Film noir is a genre of cinematic film marked by a menacing‚ fatalistic tone that is achieved through characteristics such as infinite‚ unbroken darkness. Cyberpunk‚ conversely‚ is a genre of science fiction‚ set in a society that is tyrannised by the advancement of computer technology. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner‚ a film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s original science fiction novel‚ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? combines certain cyberpunk and film noir conventions to achieve a metropolis
Premium Blade Runner
Conflicting Perspectives – Nazis The comparison of two texts specifically constructed to convey a particular view of an event‚ situation or persona highlights the relationship between representation and meaning. “Seeds of Death” an anti-Nazi artwork by John Heartfield and “Stolz Der Nation” a fictional yet realistic Nazi propaganda film directed by Eli Roth both embody this notion of conflicting perspectives. Compositional elements such as techniques specific to medium of production and contextual
Premium Nazi Germany Germany World War II
and understanding into a completely new being. Often times‚ this development of the protagonist is seen as the most crucial element in the progression of the text. This growth is the central purpose of the character and the novel. In Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon‚ protagonist Milkman Dead embarks on a journey to discover truths of his family’s origin. Most importantly‚ the journey becomes two-fold‚ making a profound impact to prompt the growth and development of Milkman’s character as a whole. Various
Premium
Franchesca Mrs. Thomas AP Literature and Composition A Knight Nobler Than a Monk The Canterbury Tales‚ written at the end of the fourteenth century‚ is a frame story written by Geoffrey Chaucer. In the novel‚ the narrator joins a diverse group of twenty-nine pilgrims who are traveling from Southwark to the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas’a Becket. While the pilgrims are gathered at the inn‚ Chaucer observes the pilgrims and records a descriptive account of twenty-seven of the pilgrims‚ which
Premium Management Strategic management Marketing
Comparison of Bowling for Columbine and Let’s Talk About Sex We all know the infamous author Michael Moore for his dark sense of humor that has shed its light on America in different ways. He is great at the craft of documentaries‚ and in my opinion it is one of the best that I have ever seen. “Bowling for Columbine‚” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. In many ways this film had me uneasy‚ yet I feel it is one of the most compelling documentaries that I have seen. Throughout this documentary
Premium Michael Moore Bowling for Columbine Columbine High School massacre
Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” is of a complicated relationship with her mother that comes out in the mother-daughter dynamic in the story. The mother‚ obviously a dominant figure in the young girl’s upbringing‚ informs the young girl of various duties associated with being a young‚ dignified lady. Her mother gives the daughter advice to make her the "proper" woman she should in fact be‚ and this advice gets more and more firm as the story continues. “Girl” is a very well suitable title
Free Woman Question Girl
going to write about is the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in this story you will see how Bruce Wayne (batman) will come from being known as a villain in Gotham city to be coming the city’s biggest hero they ever had. In the last move of the Dark knight Bruce Wayne defeated the joker but lost what he though was most important to him his love Rachel‚ Bruane Wayne (Batman) took the fall for Harvey Dent murder so that the city would have an icon and could live up to. In the Dark Knight Rises Bruce Wayne is after
Premium Batman Two-Face James Gordon
and the MLA documentation information to form an essay on two or more works we have read. List of Reading Selections "Sonny ’s Blues" “Hills Like White Elephants” “Aunt Jennifer ’s Tigers” "Girl" “A Rose for Emily” “The Cask of Amontillado” “Young Goodman Brown” "Trifles" "Digging" "Dulce Decorum Est" Directions: Please select one of the topics below on which you will write a two-page essay. Do not use any Internet sources. You may use
Premium Writing Literature Essay
The song “When I Grow Up”‚ by Pussycat Dolls was released in 2009. The Pussycat Dolls were a group of five female artist who sang and performed pop music in the mid years of 2000s. In “When I Grow Up”‚ features a lot of narcissism in the lyrics that tells their audience they should grow up to be famous‚ that they are better than any other person‚ and everything they do matters. From the title of the song “When I Grow up”‚ people may not think nothing much of the song at first. Once the song plays
Premium English-language films Gender Female
COMPARATIVE ESSAY OUTLINE TEMPLATE INTRODUCTION The text______________________________________ by _________________________ and the text ______________________________________ by ________________________________ deal with the main idea/topic of __________________________________________________________________. The authors want to prove (thesis: problem or question student wants to investigate and answer to the question or solution to the problem). The authors explore (subtopics) __________________
Premium Writing Literary theory Critical thinking