Exploring the Dark Side: Contrasting Themes in "Blue Velvet" The subconscious psyche is one of the most fascinating and almost completely inexplicable aspects of human behavior. Even more intriguing than merely the subconscious is the notion of a darker‚ more repressed side that many individuals refuse to acknowledge exists within them. In David Lynch’s film "Blue Velvet‚" the director attempts to explore the psyche of a young man named Jeffrey Beaumont‚ most notably the clash between his darker
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town. She always has a pointless story to tell about people from her hometown with weird names. Nobody ever pays any attention to Rose and they always seem to be annoyed by her. Thirdly‚ there is Dorothy Zbornak‚ she is played by Beatrice Arthur‚ "Bea" was born 1923‚ in New York City. Dorothy is the intelligent one of the bunch; she is a substitute history teacher. She never has a
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Sequence Analysis: Wizard of Oz Rabi Kumaraswamy October 31‚ 2014 DRAMA 3030 Dr. Aaron Taylor In the Wizard of Oz‚ we see the journey of a girl‚ Dorothy Gale‚ in her dreams to escape her dismal life on the farm and her troubles with her aunt and uncle. It is only after she dreams of being in a place unfamiliar and troublesome that she realizes how much her family means to her. From this we can see the film’s explicit meaning: “There’s no place like home.” Although this line can in ordinary be a
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There’s No Place Like Home For hundreds of years‚ parents have been enthralling children with stories of magic and wishes coming true. Fairy tales are passed from one generation to the next through oral tradition‚ and‚ in modern times‚ books. As various societies develop‚ fairy tales are changed to fit the needs and morals those societies want to impress upon their children. Thus‚ the style and content of a fairy tale is directly affected by the social attitudes of a particular society at
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a real reason to go there. 1) Our quester is Dorothy Gale‚ a girl who lives on a farm in Kansas and longs for an exciting world. 2) The place to go‚ for Dorothy‚ changes three times in the Wizard of Oz. First‚ she has to embark on her quest to save her beloved dog‚ Toto‚ from Miss Gulch. Second‚ the tornado takes Dorothy to Oz‚ forcing her to find a way home to Kansas. The last place for Dorothy to go is given to her by Glinda. Glinda instructs Dorothy to go to the Emerald City to talk to the wizard
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religious ideals it espoused. The response to the meeting was outrage. At the next convention‚ a mob of 10‚000 surrounded the building throwing stones at it‚ and eventually lighting it on fire. The demoralizing reaction seemed only to galvanize these pioneers. With deepened resolve‚ the women continued to meet. In 1848‚ five religious women‚ including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott‚ a Quaker Minister‚ would meet in Seneca Falls‚ New York for their infamous tea party during which they would
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novel summary is: Bud and Dorothy is a couple who in love happily with each other. They study at Stoddard College in Blue River. They belong together and one day Dorothy is pregnant. That is really bad time for them to have a baby this time‚ especially for Bud; the Bud’s future plan or dream will be uncompleted. Dorothy wants to get married: Bud doesn’t want. That means he must to leave the college and to struggle in real life and earn to family. Bud tries to persuade Dorothy to take some pills to eliminate
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commercial and tells Michael he has been so obnoxious that he will probably never work again. Dorsey thinks otherwise; when he hears of an opening on a popular soap opera‚ he applies for the job- - even though the job is for a woman. Posing as Dorothy Michaels‚ Michael wins the part and becomes a
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Kansas anymore”. This paper briefly describes the settings‚ main characters and desires that Dorothy and her friends wish to obtain‚ only to discover they already have them. The opening of the film is a sepia tone which overlays the black and white film stock‚ scenes not just in black and white as you may have expected from a movie produced in 1939. An early scene‚ a tornado that transports Dorothy to Oz‚ is actually breath taking in sepia tone. You may think you are in Kansas‚ the dust filled
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audience found out toward the end of the movie. This is showing that home‚ or the people who represent home‚ are very important to Dorothy and means a lot to her‚ especially since they were showing up in her dream. Also‚ Dorothy has trouble deciding if she wants to go back home or not. Meaning‚ that home is important and special to her‚ and that even though Oz is great‚ Dorothy really wants to be with her family. Additionally‚ the scenes of Dorothy’s home are in black and white‚ where Oz is in color. The
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