El Franco

as Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). ETA conducted kidnappings, assassinations, and other revolutionary acts against the Franco regime. Using both of the above methods, the Spanish population dodged the brute force of oppression, and protected their individual rights as human beings. In Pan’s Labyrinth, we have a similar scenario. Captain Vidal, a heartless military captain, acts as Franco in this environment. He is a man who demands respect and obedience who is easily angered. Vidal implements an extreme

I am not a big fan of the 1990 movie version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, starring Mel Gibson. I feel that while it stands alone as a very well made movie and contains great acting performances throughout, I think that it strays too far from the original text and layout of the play. The omissions and transposing makes the play weaker, and while it is a great screenplay, it fails in comparison to Shakespeare’s original work. The three things which bother me the most are the omission of Fortinbras

Juliet production of Act 2 Scene 2, the balcony scene. One of the productions is by Franco Zeffirelli and the other by Baz Luhrmann. In my opinion, the production that was the most

“pact of silence” was fragile in every nature, with citizens and government members alike choosing to keep quiet and “not to stir the national demons.” Following several years of civil war, Spain was placed under the dictatorial rule of Francisco Franco, who remained dictator until his death in 1975 (Bethune 65). It was after Franco’s death that the “pact of silence” was put into practice as a kind of national safeguard, in some ways allowing the citizens of Spain to be able to relax again without

Picasso’s World War II Revolutionary Painting Right from the brink of World War II in 1939, an abundant amount of distinguished artwork was created in response to the events that took place before, during, and after the War. There is one painting in particular that I am referring to. This painting is none other than, famous artist, Pablo Picasso’s painting of Guernica. Guernica is a famous piece of artwork created in 1937. It depicts the bombings of a Basque Country village in northern Spain by

Guernica, the title of the painting, is a town in Basque Country, Spain. It was the target of terror bombing during the Spanish civil war because it was the northern bastion of the Republican resistance movement. First, war is depicted as devastating and it cares no one – men, women, grandparents, children neither animals. Everyone is a victim. By looking at the paintings, the people are in pain. With their mouth open that might mean streaming out their agony; with their fingers wide spread, they

In Zeffirelli’s portrayal of Hamlet, there are parts added and subtracted from the play in part to make the movie closer to standard movie length but also to show more of how Hamlet’s mind can work the way it does. There are several other movie adaptations of Hamlet that stay more aligned with the original play, but movies are supposed to make some interpretations of plays because the actors need to try and express their characters’ feelings. Arguably the most realistic interpretation of the original

In 1936, the Spanish Civil War started on a hot summer day in July in the Spanish held Morocco. There was a group of generals that started a coup d'etat against the republic to start a more nationalist country. One of these generals, Francisco Franco, called for all army officers to join and destroy the leftist government of Manuel Azana, the Second Spanish Republic. They succeeded in taking over with the help of the Republicans in Madrid and other major Spanish cities. The new inventions of carpet

Bullfighting is known throughout the world and has influenced many types of art and culture. There are many types of bullfighting and some of them are the Spanish-style bullfight, Portuguese bullfight, and Novilladas. Bullfighting is illegal and legal in many countries throughout the world. It is a pretty popular sport/competition in hispanic and eastern countries. There can be 1 or more bulls that are involved throughout the entire fight. Bullfighting is the sport of baiting and killing a bull

Imagine men on stilts who juggle, performing mimes, and dancing fire breathers who performed for the streets of Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec, Canada. These performers would later become known as Cirque du Soleil (Cirque du Soleil). However, these performers would not be known by this name until much later in time. Originating on the streets Cirque du Soleil started out as a group of street performers called, “Club des Talons Hauts,” or the, “High-Heels Club,” since most of its members performed on stilts