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    Phantom of the Opera

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    Symbolism behind the Phantom of the Opera Throughout the story and the original novel‚ the symbolic use of mirrors abound. I think much deeper it’s dealt with in the original book by Gaston Leroux‚ and somewhat alluded to in different terms in the movie. Nevertheless‚ let’s take a look at the reflection in the mirror and see what’s there. What is a mirror? Basically‚ it’s just a smooth shiny surface that forms an image by reflection. When we gaze into a mirror‚ our reflection returns to us‚ and

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    The Phantom of the Opera

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    THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber‚ based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux. It is considered by many to be the most successful musical of all time and is also the longest running show in Broadway history. The music is composed by Lloyd Webber‚ with lyrics by Charles Hart. Additional lyrics are by Richard Stilgoe. The book was written by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. The central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano‚ Christine

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    The Phantom Menace

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    Where it all started‚ somewhat. The prequels are my generation. They bring me back to when I was a toddler and that is where the admiration of all Star Wars films germinated. With assumption that everyone has seen The Phantom Menace‚ a synopsis is unnecessarily. The theatrical highlight was Queen Amidala and Queen Amidala’s decoy. The out-of-this-galaxy makeup and robes made it difficult to differentiate one another. In the element of who seemed to trust their own costumed characters the most‚ diplomats

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    BEOWULF (Movie Reaction) Beowulf is an early Anglo-Saxon epic poem that reflects the life of the Anglo-Saxons. In like matter‚ their culture‚ custom‚ persona‚ values and their ways of life are shown and exposed. Beowulf happened during the Anno Domini or the Year of the Lord so the Anglo-Saxons believe in Jesus Christ‚ the Christian God. Moreover‚ they deem on fate that all of us will reach our Ragnarok. Beowulf is a man as well as a hero who is the perfect image and individual for the Anglo-Saxons

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    Grace Whittemore 4/20/13 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera is a story with many themes and many storylines‚ such as love‚ hatred‚ and good vs. evil. The theme that trumps the rest is that appearances are not what they seem. In The Phantom of the Opera‚ by Gaston Leroux‚ appearances are not as they seem in the Opera Populaire. This is true from the way that the owners believe in the Phantom‚ how Christine is involved with Erik‚ and Raoul’s journey to learning about Erik. The

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    Phantom Pain and Limbs

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    limb. This feeling‚ referred to as "phantom pain" or "stump hallucination"‚ is a frustrating sensation to an amputee. For some amputees‚ these phantom sensations may be no more than painless distractions of pressure‚ warmth‚ and cold that do not interfere with their everyday lives. Some patients have even reported having phantom pleasures; an "orgasmic" feeling in a missing limb. For the majority of amputees‚ about 50% to 80% (Sherman)‚ they experience phantom pains that vary in classification from

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    Phantom movements and pain -an fMRI study in upper limb amputees A Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment was conducted on 14 upper limb amputees who were being compared and assessed with seven fully competent participants. This experiment involved examining the execution of hand and lip movements and imagined movements of the phantom limb or left hand. Fourteen of the participants had part of their upper limb amputated‚ nine of which had lost their right hand. During the experiment

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    this collection of treasures and trinkets known as “The Phantom of The Opera.” It should be quite obvious by now the fact that the Phantom happens to be the cunning culprit responsible for the act of my Broadway musical ‘cherry popping’ exposure. I hope the reader would excuse my French simply because I mean no disrespect in any profane way to a long time next door rival production called “Mary Poppins”. In other words “The Phantom of the Opera” has comfortably secured the first spot

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    Phantoms In The Snow Noah is a fifteen year old boy whose parents died of smallpox. He has no choice‚ but to go live with his uncle. He was sent to Camp Hale where his uncle lived and trained. His uncle was part of an elite group of soldiers called Phantoms. They trained to fight in the snow. They used used skis to travel faster and trained as if it was real warfare. Noah wanted to join his uncle‚ so he lied about his age and said he was sixteen. He met many new friends such as Wiley

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    Philadelphia High School High School Department S.Y. 2012-2013 The Phantom of the Opera A Movie Review Submitted by: Stephanie Pauline Dico Submitted to: Mrs. Velasquez September 24‚ 2012 The Phantom of the Opera (2004) is a romantic-horror movie directed by Joel Schumacher while the screenplay was written by the joint forces of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Joel Schumacher. The music they used were eventually put into a soundtrack and there were two versions released‚ the normal 14 disk

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