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    Director Roberto Rossellini uses this film to portray the drastic consequences of war on a nation, the people, and overall society. Neorealism was a pivotal movement, and Paisan brought attention to the Fascist influence by showing the harsh economic and social reality of World War II. Rossellini also uses Paisan to allude to regionalism and the importance of a unified nation. Paisan exposes a fundamental truth and emphasizes a need for reconstruction through the use of a complex setting, elements of humanity

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    people to the death in North Atlantic’s ice cold water in the year 1912. Titanic focuses over the reinvestment of past, it has broken all the records and attained great commercial success due to the original plot, heavy budget, successful content and its cast (Robinson, 2012). Our analysis is based on critically reviewing the film

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    In the multi-language comedic drama Mystery Train, the analysis of narrative vs narration, character motivation, goals, narrative complexity, as well as other techniques such as colour, sound and mise-en-scene are useful tools that help the audience understand the social commentary and meaning that underlies the film. Mystery Train is a 1989 film directed by Jim Jarmusch as part of an independent anthology of films. This movie and the others in the anthology feature a strong travel aspect and represents

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    of a war that made enemies of Kentucky relatives and friends, and by the unfair public criticisms of her as mistress of the White House. She developed an obsessive need to spend money, and she ran up embarrassing bills. She also staged some painful scenes of wifely jealousy. At last, in 1875, she was officially declared insane, though by that time she had undergone the further shock of seeing her husband murdered at her side. During their earlier married life, she unquestionably encouraged her husband

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    from his mother. Even though he practices law in San Francisco he visits his mother during weekends. That shows his committed relationship with his mother. In both Psysho and The Birds the privacy of transgressive marriage is broken when a stranger enters the scene unbidden/. Marion with the Bateses’and the playgirl Melanie with the Brenners. Melanie wants to get Mitch. Mitch even though is attracted towards Melanie cannot break his loyalty with his widowed mother. The theme of a loving man

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    Text to self The novel “the circle” is a depiction of the day to day life of an individual. From the incidence of how Mae got a job to the rest of the scenes in the book show a person having a daily routine of life (Eggers 112). However, it is important to note that the book is a string of ideas that mainly concern the social edifice and deconstruction of privacy. Privacy can either be termed to be personal or corporate but has effects to either of them. This therefore means that something

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    You can die of a broken heart — it's scientific fact. Yet have you ever thought how breakups affect genders differently? Men and women have unique ways of dealing with heartbreak, according to a new research published in the journal Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. Why You Should Not Break Up: End of Love Affects You If you have you ever felt a lack of focus at work, depressive symptoms and social withdrawal following a breakup, well, you are not alone. More than 85 percent of people will experience

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    "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell is a one-act play that explores the theme of the gender roles and social positions of men and women in early twentieth-century America. The play is loosely based on the true event of the murder of John Hossack which Glaspell reported on while working as a news journalist in Iowa. Years later, she used her experiences and observations to create the play. "Trifles" is about solving the murder case of farmer John Wright. While Mr. Wright was asleep in the night, someone

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    The Revival of Desire Sixty-eight years ago yesterday, Tennessee William’s masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, premiered at the Barrymore Theatre. Now, it returns to its home stage in an honest, gritty revival directed by Ana Kazan, the granddaughter of Streetcar’s original director. Cecilia Sage December 4, 2015 ǀ This article appeared in the December 6, 2015 edition of The New York Times I am blind. A blunt beginning, but I enjoy those. It is usually rather arduous to be a newspaper reviewer

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    examples. The first is “Oh, where is Romeo? Saw you him today? Right glad I am he was not at this fray.” This is said by Lady Montague in act 1 scene 1. Lady Capulet is asking Benvolio if he has see Romeo as she hasn’t seen him all morning. This shows us that she cares about Romeo. The second example of this love is said by Lord Montague also in act 1 scene 1. He says “Should in the farthest east begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora's bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son, And private

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