Notes on the performances of Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in the Godfather in the light of Roland Barthes ‘The Third Meaning’. In Roland Barthes’ essay‚ “The Third Meaning‚” he posits two levels of meaning in a film or photographic image: the first is the simple or informational level which simply tells you everything you can learn from the setting‚ the costumes‚ the characters‚ their relations and so forth; and the second is the symbolic level‚ which shows you the connotations inside an image
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Edison Arellano Joseph Eshlemen SPEECH 1000 80117 9/25/13 Extra Credit (Rosebud) The word “Rosebud” had many different kinds of meanings‚ some outrageous and others more relevant to the word but searching through all the explanations‚ I believe that the meaning for this word was the name of a snow sled that a young boy wanted but couldn’t really get back. This pictured on a drama film in the 1940’s called “Citizen Kane” that was produced‚ directed‚ co-written‚ and starred by a man named Orson Wells
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The other day I was looking through an old notebook of drawings I had done in High School‚ and I guessed I had forgotten how obsessed I used to be with death. When you are a kid you don’t really understand the concept of death because you can’t understand the concept of life either. What is life‚ or rather‚ what do we mean by being alive? In my opinion life is the most precious gift ever given to us though it is difficult to be understood as a concept. It is a one time deal and we have to make the
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Man’s Search for Meaning is a relatively short but powerful novel about an experience through a concentration camp from the eyes of psychologist and author‚ Victor E. Frankl. "I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of a concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any condition‚ even the most miserable ones." (Victor Frankel). The first half of the book takes place in concentration camps throughout Europe‚ including the legendary Auschwitz. In his account of the camps
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19‚ 2013 CMS 200 – Voice and Diction How to Deal with a Parent’s Death Losing a loved one is like having a rug swept from under you. We make plans for the day‚ and do not think twice about how those plans can be taken away in the blink of an eye. I never thought much about it myself‚ until I was faced with the shocking‚ and undeniable truth of my mother’s death. The title of the article I selected was the Effects of a Parent’s Death on Adult Children: Relationship Salience and Reaction of Loss.
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epic cast of characters. But however open to interpretation the lyrics may have been‚ the song’s emotional resonance was unmistakable: McLean was clearly relating a defining moment in the American experience—something had been lost. Opening with the death of singer Buddy Holly and ending near the tragic concert at Altamont Motor Speedway‚ we are able to frame the span of years the song is covering—1959 to 1970—as the "10 years we’ve been on our own" of the third verse. It is across this decade that
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you about a topic that is near and dear in everyone’s existence: The Meaning of Life. Is human life just a dream‚ from which we never really awake‚ as some great thinkers claim? Are we submerged by our feelings‚ by our loves and hates‚ by our ideas of good‚ bad‚ beautiful‚ and awful? Are we incapable of knowing beyond those ideas and feelings? Is the reality we know a reality imposed to us by nature? Are the reality and the meaning of life a creation of men‚ such as music‚ or love or colors?When I
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The Meaning Behind the Raven Imagine you’re reading‚ almost sleeping‚ one late night in December when you hear a “... gently rapping‚ rapping at [your] chamber door‚” (4) as you go to check the front door apologizing to your late night “visitor” for not hearing it sooner‚ you open your front door to a pit of darkness‚ to silents‚ to no one. Confused‚ you blame the wind and open your window to find a bird‚ a crow‚ flying in and sitting on a statue that’s standing upon your bedroom. You begin to
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“The unexamined Life is not worth living” Socrates was considered by many to be the wisest man in ancient Greece. While he was eventually condemned for his wisdom‚ his spoken words are still listened to and followed today. When‚ during his trial‚ Socrates stated that‚ "the unexamined life is not worth living" (Plato 45)‚ people began to question his theory. They began to wonder what Socrates meant with his statement‚ why he would feel that a life would not be worth living. To them‚ life was
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What is the Meaning of Sweet? What is the Meaning of Sweet? Dulce et Decorum Est‚ a poem written by Wilfred Owen‚ expels the definition of jolly‚ yet translates into “it is Sweet and”. What is so sweet? This question ponders the reader as they divulge into a whirlwind of Combat Gnosticism‚ the realistic ideal of the front hand experiences encountered in war. The title‚ so eloquently put‚ holds no truth to the cold and bitter reality witnessed by so many soldiers in first
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