...unraveling different strands, and evaluating what is most significant” (Barnet, Sylvan). In other words, it is a careful analysis of the issue at hand. While trying to figure out what to write about the idea came to mind to write about one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous movies Psycho. Psycho was a highly controversial movie when it first came to theaters. After its release, the movie changed the horror genre but the question is why it did. Psycho was released in 1960 after years of movie monsters being created in a lab or were from outer space. This was one of the first movies to show that monsters can be human too. Since its release it has been hailed the “"mother" of all modern horror suspense...
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...and unique characteristics that are shown well throughout the poem. Tom is the most interesting to me though because of his qualities and even his flaws. Tom has a few different and contradicting characteristics such as he is easily persuaded, his determination and his strong sense of guilt. Tom Wingfield seems to be easily entrapped and persuaded into certain situations he may or may not want to be in, given his current predicament. He has a feeling of being trapped at home because his mother and crippled sister depend on him. Tom would like to leave but he can not because he is basically devoted to taking care of them until they can find another source of income and help. Tom also wants to escape from his job at the warehouse and become a merchant marine. Tom desires adventure which he does not have at work or any other part of of his life. To get some sort of escape from reality Tom goes to the movies to have some sort of adventure. Tom finally gets his chance to leave when his mother says that if he can find his sister a husband then he can go off and do what he wants. “I go to the movies because I like adventure. Adventure is something I don’t have much of at work, so I go to the movies.” (Sc.4, p.1170) Grimes 2 Tom also seems to me to be a very determined person to some degree. Tom does not care to much for his job and he loves his family but does not want to be at home all his life, so he strives to get out of there. Wingfield is a strong person and...
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...necessary to express the Holocaust in distinct ways in order to foster an emotional catharsis for those searching for one. More than ever before in antiquity, photography has recently been being used to express emotion in way that words cannot. By incorporating photos into sensitive situations, they can trigger feelings towards events that meant little to nothing to them before, as well as use them to inform and explain concepts to those who had no general knowledge at all. In terms of the Holocaust, various artists used photography to make people remember traumatizing events and cause them to feel guilt to something that did not spiritually impact them before. One controversial photo that fits this criteria is Maurizio Cattelan’s “Him”. The photograph is of a boy that is on his knees in prayer in front of a gate in the Warsaw Ghetto. Not only does it make individuals feel guilt towards the young boy, but it is also a demonstration of a photo that people might use for their own emotional catharsis if they are trying to reinforce their memories and feelings towards the events of the Holocaust. One can admit that “art “can motivate us to face issues and concepts we prefer to ignore””, thus exemplifying how people forcibly make themselves think and feel about events that will upset them (Cembalest). People might do this if they are trying to relive past experiences or trying to find something to trigger them into having an emotional breakdown. This is also relevant in Yishai Judisman’s...
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... and he went down under an exceptional burden, more than twenty pounds of ammunition, plus the flak jacket and helmet and rations and water and toilet paper and tranquilizers, and all the rest, plus the unweighed fear.” (O'Brien, 1990) By using compound-complex sentence and listing “twenty pounds of ammunition, flak jacket, helmet, rations, water, toilet paper and tranquilizers [and most importantly], the unweighed fear” (O'Brien, 1990), O'Brien demonstrates not only the physical burdens but also the emotional burdens that a young soldier endures to convey the reader that not only the weight each soldier has to carry in order to survive, but also the weight of their emotional burden. At the same time, Lieutenant Cross feels the pain and guilt because he could have done something to save the young man’s life. Instead, he is addicted in his fantasy towards Martha: “He pictured Martha’s smooth young face, thinking he loved her more than anything, more than his men, and now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her.” (O'Brien, 1990) By...
