The science fiction thriller film ‘Gattaca’‚ directed and written by Andrew Niccol‚ set in the “not too distant future”‚ it portrays a society in which genetic engineering has created an advanced yet dystopian world. In this world‚ we can clearly see that people have secrets and they are willing to lie‚ cheat and even kill to get where they want to be and to be their very best. No one is who they seem to be and everyone has something to hide. Throughout the film‚ there are 3 main characters that
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Horses by Edwin Muir Homework to complete before class analysis of poem. Directions: select either question one or two to complete for homework. 1. Rhythm: read the poem aloud at least 3 times. As you read it the 3rd time‚ jot down the rhyme scheme. As you read it a forth time‚ record your voice. Listen to your recorded voice and write down your observations. What do you notice? 2. Activity: consider for a moment that the poem is written to reflect a fairy tale or bad dream. In the box below
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Winners never cheat and cheaters never win Winners never cheat and cheaters never win. Americans have grown up with this statement. It is as American as baseball or apple pie. It appears that over the years‚ winning has become everything and athletes will do whatever it takes to win. In order to achieve this goal‚ more and more professional athletes are turning to the use of performance enhancing drugs. "A performance enhancing drug is any substance that is taken for the sole purpose of enhancing
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tall silent closet‚ sprinkled with dust. Its wooden doors decorated with pieces of glass of all shapes. It’s lonely; nothing kept it company‚ not even the visiting spiders. You have a quick fright as you turn around and see the bruised rocking chair‚ rocking with no wind. Its old-fashioned look draws you in to look closer‚ and closer‚ till you get close enough that it quickly changes grotesquely into a mirror. The
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Who Was the Winner of Bunker Hill? Who won the battle at Bunker Hill? Many say that it was a moral win for the Americans. Others argue that the battle at Bunker Hill was in some ways a victory for the British. Both the American strategy and British strategy played huge roles in who “won” the Battle of Bunker Hill. According to the Americans they won‚ but according to the British the British won. The Americans only partially accomplished their strategy‚ but they had a moral win of the battle
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Analyse how conflict (either internal or external) was used in a film you have studied to help us better understand a main character. “Often‚ it’s not about becoming a new person‚ but becoming the person you were meant to be‚ and already are‚ but don’t know how to be.” An Education directed by Lone Scherfig is a film about coming of age and discovering whom we are. The film is set in the early 1960’s a time ruled by moral code and strong feminist rules. Jenny is the main character who is 16 and
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Brian P. Fells Psych of the African Am. Final Film Essay: “Crash” Crash is a movie where director clearly and deliberately portrays the characters in within the context of many typical ethnic stereotypes that exist in our world today. Society sees race as an indicator of identity and ability. Instead of getting to know an individual‚ we see color or ethnicity first and assume that we already know them as well as their tendencies. This very problematic issue affects us all in some way or
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cinematic language communicates to viewers that Juno had decided against an abortion. No one ever says‚ “Juno has decided not to have the abortion.” In the scene where Juno visits the clinic (starting with her encounter with Su-Chin)‚ how does the film show us Juno’s decision-making process? At what point do we know what Juno has decided? In other words‚ what do we see and hear in the scene that communicates what Juno is thinking? Once Su-Chin tells Juno about the baby having fingernails‚ Juno
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Death and the Maiden Important Excerpts “Two aspects of ‘The Lady of Shalott’ were especially attractive to artists: the woman imprisoned in her tower and‚ more especially‚ the dead or dying woman floating down the river to Camelot” “The theme of the imprisoned woman was most fully explored by Holman Hunt who produced several versions. The earliest was his 1850 drawing (Fig 4.4)‚ the first by any artist to illustrate this subject.” “Both artists have adapted the poem to their own ends and have
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to have lots of knowledge is to read a lot of books just like Matilda. That’s why she is as smart as a master who is expert on everything. In the film‚ Matilda Wormwood‚ who was always being neglected by her self-involved parents tells us that parents need to have good responsibility of taking care children. An example of neglecting child in the film was when Matilda was forced to watch the television. ’And what’s wrong with the television?’ her father said. His voice was suddenly soft and dangerous
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