Red as a Symbol for Passion in Red SorghumColor is often used as a symbol in movies. The director can use colors in certain in order to emphasize certain ideas. Zhang Yimou uses this technique in his film, Red Sorghum. In this movie, a young girl, Nine, is married off to older wealthy man in pre-Wor...

A review of American Beauty American Beauty challenges every aspect of human existence and makes you question every value you believe to be true. Each character in the movie has a unique personality. The mixture of different personalities makes the story interesting and fills the story line with...

Jennifer MedinaModern Film: Paper 2July 18, 2001The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica is a movie that breaks the Hollywood aesthetic of beautiful people, fancy homes, and extensive wealth that only thrives in fantasy and sometimes-unconquerable dreams. It exploits the plight of working class indiv...

#17 The African Queen John Huston 1951 Modern Mass Media Cast of characters:  Humphrey Bogart – Norman  Audrey Hepburn – Rosy or Rose Synopsis of plot: At the beginning of the movie, in the exposition of the plot, we are introduced to t...

The movie The Joy Luck Club is based on the novel by Amy Tan. It describes the stories of immigrant mothers and their American born daughters. It emphasizes There are four mothers/daughter pairs. The main part of the movie is set in a living room with all characters having a going-away dinner for...

"Home Burial" and The Closure of Gaps While reading "Home Burial" I encountered many gaps. These smaller gaps seemed to lead me to one main gap, which I picked to concentrate on. The gap was, what did the man do to upset his wife, and how was the man and wife's relation...

#17 The African QueenJohn Huston1951Gina May 14, 2000Modern Mass Media Cast of characters: Humphrey Bogart - Norman Audrey Hepburn - Rosy or Rose Synopsis of plot:At the beginning of the movie, in the exposition of the plot, we are introduced to the two main characters, Rose (Audrey ...

We Are Dysfunctional FamilyWho is to say what is normal or dysfunctional in today's society, a society in which almost nothing can seem to surprise? However, having watched The Lion in Winter, directed by Anthony Harvey, there exists no question in my mind as to the dysfunctional nature of the roya...

Oscar Wilde is an interesting author and was an intriguing person with his wild habits and outrageous literary works. One such piece is \"An Ideal Husband.\" The characters of this play go about their upper-class lives in such a way that it is both comedic and true. Sir Robert Chiltern is the pictur...

Michael Vs. Sonny At a first glance Michael and Sonny appear to be quite different. Upon further observation, however, they have some similarities. Although they are different in areas of personality, values, and their tempers, they are similar in areas of loyalty, their respect for their father,...

The most exciting event in contemporary Chinese cinema was the emergence of the Fifth Generation filmmakers in the early 1980s. These young filmmakers, who graduated from Beijing Film Academy when it reopened after the Cultural Revolution, were given the opportunity to make films at minor studios in...

"Julie, a four year old girl, was the only witness to her divorced mothers fatal stabbing. Several months earlier, at the time of the divorce, Julie's father had publicly threatened to kill his exwife... Although the father lacked an alibi for the night of the crime, there was no physical ...

What lies beneath a true friendship? Many similarities as well as differences are found between the two plays, the "Tartuffe" by Mollier and the "Kiss of a Spider woman" by Puig, that deal with such an intricate friendship. The authors of the plays introduce two deceitful char...

All individuals pass through distinct stages of life. These stages are often marked by rites of passage signifying the transition from one life stage to another by rituals associating with a change of status. A person is not just born into society, but has to be re-created through rites of passage a...

Name: Mohamed Mohamed ID: 14094 Sections: 11 Significance My friend's wedding was the worst wedding ceremony that I had ever attended. Though it was about to be a magnificent party, an accident happened that turned the party into a miserable battle. My Friend's wedding. ...

Wifey Ibsen's concerns about the equality, lack of authority and responsibilities of women in late 1800's society are brought to life in "A Doll's House". He believed that women had a right to develop their own individuality, but in reality, their role was often self-sacrifical. The ...

An Incomplete Woman"Chrysanthemums", by John Steinbeck is a short story written in 1938. Steinbeck discovered a new way of writing in "The Chrysanthemums". He began a new approach by displaying his characters traits by their self-image and actions. Elisa is a prodigy of his new approach. She is invo...

Divorce: What About the Children? Today we face a whole new era concerning the collapse of marriages and families. It is now estimated that one in two marriages will end in divorce. Lately, many consequences are being exposed because of numerous self-centered actions. It is unfortunate that it is...

The definition of a man and woman is one of those things that everyone has a unique opinion on just like religious beliefs, how to raise a child, or how to run a country. It's hard to choose a concrete sentence that regulates what it is to be a man or woman (O'Kelley, 1986). Women are allo...

The play written by William Shakespeare of Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy containing one main element that makes the play a comedy; it is the element of sex. This is a play that involves an elaborate chain of schemes, tricks, and deceit to achieve an ambiguous "true love" effect. The play is bas...

The main characters of four mothers and each of their daughters, The Joy Luck Club tells a fascinating tale of two generations, in two different continents. The story ping pongs from mother to daughter, present, to past, and United States to China starts with Suyuan Woo, who passed away and h...

After examining the encounter between Hector and Andromache, I gained a better understanding of the relations between men and women in Homeric Greece. On the surface, it seems as though there is nothing unusual about their marriage or the way they interact under the given circumstances. However, a...

Anne MurphyEnglish 204Section 820Assignment 4VanouseLove and Hate in FamilyHamlet and his mother Gertrude, the queen, have a relationship with great intensity and many variations in the way they express their love for each other, which are illustrated throughout the play. Gertrude helps to reveal th...

Perversion of SocietyIn today's society a person is shaped by family, friends, and past events, but in Aldous Huxley's classic novel, Brave New World, there is no such thing as family, history and "true" friends. The government controls every aspect of an individual from their creation in the hatch...

In "The Glass Menagerie," Tennessee Williams portrays the effects that illusions can have on a family. "Amanda's anxieties are in large part economic and there is money behind many of her illusions: her mythical suitors were all wealthy; she hopes to make money by selling subscriptions to the fantas...