game progresses. As far as emotional impact goes, I’m not getting anything to care about. The protagonist is a mask bolted onto a sniper equipped Roomba. The Resistance supporting cast is a pack of malcontent sociopaths. I can’t even hate the main villain, a man who literally stabs someone in every scene he’s in, because he’s the most morally justified of the group. Without an emotional investment immersion goes out the window. Even in a video game where I must actively make everything from conversations
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In Robertson Davies novel Fifth Business the main character Dunstable (Dunstan) Ramsay struggles to understand his unconscious mind, thus having trouble being an individual. This novel outlines his journey for self-knowledge, happiness, and fulfilling his role as Fifth Business. Throughout the novel, Dunstan begins discover and understand himself. He does this through his interactions with the people he meets upon his travels. From a young child, Dunstan has trouble truly understanding who he is
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Two Barrels One Bullet I handed over the Remington Gamemaster, the 2x7 scope glistening in the warm Memphis sun. I looked skywards but the beaming rays of light failed to penetrate my dark lenses. Dark lenses were needed in my world of work, not to protect against the sun, but to protect who I was. My work life and personal life couldn’t be further apart - my wife had no idea what I did, and she had no idea what I was about to do. James Earl Ray was young and a small time criminal, the perfect guy
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even though both pictures are based in the same topic, they present two different messages; through different parts of the world, the most powerful weapon against this spreading disease, the vaccination, was treated as a character with two faces, a hero and a
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Bijayata Maharjan Ms. Johnson Eng. 1301-05 Oct. 30 2013 Big Fish The movie Big Fish is a fantasy drama, directed by Tim Burton who has also directed a number of good movies like Alice in the Wonderland, Corpse Bride, Batman and many more. The movie is based on the book Big Fish which is the novel of Mythic proportion by Southern writer Daniel Wallace. The story depicts the relationship between the son and his dying father with lots of adventures and great feelings where fantasy takes place
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storyline brought a landmark pair of graphic novels from 1986, Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's The Watchmen, which ushered in an age of superheroes that sided with the “bad guys” to introduce sympathy for why the villain does what they do. Despite these modifications the superhero continues to
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with a ghost who has connections between the plays main protagonist character and future development of the plot. As Don Andrea was killed in a fair battle an Elizabethan audience would have little sympathy for him so Kyd also introduced the partial hero Horatio who is good in every sense and perspective so that audience have sympathy for his death and also feels sympathetic for his father (the main protagonist , Hieronimo). Then Kyd shows us geography of underworld of Virgils The Aeneid where he
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An analysis of generic conventions with specific reference to the movie trailers Snatch and RockNRolla The aim of this analysis is to explore the different types of generic conventions with specific reference to “Snatch” and “RocknRolla”. Within this assignment I will look at the generic conventions of crime thrillers. I will focus on aspects such as typical situations, stock characters, style, iconography and setting. One of the most popular genres is crime, according to Stankic (2004)
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go out of their way to save lives and are able to sympathize with others. Odysseus, from the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, is a man who obtains these hero-like qualities. Unfortunately, he has been away from home for ten years due to the many obstacles he encountered on his journey back to his home island, Ithaca. In this story, he shows hero-like traits to many people. He defeated the cyclops, Polyphemus, from trapping him and his men, slept with the enchantress Circe, he is able to pass the
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reason behind Hamlet's confusion and anger, and his search for truth and life's true meaning. But Claudius is not a static character. While his traits are not as greatly explored as Hamlet's, you can still see the great difference between our dark hero Hamlet and Claudius treacherous, usurping King of Denmark. When Claudius is first introduced to the audience , he comes across as an intelligent and very capable king. He gives a speech to make his court and country proud, speaking on his brother's
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