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trade. Leonardo Decaprio plays a South African mercenary, smuggling diamonds to sell back to the diamond industries in wealthy countries. A Mende fisherman played by Djimon Hounsou was taken from his home and separated from his family is forced to mine for diamonds. Djimon and Leonardo join together to try and recover a rare gem that Djimon lost in an attack. Jenifer Connelly plays an American journalist that helps the two men throughout their journey and also documents it. Jennifer Connelly goal in

Diamond, released in 2006, is one of these films that seems to at least start out in display of the images of mediated ideologies. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond is a film directed by Edward Zwick, with themes including war, politics, and race. DiCaprio and Hounsou were nominated at the Academy Awards for their performances in the film, and the movie itself has received generally positive reviews (Metacritic 2007). Taking place against the backdrop

My visualization map of “The Tempest” depicts three land masses separated by the sea. From the view of the King’s mariners, the sea is nothing but water for miles in all directions. Little did they know that the tempest would blow them off course and shipwreck them near Prospero’s island of damnation. On the island I envision paths lined with palm trees and greenery. While the other men give quite different accounts, Gonzalo sees the beauty of the uninhabited island as I would. He marvels, “How

I would be lying if I said the argument of whether the language in The Tempest is more for empowerment or subjugation is an argument I hear about ALL THE TIME, but doesn’t mean it isn’t a valid argument because I have never heard of it before this class. Shakespeare uses The Tempest as a medium to show subjugation. The age of discovery came with finding new lands and expanding to places unknown and meeting new people. Great for us but not for them sadly; people are truly cruel. The meaning of subjugation

Question 1: Who is Long John Silver? Long John Silver is a loyal pirate who comes from a poor family with very little wealth. For evidence, page 13 states,”It was a bitter cold winter,with long, hard frosts and heavy gales; and it was plain from the first that my poor father was little likely to see the spring.”(Stevenson) Question 2: Why is Ben Gunn significant? Ben Gunn is a very significant person due to his background on why he was found on the island but how mannerly he was when he met John

Because Shakespeare’s the Tempest was written so long ago, we see its themes are found in many other plays, novels and movies today. The pieces that I would like to compare all have a similar theme of justice or the lack of it. Some get it and those who don’t get punished unfairly. They can plan revenge, payback or try to redeem themselves by seeking forgiveness. The Tempest begins with Prospero a victim as he’s been usurped of his throne by his brother and banished to an island. He wants justice

“Remember, remember always, that all of us... are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” says President Franklin D. Roosevelt about immigration. America is a country of immigrants, made up of people from all around the world. When our great, great grandparents traveled over to America, there were no big, fast planes to carry them overseas; they had to travel by dirty, slow boats that were only prepared to carry products and carriages. We know that there are many different people in America

What is the nature of betrayal and how does it affect the characters in the tempest. Well betrayal is betraying one's country, a group, or a person; treachery. Betrayal can do many things to a person like one of the emotions people fear is anger. Prospero was betrayed by his brother in The Tempest. In getting betrayed when he finds out he is on the island he gets up and begins the master plan to get revenge. In the play, there is a character named Prospero who was a king who got exiled along with

Importance of Setting in The Tempest      Shakespeare’s enchanted island in The Tempest is a restorative pastoral setting, a place where ‘no man was his own’ and a place that offers endless possibilities to the people that arrive on it’s shores. Although the actual location of the island is not known, the worlds of Seneca aptly describe it’s significance to the play – it represents the ‘bounds of things, the remotest shores of the world’. On the boundary of reality, the island partakes of both

John Sayson Professor Hultgren English 180 5 October 2014 The Tempest Blues William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is an audacious play focused on the developing interrelationship between a group of stranded noblemen (and other lesser privileged benefactors). We are introduced to the patronizing father named Prospero who happens to be the Duke of Milan (and possesses magical powers), his innocent young daughter Miranda who wishes to marry the son of the King of Naples, his evil usurping brother Antonio