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...Joelle Longo Mrs. Milboer Advanced Placement English 3 27 May 2013 This Is The New *hit: The Antichrist Superstar – Marketing Genius? He has the growl of a man and a physique of a woman, and has been creating controversy since the dawn of his music career in the early 1990s. His name is Brian Hugh Warner, famously known as Marilyn Manson. It is an understatement to say that Manson is a little out of the ordinary. With pungent assertions and eerie esthetics, Manson has created a loyal fan base and a legacy that will last him years to come. Why is Marilyn Manson as popular as he is, and how did he do it? Marilyn Manson uses cacophonous diction, grotesque imagery, guilt by association, and reverse psychology to attract listeners. Accordingly, in order to gain popularity, one must “spread the word” about himself/herself. Companies that want their products consumed will invest in televised commercials. Manson and advertisers from MTV's TRL did the same when promoting Manson's appearance on the show. Manson's persona was represented in the diction of the commercial. Harsh, “in-your-face”, cacophonous diction was used in the commercial with the narration of “Marilyn Manson wants to crash the party, by limo, by tank, by helicopter, who knows...” (“Marilyn Manson TRL Promo”). The uses of the words crash and tank are very harsh-sounding words, yet match Manson's persona. The word choice makes the commercial more attention-grabbing, and may make the listeners wonder who...
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...easily persuaded, his determination and his strong sense of guilt. Tom Wingfield seems to be easily entrapped and persuaded into certain situations he may or may not want to be in, given his current predicament. He has a feeling of being trapped at home because his mother and crippled sister depend on him. Tom would like to leave but he can not because he is basically devoted to taking care of them until they can find another source of income and help. Tom also wants to escape from his job at the warehouse and become a merchant marine. Tom desires adventure which he does not have at work or any other part of of his life. To get some sort of escape from reality Tom goes to the movies to have some sort of adventure. Tom finally gets his chance to leave when his mother says that if he can find his sister a husband then he can go off and do what he wants. “I go to the movies because I like adventure. Adventure is something I don’t have much of at work, so I go to the movies.” (Sc.4, p.1170) Grimes 2 Tom also seems to me to be a very determined person to some degree. Tom does not care to much for his job and he loves his family but does not want to be at home all his life, so he strives to get out of there. Wingfield is a strong person and can handle his situation but just desires to be on some sort of adventure. He is determined to have some sort of adventure and his way of doing that is sneaking out to the movies. When his mother ,Amanda ,gives him the option to find...
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...12 Angry Men PROC 5840, Negotiations, Midterm Case Analysis Table of Contents Table of Contents……………………………………………………….……………………………….…2 Character Listing…………………………………………………………………………………………...3 Major Case Issues…………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Analysis of Juror Number Eight……………………………………………………………………………7 Analysis of Juror Number Four…………………………………………………………………………...13 Analysis of Juror Number Nine…………………………………………………………………………...17 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………….19 12 Angry Men Character Listing Juror Number One (Martin Balsam): The jury foreman, he got off to a shaky start. However, he took his role seriously and facilitates voting. He was generally passive. Outside of the jury room he was an assistant high school football coach. Juror Number Two (John Fielder): This shy bank clerk was initially reluctant to participate and seemed intimidated by other jurors. Although he exhibited a tendency toward avoidance, eventually he contributed to the discussion. His opinion was easily swayed and he appeared to parrot other jurors. Juror Number Three (Lee J. Cobb): This small business owner shared the story of his turbulent relationship with his own son. He was aggressive and confrontational, using hard bargaining tactics such as intimidation, threats, and insults to influence others. He was the last juror to change his mind. Juror Number Four (E.G. Marshall): A calm, rational, and self-assured stockbroker, he concentrated...
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...he grew up in influenced and still has an influence on the cultures upon which the movies he directs are based upon. In this discussion, the attention will focus on his 1972 film, Mean Streets. Though he had been through the training of another director, Mr. Corman, the movie that granted him the breakthrough into the entertainment arena was actually motivated by the situations and events that he was exposed to in his upbringing. In this discussion, there will be some light shed on claim that, what each human being undergoes as a child has a great impact on the shape and patterns that his adult life takes. When Martin as a young director was granted the opportunity to direct a movie, he want for what he had endured and witnessed as a child. This discussion will focus on the relationship between the style he adopted in the movie and the themes portrayed. In the movie, there is bloody violence, macho posturing, gritty New York locale despite the majority of the movie being shot in Los Angeles, rapid fire editing, a rock soundtrack, Catholic guilt and the redemption. All this aspects in the movie have either direct or indirect relationships to his upbringing as will be discussed below. Discussion Apart from Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese has directed has been hailed as an influential and significant filmmaker of all time for other movies such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. All this movies have a common identity in that, they demonstrate the themes of either gang violence...
