Budd Boetticher

Interlocking Elopement of Isolation According to Michael Budd in his essay, “A Home in the Wilderness”, the Western genre is “based” on distinct “oppositions” that operate to complicate character relations and move the plot forward (2). Within these various oppositions, Budd highlights one of the most prominent is the juxtaposing “settlement and wilderness” which can be seen at the forefront of films such as Ride Lonesome directed by Budd Boetticher in 1959 (2). In Ride Lonesome, the main character of

Billy and Christ in Billy Budd Herman Melville's Billy Budd provides us with a summation and conclusive commentary on the ambiguities of moral righteousness and social necessity. The conflict that arises pitting natural justice in opposition to military justice essentially deliberates over whether the sacrifice of the individual is required for the continuum and conservation of social order. The deep allegorical theme of the passion of Christ that resides in Billy Budd illustrates Melville's adjudication

This story depicts how a certain innocent person was condemned and was sentenced to death for a crime he did but with an innocent motive. The story goes on around a certain person's life in a ship where he was said to be one of the crew. Billy as a character depicted in the story is a person whose innocence can not be changed into hatred for other people. Though his surrounding is full of people with evil motives, he is still into trusting them with full innocence. Evilness beyond comprehension

In Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, readers are introduced to the conflict of good and evil between Billy Budd and Claggart. However, there is another conflict, which, in ways is more significant than the epic clash of good and evil. Vere’s struggle between duty and conscience is more significant because it occurs in the mind. Whereas Billy Budd was clearly the noble sacrificed hero and Claggart was the vindictive villain, duty is just as noble as conscience and conscience is just as noble as

in Rip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Billy Budd       "Sublime refers to an aesthetic value in which the primary factor is the presence or suggestion of transcendent vastness or greatness, as of power, heroism, extent in space or time"(Internet Encyclopedia).  This essay will explore different levels of Romanticism's sublime style in Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Herman Melville's Billy Budd. The essay will particularly focus on how the writers

There are many ways to interpret a book, one can read it as a character’s adventure, a conflict of ideas or emotions, or a story. For myself, I read the books, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville, in an ironic sense; and while doing this, I noticed that both books showed an intuitive sense of sociology. Furthermore, what mattered most by reading the books ironically is that it is easy to see the outcome of a situation which is pleasing to be conscious of. It is

have themes that intermix with one another. While literature contains many themes, this does not mean that other works do not contain the same ideas as presented in written works. In the three stories of “The Princess Bride”, “Diablo 3” and “Billy Budd” Violence and Quests can be seen largely throughout each tale. Violence, while still having the tradition sense of the word, does not always mean fighting someone or physical attacks. Violence thematically is the display of aggressive actions verbally

Billy is a twenty one year old boy that always loves to help people. At this ege he has not gotten into any problems or caused harm to others, not only that but he is well known and admired wherever he goes. "On shore he was a champion; afloat the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost." He will never start an argument or even have any defense against bad people like Claggart, which was a very hateful man. By being a good person, he does not see the bad side of others, this brings

In the play Billy Budd, the author, Hermann Melvinne, creates two conflicting character personalities which are portrayed as good and evil. John Claggart (Master-At-Arms) tries to destroy Billy Budd because he is jealous of Billy’s reputation and acceptance among the crew. There is also a conflict involving Captain Vere when he is forced to decide on the fate of Billy Budd after he kills Claggart. Billy is a handsome, young sailor, new to the ship and eager to impress. Billy becomes very popular

conjunction” and goes under the nickname “Baby Budd” (Melville 6). There is immediately a sense of sexual attraction attached to the title character. He is described in sexual terms and presented as a prime physical example of a man. Inciting feelings of attraction and a sense of tranquility within the men around him, the reader is shown right away that this is natural when it comes to Billy Budd. Additionally, due to the fact that the feelings Billy Budd incites in people are introduced within the