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    Essay #1: Spanish Colonization and Destruction of the Aztecs The Spanish influence in the Americas negatively impacted the Aztec empire and other natives of the Americas until Spanish conquistadors ultimately conquered the native people. No other outside force could possibly have been as destructive to the Aztec empire as the Spanish settlement and colonization in the sixteenth century. Regardless of primary intentions‚ Hernan Cortes and his men slowly brought down Moctezuma and his army of

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    Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function

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    The Spanish-American War was a war fought to protect economic interests‚ under disguise as American sympathy for the Cubans under Spanish rule. During the late 19th century‚ an influx of immigrants‚ crowded cities‚ and a growing unemployment rate brought economic uncertainty among many Americans. Imperialism provided the

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    are numerous critics of Spanglish among both Spanish-speakers and American-English-speakers. It is commonly assumed that Spanglish is a jargon: partly Spanish and partly English‚ "with neither gravitas nor a clear identity" . It is spoken by many of the approximately 35 million people of Hispanic descent in the United States‚ who‚ "no longer fluent in the language of Cervantes‚ have not yet mastered that of Shakespeare" 3. The defenders of pure Spanish are alarmed by the fact that Spanglish is advancing

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    WHAT IS FILM NOIR? Actually‚ I am tempted to answer: "Film noir is a label which film critics use merely because it sounds good." The correct pronunciation is [film nwar] by the way. Originally‚ it is a French expression‚ meaning "black cinema". The term was borrowed from "roman noir"‚ gothic horror stories from 19th century England. The thing is that film noir cannot easily be defined. There are a few movies which most cineastes and critics label film noir‚ though. I would like to divide these

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    The Spanish flu of 1918-1919 was the worst global disaster in the American history‚ it killed more people in one year than twenty four years of AIDS from 1980 to 2004. The Spanish flu was an infectious disease caused by the (H1N1) virus. The pandemic led to important developments in medicine‚ for example the efficiency of vaccinations. This research essay will firstly consider the epidemiology of the Spanish flu in the united states between 1918 and 1919‚ then it will examine its treatment and prevention

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    Spanish Study Guide Capitulo 10 1. Present Perfect Tense a. Formed with the present tense of the verb “haber” (to have) followed by a form of the verb called the past participle i. Ex: “Han visitado ustedes Europa?” b. HABER forms ii. Yo- He iii. Tu- Has iv. El/Ella – Ha v. Nos- Hemos vi. Ustedes – Han 2. Past Participle Tense c. Formed by adding –ado to the stem of –ar verbs and –ido to the stem of –er and

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    Pop culture has idealized the way women are presented in film. We have come to expect that women can be presented as and it is acceptable to portray them as passive‚ sexual objects in film‚ which revolves around the male gaze‚ meaning it is portrayed through the eyes of men and their desires. (Haslam 187-190) “Babylon” the sixth episode of Mad Men reinforces this focus on women through the ‘male gaze’ as argued by Laura Mulvey and ‘hyper-sexualization’ argued by Phillips & Strobol. There are two

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    Horror in Films Alfred Hitchcock once said‚ “The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them” (Alfred Hitchcock Quotes). I do not make horror films‚ but I do watch them. Similar to Hitchcock‚ they help me face my fears. Do you associate horror films with your fears? My biggest fears are demonophobia‚ which is the fear of evil spirits‚ and taphephobia‚ which is the fear of being buried alive (Phobia Lists). These phobias most certainly helped in my decision to compare and contrast

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    The two movies I viewed were Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist‚ which were both directed by Tobe Hopper. Both films displayed the general rules horror films generally follow through the use of horror film genre conventions. For instance‚ both movies follow the good verses evil story lines and in each the end does ultimately win. However‚ this is not entirely true in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The friends represented the good and the chainsaw carrying monster and his family portrayed the evil

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