FTVS 598: TAKE HOME FINAL ESSAY. By Vivek Nipani 1. In Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) what qualities does Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) project or possess that make her seem so tough? How or where does her femininity figure in her toughness? According to Sherrie A. Inness in “Lady Killers, Tough Enough?” what are two ways that Hollywood cinema undermines and punishes tough or powerful women? How is this twice demonstrated in Elizabeth (Shekhar Kapur,1998)? And how does Elizabeth
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Shakespeare’s Macbeth is regarded as a tragedy. It is considered one not because of Macbeth’s ruthless killings of innocent victims, but because it portrays Macbeth’s transformation from a brave, dutiful soldier, to a backstabbing, greedy villain. It is all thanks to the three witches, who ruin Macbeth with their snippets of lies and truth. The presence of the witches adds a supernatural tone to the tale and is the crucial factor influencing Macbeth’s actions, and therefore, the storyline. The
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baffling curse of the Baskervilles. Entering the office and unveiling an 18th century manuscript, Mortimer recounts the myth of the lecherous Hugo Baskerville. Hugo captured and imprisoned a young country lass at his estate in Devonshire, only to fall victim to a marauding hound of hell as he pursued her along the lonesome moors late one night. Ever since, Mortimer reports, the Baskerville line has been plagued by a mysterious and supernatural black hound. The recent death of Sir Charles Baskerville has
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THE TRUMAN SHOW “We are the villains, victims, and hero of The Truman Show. And, ultimately, the only illusion we have to escape are the ones we create ourselves.” When you watch The Truman Show, a satirical social science fiction comedy-drama starring Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, you’ll get to know how powerful media is, of how it affects individual ideology and of how are you going to relate it on the issues in our society. The movie was directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew
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“It is ironic that the beasts are often more humane than the humans.” Consider at least two of the stories from the collection in the light of this comment (40 marks) The beasts are not merely just beats in The Blood Chamber. The theme of the liminal is something that Carter uses when writing about the beasts: as they neither fit into the existing threshold of “beasts” nor do they simply comply with the twenty-first century conventions of being human. Carter uses equivocation by closely tying humanity
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play ‘The Crucible’. Arthur Miller depicts Abigail Williams as a villain. Abigail is seventeen years old, the niece of Reverend Parris, she has been working as a household help for Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail was fired for having an affair with Elizabeth’s husband, John Proctor. Abigail’s was a manipulative young girl. I have represented Abigail as a spider, as she manipulates events like a spider manipulates and captures it victims through its web. On the first act, it can be seen that Abigail has
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Links between Tess of the d’Urbervilles and A Thousand Splendid Suns Catherine Ralph * The abuse of an older man Rasheed and Alec they both force themselves upon Mariam and Tess when they’re only 15/16 years old. * Consequences of the above both Tess and Mariam are pregnant and both of their babies die (Tess’s from illness just after he’s born and Mariam has a miscarriage) * Both novels have a contrast of the ‘good’ and ‘evil’ characters Tess: Alec and Angel – ATSS: Rasheed
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The darkness is closing in on all sides and breath comes only in short painful gasps. The same words repeat; they are inescapable. They think in an eternal loop, ‘It’s my fault. It’s my fault. It’s my fault.’ Guilt is one of the most destructive forces in the universe, rated just above bullets and just below nuclear weapons. It eats away at the mind, and brings even the strongest of humanity to a screeching halt, for nothing can hurt someone quite like themselves. The Poisonwood Bible, a novel by
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Persuasive Piece Contention: Heroin must be decriminalised The prostitution of twelve-year-old children as heroin peddlers on the streets has sent shockwaves through the community. The devastating effects of heroin have ruined the lives of hundreds of families through the loss of loved ones. The precious lives of teenagers and adults alike are being sacrificed on the altar of those, whose dogma prevents them from accepting the need for a new approach. Heroin must be decriminalised, in order
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1. What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books?" They had developed a reputation of being a company with a large revenue stream that would be able to match for the expenses that the company was generating. They had set a bench mark of 42% E/R Ratio, that was not able to be sustained because of the slowing economy and additional competition from competitors. They believed that the company would not survive unless they changed the books numbers to look profitable because
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