hero. Official hero tends to be an idealogy of the law and society values‚ represented through characters such as police officers and lawyers‚ whereas outlaw hero tends to be more of an individual with own marks of traits‚ and own marks of actions. Ray discusses that in traditional films‚ how a single character can hold completely different traits ‚ giving examples such as Terry‚ in the film On the Waterfront
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