Juliet Schor

The art of directing is specific to the director, and directors often add their own unique personality to their films. Baz Luhrmann is no exception to this, since his background has greatly influenced his directing style. Born in 1962 in Sydney, Australia, he has extensive knowledge in ballroom dancing, theater, and music. Because of this, Luhrmann enjoys including theatrical details that derive from his colorful past, giving them a show-like quality that make his movies stand out. Luhrmann seamlessly

Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933. He is the third of six children (the eldest son) born to Charles Joseph and Gladys Christina McGrail McCarthy (he has two brothers and three sisters). Originally named Charles (after his father), he renamed himself Cormac after the Irish King (another source says that McCarthy’s family was responsible for legally changing his name to the Gaelic equivalent of “son of Charles”). In 1937, when he was four, the family moved to Knoxville, and

Character Essay The love potion was given out by Puck to make Lysander fall in love with Hermia. Does making people fall in love actually bring out the true love between them? I believe that love potion should only be used if you really like someone and not just giving it to random people. There are other ways into finding true love then to give out potion. Is true love mean for everybody? My definition of true love is to like everything about them and to see another side to the person that most

What a great start Unit 1 has been to the course! I’m not sure if it’s just my previous, and somewhat current, ignorance of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era, but I have truly enjoyed learning from the videos, lecture, and Sonnets. Michael Wood’s videos did an excellent job of capturing the life of Shakespeare and his spirit during the authoritarian times of the Elizabethan era. Wood showed how the Elizabethan era informed his work, from the Protestant Reformation to the injustice of the government

The book I have read is Matched, written by Allyson Braithwaite Condie. It’s about a young teenager who always thought life was perfect. The setting was a controlled dystopian society in which at the age 17 they became matched or chosen to marry someone. The young Cassia Reyes is matched with Xander Carrow but when another face shows on the port screen Cassia begins to wonder. The book Matched has twists and turns and exciting new characters and romance like you’ve never seen before. Cassia Reyes

Thought it's be a routine day at the pub, manning the stills, Alas, I spoke too soon, The Bard had come a runnin' from the forest hills, A sihouette lit up by the moon. "Gather ye all, whether friend or foe, and hearken to my tale of woe!" This and that he went and cried, 'Come for a hapless tale, chock-full of flies!' A crowd was gath'ring fast, indeed, And the man leapt off his slightly steed, I sent him a glare, he relied with a snarky grin, Sidles over, "Keep it quiet for now, you old has-been

John Keats, in his Romantic poem, “Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art” (1819), reveals that the ability to feel the rush of love, while still experiencing the steadfastness of a star, would make for an ideal life. He develops this theme by first using an apostrophe, addressing the star directly to praise its permanence; by second, employing negative connotation in the second line with “not” to emphasize all the qualities of the star that the speaker does not wish to possess; by third

I’m going to compare the different characteristics and usage of rapier and dagger in The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask. Rapier and dagger play was very prevalent on the continent and in England during the Elizabethan period. The standard configuration for a duel was rapier and dagger. It was common for every gentlemen to carry a dagger and some carried a rapier at that time (Wilson). According to the material, rapier is held in dominant hand for attacking while dagger is used in the

Love will always be there and will be able to set us free from all the hatred in this world. This is true in the Maya Angelou poem "Touched by an angel". In this poem she describes love as if it was leaving its holy temple to come to our sight and to liberate us into life. She has also given as clue in life that if we are bold and brave "love strikes away the claim of fear from our soul". Maya's idea or theme love can come in all shapes and size, even in the darkest moment in our life, love will

The play Othello written by William Shakespeare has been changed and altered to suit the vision of each director that dare to reenact the piece. Othello is a tragedy that follows the moor of Venice, Othello, and Desdemona’s downfall; this all due to a simple lie and lack of communication between the two. When the play is reenacted the set, character costumes, setting and sometimes even timezone is changed to suit the vision of the director. In our version of Othello, we thought that the hit Nickelodeon