a technique used by corporations to sell their products through the media. Every individual western female has been categorized into a select few genres within modern media‚ there is the ‘Superwoman…mother‚ wife and career driven’ (8)‚ ‘the femme fatale…sex kitten‚ [and] the nasty corporate climber’ (6). All of these things dictate how a woman behaves or more how a woman is supposed to behave according to the media’s standard. The media places emphasis on age and beauty‚ “ads portraying women…only
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Notes from film: What is Cinema January-10-13 8:13 PM • An art form‚ an artistic spectacle‚ an aesthetic language with its own grammar and style‚ a ‚medium of communication and expression • A series of still image on a strip of plastic which‚ wen run through a projector shown on a screen‚ creates the illusion of moving images. • Form ( film language) and content ( message) are linked. The message is understood through its form or language by exploring how it uses
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Shutter Island Film Critique Jeannie Hatton Eng.225/Introduction to Film Instructor Wiltz 6/20/2014 First way that helps tell a story and converting it onto film is by using a nonlinearly or chronological approach. Often a director considered to be auteur is the main reason for audience popularity such as the director Martin Scorsese. How does cinematographers‚ actors and directors contribute in creating a film? By the use of different camera angles‚ lighting‚ colors‚ and
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Fireflies The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter--it ’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. - Mark Twain‚ A Letter to George Bainton‚ 10/15/1888 Across America they’re known as lightning bugs‚ fireflies‚ or glow bugs‚ and even peenie wallies; blinkies in Jamaica or Hing Hoy‚ if you’re from Thailand. These beetles‚ not bugs or even flies‚ are nocturnal members of the family Lampyridae and are scientifically known as Photuris
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her days caring for her children‚ performing her domestic duties‚ and ensuring the happiness of her husband. Her character “refuses to be silenced and this makes her a powerful feminist role model” (Streater 410). Adele is portrayed as “a mother‚ femme fatale‚ a saint‚ and a wild woman” (Streater 409)‚ in doing this‚ she reveals an identity that confuses the reader about her “authority of the mother-woman role beyond the male prescribed definitions” (Streater 409). Her position in the feminist issue
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“Lanval”‚ written by Marie-de-France‚ is one of the most entertaining piece of literature I have read from the medieval era. The story is based on a knight named Lanval who was rejected by the people surrounding him because he had every quality a knight during that time should have had. Even his king‚ Arthur‚ despises him and doesn’t appreciate him when Lanval has shown nothing but loyalty to him. Nevertheless‚ Lanval sets out on a quest where he met a beautiful woman that ends up being his lover
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A-Question-Yet-To-Be-Set but for now: Film noir is both a screen style and a perspective on human existence and society. Film noir’s darker themes and stylistic features enable it to address and explore the crux of the existential angst that humanity endures. Thus‚ the fifties are revived in Bryan Singer’s film‚ ‘The Usual Suspects’ by its translation of The Classic Questions into a modern context. In certain scenes of this film- ‘Redfoot-LA’‚ ‘Meeting Kobayashi’ and the ‘The greatest trick the
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Sample Essay Questions 1. When a person undergoes the process of change‚ they leave a part of them behind. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Refer to your 2. Change is always accompanied by drawback and discomfort. Discuss this statement with close reference to your prescribed texts and one other related text of your own choosing. 3. The process of change involves learning from your mistakes and making an effort to become a better person. Evaluate
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themes of unhappy love and self-sacrifice set this romantic melodrama apart from most in its genre. These themes are best expressed in the interactions of the three main characters: Victor Laszlo‚ a heroic political leader; Ilsa Lund‚ an enigmatic femme fatale; and Richard (Rick) Blaine‚ a seemingly morally ambiguous night club owner. An unusual love triangle forms with the two men’s mutual love for the intermediary woman. Unlike the archetypal romantic triangle which includes the betrayed husband and
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She is the recipient of several prizes and awards: the P. E. N. Asian Poetry Prize‚ Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for fiction‚ Asian World Prize for literature‚ Kendra Sahitya Academy Award etc. She was short listed for the Nobel Prize along with Marguerite Yourcenar‚ Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer. Her poetical collection includes: Summer in Calcutta (1965)‚ The Descendants (1967)‚ The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (1973)‚ Collected Poems I (1984)‚ The Best of Kamala Das (1991) and Only the Soul
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