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Man With The Movie Camera: Shot Change Constructs A New Perspective
<view this essay>.... flow which daily life really is. He
perceived that life was not one smooth ride without any bumps or collisions, but
rather it was kind of unpredictable filled with jarring incidents at every
corner. The other reason for the director's use of cuts and camera movements
was he wanted to make sure people remembered that they were watching a movie and
that they were not in some fantasy land. At one point in the middle of the film
there was a scene with Vertov's wife clipping and editing the movie in a studio.
Then there was a still-frame before the movie continues. This was done so
viewers would again realize they were watching a movie, because too often peopl .....
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Hamlet And Oedipus Rex: The Birth Of Kings
<view this essay>.... unaware of the truths surrounding them. In Hamlet's case,
growing up under the loving care of his parents, he believes that his
father died of natural causes. Or, in Oedipus' case, the main character
thinks that he has escaped Apollo's prophecy that decreed that he would
grow up and murder his father, the king, and marry his mother, the queen.
This eventually leads to the point at which both have their "eyes" opened
to the reality surrounding their "illusionary" worlds. Hamlet is
approached by the ghost of his dead father who reveals that his own brother,
Hamlet's uncle, murdered him. Oedipus Rex discovers the truth when the
blind prophet, Teires .....
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Media Vs. Masses...Who Controls Who?
<view this essay>.... Hate the Media". In this text Hallows examines the evolution of
the media and its relationship to the public it caters to. In the thirties,
media mimicked sleepytime Sunday morning political debates that one would
watch on the public access channel. They, in many ways were considered
"boring." Networks were growing more interested in attracting their
audiences. As the years advanced and technology followed, media began
taking different approaches to arouse the public. Conflicts on television
where seen as a more interesting and productive approach to increasing
ratings. After a while, interviewers would attempt to provoke debate, mud
throwing and even e .....
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Gothic
<view this essay>.... providing the widest scope for the
development of architectural ideas.1
Although by 1400 Gothic had become the universal style of building in
the Western world, its creative heartland was in northern France in an area
stretching from the royal domain around Paris, including Saint-Denis and
Chartres, to the region of the Champagne in the east and southward to Bourges.
Within this restricted area, in the series of cathedrals built in the course of
the 12th and 13th centuries, the major innovations of Gothic architecture took
place.2
The supernatural character of medieval religious architecture was given
a special form in the Gothic church. "Medieval man .....
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Critical Article On MacBeth
<view this essay>.... the fog
and filthy air". He even goes so far to call that a "vacuous tag-line".
This is a example of a line which sums up a certain point that Robertson
has passed off as horrid. Empson points out that "it establishes from the
start the theme of fog" and I am within full agreement with Empson when he
remarks that comment of the line.
Certain lines to MacBeth, which Empson described as essential, were
disregarded by Robertson as having "no sense". This paragraph shows an
example of what Robertson disregarded:
"But cruel are the times, when we are traitors And do not know
ourselves, when we hold rumour From what we fear, yet know not what we .....
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Richard III
<view this essay>.... despot and the
reality of totalitarian rule.
Plato's Republic, a fascinating look at the comparison of the just soul
and the unjust soul, allows one to see the philosophical motives behind despot
rule. Despot rulers are simply driven by fear. Their anxieties and
insecurities lead to a hatred that has a desire to destroy, deep-rooted in
violence. Despot rulers are also never satisfied with the power they have at
any given time, thus exposing their constant fear of retaliation from their
subjects. This examination of the despot ruler by Plato clearly shows the
motives by which despot rulers rule, but it fails to explain why and how these
motives originate i .....
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Arts And Ceramics In History
<view this essay>.... lump iron, bronze, and lead along with other commodities. This is because there was little Etruscan art found in Greek sites.
Corinth dominated the pottery trade in exportation up to the sixth century BC. Around about 525 BC the Corinthian and all other regional styles had been driven from the ceramics scene by Athens, who had created an empire of luxury wares with Attic Black Figure pottery. Around 530 BC there was a birth of a new type of pottery called Attic Red Figure. Attic Black Figure was virtually replaced by the new comer around 480 BC. The key to Athens’s success was due in part to the variety of shapes and the countless range of pictorial and g .....
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Hamlet: Horatio - A Man Of Thought, Fortinbras - A Man Of Action
<view this essay>.... in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are
dreamt of in your philosophy" (1.5.166-168). This reveals Horatio's attitude to
the audience. It shows that Horatio only believes in what scholars say. Study
is his only purpose I life. He is admired and used by others for his knowledge,
The audience becomes aware of this admiration when the soldiers use Horatio
the speak with the ghost. Marcellus says "Thou art a scholar; speak to it,
Horatio" ( 1.1.42). The soldiers need Horatio because he is an educated
man. As a man of thought Horatio has a significant role in helping society.
Fortinbras is a man of action. He takes action before he thinks about the
conse .....
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