Broken Social Scene

The work Bicycle Thieves is chosen to be discussed in this essay. Bicycle Thieves is an Italian film published in 1948, directed by Vittorio De Sica. It gained both commercial and artistic success, and have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1948. The film is famous for its neorealism that reflects the post-war Italian society. In the following essay, I’m going to discuss how did De Sica use the cinematography skills to strengthen his expressions in Bicycle Thieves, and the ways

“The Story of an Hour” is a short story, written in 1894, by Kate Chopin. There is an underlying theme of social issues, such as independence or freedom for women in the 1800’s. This is displayed throughout the story through the setting of the story taking place in the 1800s, through the plot and character development of Louise Mallard, and through various symbols. It wasn’t until 1920, when the women’s suffrage movement was successful in giving women a voice, through the right to vote. Due to this

In the essay Self Reliance, Emerson presents the idea of one being able to think independently (apart from society) and then choosing to compromise on those thoughts is suicide. Emerson presents this idea early on in his essay. He states, “envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that man must take himself for better or worse.” This quote describes how having envy or being jealous of someone does not further one’s knowledge and waste their time. It goes on to state that attempting to be someone

This was the first time I went to view a theatrical play to actually analyze its elements instead of simply only paying attention to the story lines and the actors. In order to maintain this task, I wanted to see a play that was short and catches my interests to be able to remember it more efficiently. I wasn’t sure where to even look for reasonably priced plays, what came to mind was Broadway and Google. Then I was informed that BMCC was having the theatrical production of “DNA” by Dennis Kelly

to be together. Romeo and Juliet is certainly a story of youthful romance. However, the first-time reader will often miss the underlying ideas that the writer only hints at over the course of this play. To fail to realize the subtle political and social themes within the plot is to fail to understand the author’s full intentions. Shakespeare uses complex characterization and pervasive symbols to describe life during the Victorian era. Romeo and Juliet, which was written in 1597 by William Shakespeare

women are expected to conform to social restrictions by demonstrating reverence and obedience to the males in their lives. Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, explores the effects of patriarchal authority exerted over women and how the patriarchal structure left no escape from it, save death. Through Juliet, Lady Capulet, and the Nurse, Shakespeare establishes a common understanding of this type of society, but illuminates three different reactions to the social oppression by portraying the

William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is a story about man seeking justice for the forfeiture of his bond. Shylock the Jew created a bond loaning three thousand ducats to his rival Antonio. In the event that the loan could not be paid back, Shylock was entitled to a “pound of flesh from the breast” of Antonio. Antonio’s invested the money in his merchant ships hoping to gain profit. Unfortunately he loses his ships at sea, losing everything Shylock had loaned him. Shylock happily takes Antonio

structure.The film encourages us to examine different values, norms and beliefs about each of the cultures represented. Haggis stimulates the audience to stay connected with themselves and with the movie. He successfully accomplishes it with intense scenes while inviting the viewer to dig deeper into their nature and inquire about what would it be their real response be when molested, scared, or endangered in the midst of our cultural background. Cultural patterns are shared beliefs, values, and norms

attention has turned to a very cruel case of the Scottsboro boys. The Scottsboro boys were nine black youths who were hitching a ride on a train looking for jobs to make a living for themselves. Soon after they got on the train there was a fight that had broken out between the black boys and a few white hobos. The Scottsboro boys managed to over throw the white men and stay on the train. At the next stop the police were waiting and heavily armed and took them to jail. As they were being charged for assault

Awakened to the Psychological Concepts Portrayed in Film Jake E. Bukuts Fort Mill High School Awakened to the Psychological Concepts Portrayed in Film The film Awakenings is an emotional film that tells the story of a doctor, named Dr. Malcolm Sayer played by Robin Williams, who starts work at a chronic hospital in the Bronx during the late 1960’s. As he examines patients at the hospital though he comes to observe a good many of them are experiencing the same symptoms of a being in a catatonic