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...Images of the unobtainable thin body can be seen anywhere. The media has many different outlets; television, movies, magazines billboards, and the internet. I myself can attest to watching television and thinking why isn’t my body like that. I know what it feels like to not feel beautiful because the image of beauty that the media portrays is the complete opposite of myself. The media portrays tall and thin as the “ideal” image of beauty. The National Eating Disorder Association (2012) reports that the media and its portrayal of beauty is acknowledged as one of the factors contributing to the rise of eating disorders. In our culture, the media portrays tall and thin as the ideal image of beauty. Magazines, television , movies, commercials, and more portray attractive women as being extremely thin. It is nearly impossible to escape the influence of the media and children today are being exposed to these portrayals earlier and earlier in life. Since we have immediate access to all sorts of media, could the constant reminder of the “ideal” body type cause a negative body image and low self-esteem? Body image as defined by Dina L.G. Borzekowski and Angela M. Bayer is “the internal representation of one's own outer appearance which reflects physical and perceptual dimensions.”(Borzekowski & Bayer, 2005) They also state that body image is closely related to self-esteem and self-concept. During one’s juvenile years, poor body image is especially harmful, because all of the...
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...Naseeruddin Shah. While Bharadwaj has more or less retained the narrative of the original play, he does move around the settings of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Pankaj Kapur (Abbaji - Duncan) is the reigning don of Mumbai’s underworld and Tabu (Nimmi - Lady Macbeth) is his mistress who loves Kapur’s right hand man Irfan Khan (Maqbool - Macbeth). Bharadwaj has intelligently adapted the characters of the play to suit his characters and the time in which it is set by replacing the three witches or soothsayer’s of the original by two corrupt policemen with a knack for astrology, played by Om Puri (Inspector Pandit) and Naseeruddin Shah (Inspector Purohit). Macbeth, a story about personal ambition, has strong themes of violence, political turmoil and guilt. These ideas are maintained by Bharadwaj to a great extent; however the change in the characterisation of Macbeth and his Lady ensures that the overwhelming theme in the movie is also love/passion. Shakespeare’s Macbeth kills Duncan purely out of ambition; Maqbool’s motivations go beyond those of being the don. Maqbool out of love for Nimmi as well as the hearsay that Abbaji may not be as good as Maqbool originally thinks he is, leads to a scared yet determined Maqbool to end Abbaji’s life. The policemen too, unlike Shakespeare’s witches, have an active role to play in the movie. They time and again keep intervening to “maintain balance of power” as they call it, by instigating Maqbool, letting go of Boti (Macduff) so that he may join Guddu...
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...Images of the unobtainable thin body can be seen anywhere. The media has many different outlets; television, movies, magazines billboards, and the internet. I myself can attest to watching television and thinking why isn’t my body like that. I know what it feels like to not feel beautiful because the image of beauty that the media portrays is the complete opposite of myself. The media portrays tall and thin as the “ideal” image of beauty. The National Eating Disorder Association (2012) reports that the media and its portrayal of beauty is acknowledged as one of the factors contributing to the rise of eating disorders. In our culture, the media portrays tall and thin as the ideal image of beauty. Magazines, television , movies, commercials, and more portray attractive women as being extremely thin. It is nearly impossible to escape the influence of the media and children today are being exposed to these portrayals earlier and earlier in life. Since we have immediate access to all sorts of media, could the constant reminder of the “ideal” body type cause a negative body image and low self-esteem? Body image as defined by Dina L.G. Borzekowski and Angela M. Bayer is “the internal representation of one's own outer appearance which reflects physical and perceptual dimensions.”(Borzekowski & Bayer, 2005) They also state that body image is closely related to self-esteem and self-concept. During one’s juvenile years, poor body image is especially harmful, because all of the rapid...
