Mr. Thomas Dilworth provides a new eye-opening perspective of "A Rose for Emily" for readers who may not have grasped key concept from the first read. He accurately explains that a short story such as this one much be questioned and analyzed to fully understand all the abundant motifs, themes, and symbolic ideas which it holds. In addition to enhancing the readers' current thoughts, Dilworth's ideological explanation invalidates any misconceptions and assumptions. He states, "Most readers have mistakenly
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Mystery, suspense, and surprise, three words describing the novel and movie of The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. There have been books better than movies, movies better than books, but The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is definitely better as a book. What’s strange is that in the movie, it follows the phrase “it’s not what you have, it’s what you don’t have that counts (Raskin, p.43)” than the book. In the movie, lots of characters also disappeared, changed partners, and changed rolls. This proves
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Qianxi Zheng PHDS-217 RQ#5 Considering the classic and unique role of Vertov's works, the two articles analyze those works in a similar pattern by discussing everything from the social contexts to aesthetics of movie itself. But they focus on slightly different standpoints. It seems that Feldman's essay focuses more on the aesthetic part while Petric's essay focuses more on the political influence on Vertov's works. As Feldman essay's title indicates, the major topic of his essay is to explore
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Recalled to life, they are three simple words with a complex meaning. In the classic novel "A Tale of Two Cities", the aforementioned phrase is used several times. Once, it is used as a message and on another occasion it appears in a character's dream. But what does this peculiar combination of words truly mean. To discover the answer to that question, three characters from the book can be offered. Mr. Lorry, Dr. Manette, and Charles Darnay are all recalled to life in their own way. The
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Ira Chernus’s article, “Cheer up, it's just the end of the world", as published in the Colorado Springs Independent, reintroduces the concept of apocalypse while analysing the diffusion of its usage and strength over time. From the biblical end times to stock market crashes, he covers its past use and more recently its ubiquity. Finding positivity in the chaos, he first establishes that "the A-word is now everywhere". This is one of the major purposes of the piece—to draw attention to the (over)use
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Fiction short stories consist of a few named characters that make use of the plot in a far lesser degree than a novel. Short-story plots deal with the most basic conflicts, and they show how those conflicts build tension and lead to climatic moments throughout the story. The setting focuses on where the story takes place, how believable the setting makes the story, and what mood the setting creates. The setting is also able to use symbols or create expectations that ultimitly turn around in the end
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In the short story, “the Lady or the Tiger,” the author uses plot structure to develop the unique writing style. For instance, the author does not use a traditional plot structure. The author creates his unique writing by ending the story right after the climax. In “The Lady or the Tiger” the author writes, “Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it,” (9). At this point, it is the climax of the story, and the author does not continue on such as a normal story
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Dear , Martin Scorsese I liked many of your movies like Taxi Driver, and Wolf of Wall street and I think that The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World should be turned into an motion picture film with my rewrite because it has good suspense and shows a lot of action that I know the audience would love to see in an movie. The first part I like about the Story is how Esteban is kind of mystery to everyone and nobody understood where he came from and how he got there so I think it’s a good idea to start
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This essay is about “His Story” by TLC, and it is based on Marxist Criticism and the researchable topic is sexual abuse. TLC is an American girl group who is originated of three girls: Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. Marxist literary criticism is a loose term describing literary criticism based on socialist and dialectic theories. It relates to Marxist criticism because one partner is dominating the other partner in any sexual activities. “His Story”
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Hollywood has a habit of taking classic fairytales and spinning them in new and imaginative ways to create the next big blockbuster hit. Whether it’s changing the perspective or just adding a more modern setting, it’s clear that remastering fairytales is big right now. After viewing the trailer, I had high expectations about the 1987 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine directed by Rob Marshall “Into the Woods”, an intermingling of the Grimm fairy tales, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood
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