Baz Luhrmann’s film‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is very successful as an appropriation of the original play by Shakespeare. Transforming the pre-16th century play into a contemporary popular culture film was done creatively by keeping the same values and language‚ but changing the context. This is illustrated by the use of anachronisms. For instance‚ daggers and swords are replaced by guns as well as cars stand in for horses. The disputes between members of the two families (the Capulets and the Montagues)
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The theme of ‘adolescent recklessness’ is shown when Alice goes to the red queen to find the hatter and rescue him‚ even though she has been told that she can’t and isn’t allowed to‚ she still goes and she ends up getting caught. The theme adolescent recklessness is shown throughout the movie but it does seem to be justifiable
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Warriors in Disguise Most frequently‚ the common conception of the word “hero” automatically refers to Marvel characters of beyond-human abilities pulverizing deformed aliens on top of the Empire State Building. There are expectations of those who save the world‚ but heroes can be within anyone and everyone. We‚ as a society‚ soon lose sight of what it really means to be a hero‚ and real heroes lose the degree of respect they deserve. Glorious heroes aged from centuries ago and had set the path
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Phenomenal Women The Poem I have chosen is Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou. I chose this poem because it not only emphasizes the pressures society places on women but how one may overcome them. The poem helps recognize that one does not need only the stereotypical beauty that society portrays in order to feel confident. The begging of the poem begins almost in a reverse fashion‚ with a pretty women asking a potentially "normal" women where her secret to happiness lies. The poet uses the
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Fahrenheit. Needless to say that even in the coldest night of the year‚ a snowball would melt and evaporate long before you could finish humming a few bars of “Silent Night.” Ever since I fell in love with Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of “The Snow Queen‚” I had never desired anything more in my life than to hold a snowball and admire its untarnished purity on the palm of my hand. “Is there anything else that you want us to bring back as your present‚ except for that?” my mom would ask. My parents
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Queen Isabella I I am Queen Isabella the first of Spain. I am the daughter of King John the second of Castille and Isabella of Portugal‚ I am also married Ferdinand of Aragon.When I was thirteen I lived in the royal court. When King Henry died my husband and I became rulers and united Spain. I am very intelligent but my education was limited because of my gender. I did not think it was fair that I had a limited education‚ so I began to study Latin when I became thirty years old.
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Bomb Detecting Honey-Bees Abstract Police and military personnel have been using dogs to sniff out explosives for decades. According to scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory‚ Mexico who have been working with honeybees since 1999‚ believe that bees can actually challenge dogs when it comes to sense of smell. The buzzing insects that seek out molecular hints of the pollen to make honey can easily detect other minute particles in the air‚ including traces of materials used to make bombs
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Katrina Mckissick Professor Jenna Thrasher- Sneathen Writing Assignment 4.1 July 30‚ 2012 It is believed that Queen Hatshepsut dressed as a man to gain support of the Egyptians. After her death her successor removed as many remnants of her rule as possible. Although a pharaoh‚ her mummified remains and tomb have never conclusively been found. During Queen Hatshepsut’s rule the economy is Egypt was flourishing for about twenty years. She expanded trade routes and built many temples. She
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Bobby Shmurda Ms. Nicholson ENG-1D1-61 June 15‚ 2013 Romeo and Juliet Questions Act One. Scene 3. Question 5. Like a lot of other mother daughter relationships‚ Lady Capulet and her daughter clearly have a troubled one. The relationship between Lady Capulet and Juliet are strained and distant. Lady Capulet does try and make an effort to reach out to her daughter now that she is old enough to get married‚ but it’s obvious that Juliet’s closest bond is with the Nurse because she is the one that
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In “Queen of Mold” the author speaks of her mother’s cooking habits‚ which differ from the traditional stereotype. Reichl speaks of how her mother would always be in the kitchen and loved to entertain guests‚ which are characteristics attached to the idea of a housewife. This view is often supported in our daily lives through commercials‚ TV-shows‚ and other mediums. However‚ in Reichl’s story there is an important twist‚ her mother is a terrible cook. Instead of contributing to the family by fulfilling
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