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...Hitchcock Footprint Comparison Essay Alfred Hitchcock’s ability to draw the viewer into an atmosphere where you feel completely immersed is parallel to none. His style of directing has made movies recognizable beyond that of even a modern day film. His movies have been able to transcend that of many scary movies of the time because of the footprints that he embedded into each movie. These trademarks or seen throughout all of his movies, and they all share a common ground. In two of his greatest films Psycho and Rear Window you can see that these footprints attribute to the overall mise en scène of the movie. Some of the footprints that Hitchcock leaves in these two movies are extraordinary situations occurring to ordinary people, voyeurism, sound leading to climax, dark lighting, and close up shots. In Psycho one of the main characters Marion Crane an ordinary realtor's office secretary is thrusts into a situation where she is on the run from the law as well as her won guilt from stealing 40,000 thousand dollars. The fact that she works a nine to five just like every other American of the time creates common ground. When she was eventually murdered in a motel, it made the viewer feel as if it can happen to anyone who stays at a motel. In Rear Window the main character L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies was a photographer, a job which seems pretty ordinary but when he his bed ridden due to a broken leg he is thrust into an extraordinary situation where he is watching a murder investigation...
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...“The Things They Carried” is a novel about war. Their are very many themes in the book, but the main I want to talk about guilt and blame. This theme connects a lot to death in the story. Many people die throughout the story and people in the unit feel guilty about it or believe they should take blame for it. I will explain why they feel this way. Ted Lavender is a character in the book who is a soldier. He is one of the main soldiers, he is a scared person in the war. He would carry with him tranquilizers with him until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in April. Kiowa who was a very important part of the unit, is a emotionless person but when Ted dies, it hits him. Kiowa described his death as "There was no twitching or flopping. Kiowa, who saw it happen, said it was like watching a rock fall, or a big sandbag or something -- just boom, then down -- not like in the movies where the dead guy rolls around and does fancy spins and goes ass over teakettle -- not like that, Kiowa said, the poor bastard just flat-f*** fell. Boom. Down." Ted’s death did not impact the rest of the unit like it did to Kiowa, Kiowa felt gulty for it and blamed himself for...
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...Shannel Henry Dr. Brennan HUMN 1002 4/15/2014 Baby Face In the 1930s the United States was experiencing a depression era. This era known as ,The Great Depression, had a great effect on the movie industry. Films began to focus on sex, violence, infidelity, and promiscuous ways to target new audiences, mainly the males. The other types of genres like horror, gangster, and musical were still high in Demand during this era also. Social realism came about, which is a style of art that focuses on the ugly realities of the modern life and sympathizes with the working class people, especially the poor. The movies that were being produce during this time was to interest the men, which cause the movie producers to give women the lead roles and takeover the movie screen. A movie example is the film Baby Face. Baby Face, a movie directed by Alfred E. Green shows how women took over the ‘Big Screen’. This movie is based on Lily powers, who is played by Barbara Stanwyck, and how she moves up through her social class and financial status. She uses her beauty and her intelligence to get what she wanted from the men that she came into contact with. An example of her getting her way is at the end of the movie, when she wants the bank to fund her 15,000 to have a fresh start, but instead they gave her a new position at a firm in Paris. This is basically her getting her way because she has her new start from the scandal. Social realism is portrayed because every man that she met...
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...Both books, however, fail in delivering a satisfactory experience. It seemed to me that both plots were attempting to create an atmosphere of empathy on the part of the audience towards the protagonist. Having grown up, they now realize how wrong their actions were and, while they can never fully atone for their sins, they end up bearing an uncomfortable burden of guilt that they can only share with the readers. The reason this fails is that neither of the protagonist’s attempts at seeking the audience’s forgiveness for their childhood misdeeds are successful, instead, they appear wimpish and frail, weakened by the supposed burden of guilt that they shoulder every day. Furthermore, the characters they wrong are never able to either appreciate the possibility of getting any satisfaction from an apologetic and more responsible adult or demanding some form of retribution (and a reasonable one at that) In both movies, only the wrongdoer survives. They also appear to be satisfied with their actions (adopting Hassan’s child and bringing him to the U.S, or writing a novel and declaring she’s suffering from a terminal disease,) while it is evident that what they did is beyond repair of any sort. Hence both stories become “look at me, I’m an example of what not to be” which does not offer any sort of closure at...
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