I believe that the only way to do Richard III justice is to produce it as a western, using the famous gunfight at the OK Corral as the setting. Actions-packed movies are underlined with the same themes that I find in Shakespeare's Richard III: Deceit, double-crossing, power, lust, and of course, mu...

Let me ask you a question before I begin. Can you think back for a second and recall what your childhood was like? So now that I've got you thinking a little, can you dig a little deeper and think about the people during this time in your life? Most likely you probably called to mind your famil...

The word "relationship" is one of many words that people use, but have a hard time defining. The dictionary defines it as, "a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings." Physical and economic relationships do not tell much that is useful about interpersonal communicati...

The Big Change It was a beautiful summer; I was out of high school and never had to go back. I had a full time job that paid a little above minimum wage, but enough to support my nightlife. In addition, I had many friends that made me happy and meant everything to me. In other words – li...

Many women are absolutely phenomenal; but Donna K. is the most important one. Now that I know her more, I continue to discover just how amazing she is. I refuse to find fault with this woman, because to me, she is the ultimate example of what a woman is. She never lectures, never moralizes, but inst...

BOOK BRIEF 1. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 2. Settings: 1640: Hotel De Bourgone - The night's play was to be Baro's Clorise, and the leading actor was to be Montfleury. It was the famous theater in which Corneilli's Le Cid was introduced. 1640: Ragueneau's Pastry Shop...

A couple of days before his sixty fifth birthday, Bill Parish, a business tycoon (Hopkins), starts to have premonitions about death. The recent heart attacks he has been having, which are accompanied by voices lead him to this premonitions. Although Bill Parish has always had a privileged life being...

Introduction Prejudice. Discrimination. Hate. Genocide. Concentration camps. Ethnic cleansing. Throughout the course of the history of the world, it has experienced many dark and evil times. From the Nazi's of Germany, to the recent tragedies of September 11th, we as a society have come togeth...

Disney wants you to think of fairytales and magic kingdoms when their name comes up. This special company is really a money making giant at heart. As Eric Smoodin said "Disney has had its corporate finger in more sociocultural pies then perhaps any other twentieth century producer of mass en...

In the novel The House of Mirth, the protagonist, Lily Bart is trapped in a world filled with materialism, shallowness and hatred. In the high society of New York, the only way to be accepted is to have money, and lots of it. In Lily's case, she needs money in order to buy the life in which she wa...

Compare and Contrast Cats and Dogs Pets are great companions to play with, go for walks with, talk to, and love. They are best friends to live our lives with. I have had several cats and dogs as my best buddies, and unique family members. To have a successful relationship with a pet req...

Compare and Contrast Cats and Dogs Pets are great companions to play with, go for walks with, talk to, and love. They are best friends to live our lives with. I have had several cats and dogs as my best buddies, and unique family members. To have a successful relationship with a pet req...