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    Gibson’s distinct word choice not only encapsulates the audience, but also forces the novel to be read from a certain perspective. For example, Gibson describes the atmosphere of Ninsei, by saying “By day, the bars down Ninsei were shuttered and featureless, the neon dead, the holograms inert, waiting, under the poisoned silver sky” (Gibson 7). Gibson could simply have stated that the street was dark, and the sky was cloudy. However, he makes the conscious effort of wording the sentence with metaphors

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    William Gibson’s Neuromancer, and The Matrix by The Wachowskis both depict a society in which humans are under constant manipulation by indispensable machines. In Neuromancer, the protagonist Case is indirectly manipulated by a powerful Artificial Intelligence named Wintermute. In The Matrix, majority of the human population lives within a computer simulated world, run by machines. However, both storylines depict the fact that manipulation is more abundant than is often seen, as both protagonists

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    Hamlet Critical Analysis

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    2017 and 2018 in encore, as well as the performance of Mel Gibson who plays a more traditional Hamlet in the 1990 movie of Hamlet. The performance by Benedict Cumberbatch was a performance which capitulated the audience as well as the emotions of the piece through its simplicity in set design and the detail and brightness of the costume which works to enhance his performance of the piece. This highly contrasts the performance of Mel Gibson, who is more dark and secretive. This makes the performance

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    In the film "Braveheart", where a war breaks out between Scotland, which was under English rule, and England is portrayed in a somewhat historical manner, in the time periods of the late Middle Ages and the very Early Renaissance. The film by Mel Gibson, may not be exactly a complete historical portrayal of what happened between 1297 and 1305 but it is pretty close. Undoubtable the events captured in this film have helped shape what Scotland is today, this is even more evident with the recent vote

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    "Braveheart" is the film where you discover a man that tackles numerous afflictions of life and fight. William Wallace set up numerous initiative aptitudes that supported his armed force to wind up triumphant as an underdog. Wallace utilized a ton of aptitudes that are regular in today's pioneers. By climbing in an authority part, Wallace developed the high conclusion of the broad armed force despite the fact that he was not the particular case that was placed in control. One of the fundamental things

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    Extra Credit: Braveheart

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    Braveheart Extra Credit Braveheart begins with a voice overcast giving background of William Wallace and his family. It takes place in 13th Century Scotland feuding with the ruthless English rule. As a boy, his brother and father are murdered in their efforts to free their country. Consequently, our hero, William Wallace, is placed under his learned uncle’s care where the audience does not meet him again until Wallace is a full grown adult returning to his now deteriorating childhood home. Upon

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    The movie Braveheart is centered on a man named William Wallace who leads the Scottish rebels in a revolt against the English monarchy. Wallace is the story’s protagonist. Wallace is seen as a young Scottish boy who sees the struggle for freedom being fought for by his dad from the English monarchy led by Longshanks. When Wallace’s dad returns dead, he is sheltered by his uncle. During this time, he is taught the qualities of a true man. Wallace falls in love with a young woman named Murron, Wallace’s

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    The Thirteenth Floor, a 1999 science-fiction thriller, examines the possibility of alternate universes that are stimulated by computers where the inhabitants only believe that they are real. Three different kinds of existences were depicted. We are first presented with the world in the 1990’s. Characters that were in this world include: Jane, Douglas Hall, Whitney, Hannon Fuller, and the detective. Life in the 1990’s was fairly normal; there was the working class, romantic interests, and hobbies

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    Her hand blurred down the front of his jacket, completely severing the lapel without rumpling the fabric. "So we got a deal or what?" "Deal," he said, staring at his ruined lapel with what he must have hoped was only polite interest. "Deal." (Gibson, 38) In the above passage, it is evident that Molly, however, would not have the ability to truly break away from the female SF character stereotype without her body's enhancements. She is the more physically powerful because of them. Technically

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    Braveheart is a story of a Scottish warrior, William Wallace. Since William is a young boy, he has witnessed the death of his father and brother fighting with English. His maternal uncle comes to take him to his place and teach him the arts of war, educate him to read Latin and to speak other languages. After Many years William Wallace returns home with ideal personality and bold man. He searches his love that he left many years ago and found the love of his life. William wanted to stay harmoniously

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