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    Dante Fragapane Mrs. Stegmeier English 2 9-10* 18 September 2014 Phantom Censorship The movie The Phantom of the Opera is an adaption of the novel, The Phantom of the Opera, written by Gaston Leroux in 1909. It is about an opera house in France, back in 1870, that a man, nicknamed The Phantom, resides in. There is a woman named Christine, whom is an opera singer. The opera house is bought by two people, whom are unaware of the role the Phantom plays in keeping the opera house safe, and was paid

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    The Phantom of the Opera directed by Joel Schumacher is the 2004 adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical of the same name. The Phantom of the Opera stars Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine Daaé, and Patrick Wilson as Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny, who are embroiled in a love triangle. The film was met with generally mixed and negative reviews: Schumacher’s use of mise-en-scène, cinematography and editing, as well as symbolism contributes to the production of The Phantom

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    Richard III: Transformative task Note for parents For the parent/s of the child who now owns Richard III: a children’s novel. I decided to convert Shakespeare’s Richard III into a children’s book due to how much Shakespeare’s Richard intrigues me and the moral lessons that I believe a child can learn from his story. In Shakespeare’s play, Richard is portrayed as a Machiavel, he is unapologetically manipulative yet a smooth-talker with a sense of humour. This combination of characteristics, along

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    Louise Mallard has been at all unfaithful to her husband. One sentence within the article suggests that some readers have sensed an extramarital affair—or an attempted one—between Mrs. Mallard and Richards, which, given its inclusion, the authors appear to agree with (Chongyue and Lihua). However, Richards is mentioned by name in the text of the short story three times: at the beginning when he confirmed the news of Brently Mallard’s death, toward the end when he awaited Josephine and Louise at the

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    The beach 1.     people - Richard: a british traveller, who comes to Bangkok and gets a map to a secret hidden beach. He has seen every movie about Vietnam, and he sometimes believes being there. He also is addicted to video games. - Daffy Duck: the man who gives Rich the map; he had been on the beach before and had left it for some reason. After his death, he often appears in Richs daydreams. He always speaks about Vietnam, and he knows everything before it happens. - Etienne

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    The Phantom Of The Opera

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    book from this point was given to the hands of a movie producer making a silent film in November 1925. (The Phantom of the Opera (1925)) The film after its first round was then re-done two more times, one of which was not a success. Andrew Lloyd Webber in May of 1984 hears about the theatre royals stage performance and then comes up with the ideal to turn the book/ play at this time into a musical. The musical took several awards and made countless new fans, finally being turned into a film by Warner

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    Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948. He composed many musicals throughout his lifetime including; “Evita”, “Phantom of the Opera”, and “Cats”. Webber grew up in South Kensington to parents William who was a professional in theory and composition at the Royal College of Music in England and Jean who was a singer and a violinist in the same school. By age three Webber was playing the violin. Then by age six he composed his own songs. Then by age nine he had a piece of music published in

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    Phantom of the Opera was created by the amazing Andrew Lloyd Webber. Andrew was born on March 22, 1948, in South Kensington in London, England. He was the first of two sons of William Lloyd Webber, who was an organist and composer. His mother, Jean Johnstone, was a pianist and violinist. Andrew Lloyd Webber learned to play many musical instruments at home and began composing extremely early. He continued his musical studies at Westminster School, where his father was an organist. At the age of 9

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    The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux, is an intense story that keeps readers intrigued with complex and mysterious characters. Readers are told the stories of the lives of four different characters. Each character’s story is told in a different way over the course of the entire book. Set in Paris, France in the late 1800’s, The Phantom of the Opera tells the tale of a love triangle between a young woman, her childhood sweetheart, and a mysterious man believed

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    Have you ever heard of “The Phantom of the Opera”? The story is about a “ghost” that lives in a opera house, he falls in love with this girl Kristine but she isn't interested. In a dramatic musical Kristine has to make a choice that will change her life forever. The play takes place in the mid 1800s in France and is a dramatic musical that is realistic friction. The main character is Kristine and some other important characters are Raoul and the Phantom. In this essay certain set designs will be

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