actors and actresses‚ she moved from Cincinnati to New York at the age of twenty to pursue her theatrical ambitions. Though at first Theodosia’s career only consisted of minor roles‚ she eventually gained lead roles that consisted of playing the femme fatale. While being an actress and entering Hollywood‚ she changed her physical appearance: dying her hair black and painting her face. Many films and productions were inspired from many stories‚ plays‚ and poems. In 1909‚ the famous poem‚ “The Vampire”
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Women in Ancient History: The differences between societies Betty Senesac HIS103 Jennifer Bridges February 27th‚ 2012 I have chosen to write my paper about the different roles that women played in the different societies of ancient civilizations. Not every society viewed their women in the same ways. And not every society allowed their women to have rights or voices to speak out in public. Some societies viewed their women as slaves or servants‚ while others
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The Kiss Gustav Klimt The Kiss is a work that was painted by the Austrian artist‚ Gustav Klimt‚ between the years 1907 and 1908. Klimt utilizes his personal experiences and life changes as his inspiration for the creation of perhaps his most famous work yet. He links modernity and eroticism at the center of his work‚ the couple’s embrace. This embrace is a quintessential expression of one of the deepest passions known to mankind‚ sensual love. Klimt’s color choices‚ use of depth
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References: Braun‚ H. L. (2007). Fatal forms: Disruption‚ decay‚ and the nineteenth-century femme fatale. Unpublished doctoral dissertation‚ Boston College‚ Boston‚ MA. Browning‚ T. (Director). (1931). Dracula [Motion picture]. USA: Universal Pictures. Chown‚ J. (2006). Apocalypse 1897: Francis Coppola ’s Bram Stoker ’s Dracula. Retrieved December
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Despite being created in different political‚ social and cultural paradigms‚ a comparative study of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s sci-fi cult film‚ ‘Blade Runner the Directors Cut’ reveals similar concerns and issues which are still relevant to a modern audience. Both Blade Runner and Frankenstein were written centuries apart‚ both being passed on Milton’s four century old epic poem‚ Milton’s Paradise Lost. This continuum of consideration highlights the continued significance
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Paul Victor Jules Signac was a French neo-impressionist painter who‚ working with Georges Seurat‚ helped develop the style of pointillist. He was born in Paris on November 11‚ 1863. He started out as an architect before deciding that he should be a painter at eighteen years of age. He sailed around the coasts of Europe‚ and painted the landscapes. He also painted the cities in France in his later years. Paul Signac met Claude Monet and Georges Seurat in 1884. He was struck by the systematic working
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How far does the cinematography‚ narrative and representations of characters meet the expectations of a contemporary audience? Over a period of time‚ specific audiences construct expectations of different types of media‚ related to either what they have been told‚ or perhaps what the media have exposed them to in the past. Indeed‚ it could be argued that the success of a film to a large degree‚ rests on whether or not such expectations are met‚ surpassed‚ else the audience successfully surprised
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The notions of deception and masquerade are apparent throughout Neil Jordans’ complex story of love‚ The Crying Game. The subterfuge enters the story on a number of levels and this allows for determining the characters within the film as well as the narrative itself. There are obvious ways in which Jordan has used the idea of deception throughout the film and I will cover these subsequently in this essay‚ namely through the famous ‘twist’ of the story‚ as well as costume and perhaps more obscure
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Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Humphry‚ G. (1919). Women in American History. Indianapolis‚ IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.Retrieved from http://www.archive.org/ Jones‚ D. E. (1997). Women Warriors: A History. Dulles‚ VA: Brassey ’s. Kemp‚ M. (2007‚ May 10). Femme Fatale. Retrieved from http://www.isiswomen.org Iskra‚ D. (2011‚ August 24). Women are heroes‚ too. TIME‚ Retrieved from http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/08/24/women-are-heroes-too/ Webb‚ K. (2011‚ January 15). Women to Serve in Combat? [Web log
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all the while maintaining there feminine qualities that have always been represented in films. The genre can affect the role of the female character as for example in film noir there is always a femme fatal get in a science fiction there maybe no femme fatal iconology get there maybe a sci-fi connection to a femme fatal yet the genre of it alters it completely. This can be seen in the modern film "Kill Bill" where the lead was an aggressive‚ strong and powerful character and yet this
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