their filmic reputation out of the 1950’s martial-arts action films produced by the Shaw Brothers. This can be reaffirmed through the statement in Film Art that‚ "Shaws made films in many genres‚ but among its biggest successes were dynamic‚ gory sword fighting films (wuxia pian‚ or ‘tales of martial chivalry’)" (493). Such films eventually lead to the endorsement of classic martial artists from Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan‚ ultimately establishing a sort of genre built around "meticulously choreographed
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The earliest representations of Japanese warriors are clay figures called "haniwa" which were found on ancient grave mounds around 250-500 A.D. These figures were often wearing suits of armor and armed with swords. The earliest soldiers seem to have belonged to local leaders and guarded the leaders land from invasion from outside forces. Japan was unified and and Emperor took power in 646 A.D‚ and a government which was modeled after the T’ang dynasty in
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them as long as they were brave and what they did involved honor. Another interesting point that the film mentions is that for a Japanese samurai at the time‚ their sword meant more then anything in their life. As much as their friends an family mattered‚ nothing compared to the meaning of one’s sword‚ for it was said that a samurai’s sword was his soul. This way we can see how much the Japanese culture was focused on the samurai and their way of fighting. As the government began pressing on the issue
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KARABAR DISTANCE EDUCATION ENGLISH FACULTY Assessment Task –Preliminary Course English Standard 2014 Task no: 1 Mail Date: 14/03/2014 Topic: ‘Gladiator’ – Representations of a Hero Weighting: 25% Language modes: Viewing/ Representing/ Writing Outcomes to be assessed: 1‚3‚5‚7‚12 P1: A student demonstrates understanding of the relationships between composer‚ responder‚ text and context. P5: A student describes the ways different technologies and media of production
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have to worry about the very acts being preformed from playing with swords and fire to hanging from a wire hundreds of feet in the air. If their not focused on what they are doing‚ they can be killed in a instant. One of the popular acts they do is called sword swallowing. This is a very dangerous stunt were they put a razor sharp sword down their throat like its nothing. This is an ancient skill in which the performer passes a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach. This is
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Kashina McGrath English Beowulf Rough Draft 10/28/15 The characteristics of an Epic Hero during the Anglo-saxon periods were bravery‚ strength‚ and loyalty. The story of Beowulf began with the challenge of slaying the monster‚ Grendel. In order for him to slay this monster‚ and the others‚ he had to have the traits and abilities of an hero. Ever since beowulf defeated Grendel‚ he has been known for his bravery‚ strength‚ and loyalty; a true Epic Hero. Beowulf shows his bravery in many different
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front of his right and his right hand holding his sword. Besides the fashion‚ he held this sword by the grip of his right hand along with showing his beaded bracelet to match his suit. With the sword point connected on ground level of his feet. The sword did have a thin long blade about half the size of his body along with a loop guard connected from its pom mel to the cross guard and a thick gold rain guard (chappe) to match. Last details that the sword held seemed to be a red cloth wrapped around the
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(“night”-“bright”‚ “soon”-“moon”)‚ with the only exception being “roving”-“loving”. The repetition of “roving” and “loving”‚ suggests that these two words are central to the theme of the poem. The use of masculine rhymes as well as phallic imagery (“sword”)‚ suggests to the reader that the narrator is male. From the first stanza‚ we can infer that the narrator does not believe that the night is for sleeping. His use of the “moon” as a symbol for light‚ suggests that he believes that there is no difference
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’I could’ve sworn a sword or something came through me and...’ Naruto looked around‚ the trees were still. "Well‚ well‚" A dog donning leopard print pants and weidling two short swords stood in front of the spiky blonde. "I guess I was wrong‚ no one’s ’ere after all." Doggo said‚ his white snout pointed directly at Naruto. Naruto started getting himself up with the benefit of the doubt the dog couldn’t see him. "Oh-oh-oh! I was right after all!" Doggo gripped
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painting has a sad‚ fearful but overall a brave tone. We see that there are three soldiers ready to go to battle and a man is handing them their swords. This painting makes me feel sorrow to the soldiers who can potentially die when going to conflict.
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