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Riefenstahl's Triumph Of The Will: A Work Of Art
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2249.... art although we know their message is against humanity? With reference to Ben Shahn’s book, The Shape of Content, I will examine these questions in an attempt to show that great art like anything labelled great must first accomplish certain goals which include excellence in and impact of content and form Although Triumph of the Will is nearly great, its content and history cripple the art, demoting it to a great technical film and as an example of flawed talent. Triumph of the Will, though eloquent and innovative, fails to attain the status of great art because of the inse .....
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Breaker Morant
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1538.... all over South Africa, and Great Britain knew that if they had possession of them that their economy would profit greatly. Also, South Africa had many strategic points for ports to be built. Ships traveling to India and Asia could stop at these ports. It was a perfect place for British ships because it was like a mid-point between the two places in which it was traveling. Ships could also replenish supplies such as food, clothes, men, etc. The British occupation of the land sparked a debate on whether the British should have access to South Africa. They only wanted it because .....
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Hamlet: An Review And Summary
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 778.... for fear that it may be attacked. This is to set the perfect mood for the tragedy that is about to unfold later in the story. Also, with lines like “Who’s there?” and “I am sick at heart”, the audience is already, in the first scene, given an indication that something is wrong.
The balance in Hamlet occurs when Hamlet shows grievance for his father’s death and Claudius and Gertrude talk to him about it and about their marriage. Hamlet cannot believe that less than two months after his father’s death, his mother is already has plans to marry his uncle. It is here tha .....
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The Fool In King Lear
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 871.... treatment thereafter. Hence, the king went in search of his youngest
daughter. His youngest daughter had married the king of France while she
was gone. His youngest daughter returned with him two Britain and helped
him to regain hi throne.
Shakespeare utilized this British legend to create what is arguably
one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Shakespeare took this British
legend and conceptualized it to fit his audience. Shakespeare added the
character of the Fool as a tool in better understanding Lear. The Fool
exists as a metaphorical device in the King's path to bette .....
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Hamlet: Contrast Plays A Major Role
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 690.... far as to include his puns in this grave scene (V,1,120).
Hamlet himself experiences a temporary lightening of mood from listening to
the gravediggers' conversation. Their carefree treatment of death singing while
digging graves, not to mention tossing skulls in the air) is a parallel to
Hamlet's newfound attitude. After having committed himself to his cause in Act
IV, he is no longer bothered by the paradox of good and evil, and (seemingly) is
untroubled by his previous misgivings.
Hamlet's musings on the equality of all men in death serve as a transition
into th .....
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The Crucible: John Proctor's Marriage
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 384.... because he would have to condemn himself as well. He tried to
wash his hand of the entire affair, but was forced by his wife’s arrest to
become involved. He risked public condemnation and humiliation as well as
the loss of his good name by having his shame publicly known and validated.
Everything that could have been done was attempted by John in order to save
his wife from the false accusations, which she faced. He would have moved
heaven and earth if he could to prove her innocence.
All marriages have their downfalls, but it is love that makes the
cause worth fighting .....
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The Direct And Indirect Impact Of Rhetoric In The Color Purple
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 722.... beats her into submission. Celie also passes on what she learned
from “Mister” to his son Harpo, the rhetoric of “the importance of a man giving
his wife a good beating.” Albert Johnson does not even realize how important
Celie is to him until she is gone. At that point he returns some of the love
that is shown to him by helping Nettie and her family to return to the United
States in order to see Celie. This action shows the impact of Mr. Johnson's
rhetoric on Celie by returning to her the first person that she ever loved.
Both the rhetoric that Mr. Johnson exposes C .....
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Movie: All Quiet On The Western Front
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 628.... what they
learned in training camp they do not need to know because, you don't need to
know how to march in war. The first day they are there, Paul sees a horse
getting killed. He is very mad about this because the horses are innocent and
they are not involved with the war. Paul is changed emotionally by this and he
is sad about it.
After the boys see the Kaiser they talk and don't even know what they
are fighting for. One night in battle Paul killed a French soldier. Once he
killed the solider he begins to regret that he killed him. He looks at the
pictures of the soldier .....
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