Agora Analysis

The events in this movie took place during the Mahdi Rebellion in the Sudan. The Mahdi, a self-proclaimed Islamic messiah named Muhammad Ahmad, was trying to unite the Sudan region under Islam. He gained a following that joined in rebelling

There was a deaf man in the film who explained how his parents would take him to a religious shrine and have a priest and his mother pray for him so his deafness can be “healed.” It, obviously, did nothing and

An hour with abuelo by Judith Ortiz Cofer describes a boy changing his perspective about his grandfather. “Just one hour una hora, is all i’m asking of you son.” (Judith cofer 592) That shows us that he does not think too fondly of his grandfather. “I walk slowly down the hall toward the exit sign. I want my mother to have to wait a little.” (Judith cofer 596) This shows us that he had a good time. Another piece of evidence that supports this question is “Anyway, after my mother nags me for about a week, I let her drive me up to golden years.” (Judith cofer 592)This piece of text shows that he hated his grandfather because he only let her mom drive him there after weeks of begging. A quote that states he liked him is “I liked it all” (Judith

From my perspective it’s the judgement of homosexuality that is portrayed in the movie. Riddled throughout the movie is drugs, other deities and violence. Even the main character Che is an alcoholic bully who’s been to prison. How they wrap their heads around these

What role does religion play in the film? Describe the use of different religious symbols, elements or terms.

Showing that the films sneak their way into the culture shows the cracks in the town’s commitment to their faith.

How did society affect this film (i.e., what currents in society led to the creation of the film)?

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus. It was originally performed at the Dionysia Festival in Athens where it won the first prize in 458 B.C. The play wants to reveal the idea of justice. Men and women are in conflict. This situation leads Clytemnestra to become not a wife and mother (which were the only appropriate roles for respectable women in ancient Greece), but a tyrant. Clytemnestra in ancient Greek, was the wife of Agamemnon. She is one of the main characters in the play and I can say that it is the most interesting one. By “interesting” I don’t mean that is a likable character because she is considered a murderer but it is important to analyze the reasons

How did society affect this film (i.e., what currents in society led to the creation of the film)?

The movie The Trojan Women (1971) is a successful and compelling contemporary adaption of the tragedy The Trojan Women, written by Euripides. Overall, the film follows the whole plot very well and depicts the main characters of Euripides’ work expressly, especially characters like Cassandra, Andromache, and Helen. Although the director of the film has made a few slight alterations, audience can feel Trojan women’s grief and pain and comprehend the plot with no trouble.

The main issue throughout the movie is racism and the perspectives on different cultures. The movie is set in Los Angeles, a city with a cultural mix of every nationality. The movie starts out at

The play of Antichrist is a play written in the 12th century with a bipartite structure in which the two halves of the book explains a different concept of religion. Gentilitas, who argues for polytheism on grounds of perceived contradiction with divinity. Then follows Synagoga as the second speaker which argues for monotheism and denies incarnation and is against the holy trinity. The third speaker is Ecclesia which is followed by the the Pope accompanied by mercy and Emperor accompanied by justice and together in a form similar weddings they approach the alter. The play follows a chronological order displaying the progression of human beliefs from the time of the Greek( Polytheism) to Romans (Monotheism) to current times in the 21st century.

The statement "œI put no stock in religion" sums up the whole movie. The Hospilater´s statement that fanatics use the "œwill of God" as an excuse for any action is supported at several points in the movie where both Christians

Analysis of Film The Matrix The Matrix, released at Easter in 1999, is both a piece of cinematic entertainment and a film portraying religious and philosophical allegories. The Matrix can therefore be viewed from two different perspectives; purely as an action film or instead on a deeper level, exploring the more insidious values hidden in the plot.

I thought that the footage of white colonists was the most disturbing part of this film, in particular the two missionaries who settled in Tanzania in order to start the religious culture of Christianity in the community. The couple uses Christianity as an excuse to think the natives are barbaric or unholy for practicing polygamy, even though the bible does not actually support monogamy. This example displays Fanon’s ideas that the colonizer “does not call the natives to God’s ways but to the ways of the white man.” (Fanon, 41)