The Flicker

The film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare increased an individual’s knowledge of the original text. The cinematic techniques used in Romeo and Juliet clarified the understanding of the story. Furthermore, the movie also improved the first reading of the story. Similarly, in the film adaptation for Macbeth by Rubert Goold, the understanding of the text, originally written by Shakespeare, was dramatically increased. The director of the movie expressed the original message in a

way that the city being described does. The poem then goes on to describe how “a gusty shower wraps the grimy scraps of withered leaves about your feet and newspapers from vacant lots.” The streets are gross and unattractive and the street lights flicker on and off. Parts of Worland have grimy looking streets and houses like this city does. A lonely cab-horse chugs along the darkened streets. I believe that part of the poem is telling us that life is empty at night and everything

“...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” Jack Kerouk, On the Road I’m not growing any younger, so others’ incompetence consumes precious time. It’s only once that you feel twenty-three while being twenty-three, and for me that time is now. Everything

her chest to see if she was breathing at all on her own, even the slightest effort, an intermittent rise, or fall. Searching desperately for a flicker, or muscle spasm of her face or eyes. I willed her to breathe with everything I had, wanting desperately to tell her family that their mother was alive. A penetrating stare, waiting, but there was not a flicker, no effort to breath. A body can be alive without breathing for a short time, although brain damage is most certainly occurring. Expectantly

Ghosts That We Knew by Mumford and Sons ~Brian Friendship exists as a prevalent theme which reoccurs as symbols such as the pink shirt in A Separate Peace by John Knowles, and the symbol of ghosts in the passionate lyrics of the song “The Ghosts that We Knew” by Mumford and Sons. In A Separate Peace, Gene, a contemporary hero exhibiting traits of anxiousness and self-consciousness who searches for his own place in life and the purpose of his existence. Gene compares himself to Phineas, his athletic

His view of human civilization that appears largely in the background of the children's world on the island, apparently offers no flicker of hope. The different aspects of the adult's world as reflected in Lord of the Flies may be discussed in the following way: first, there was the atomic war that presupposed the school children dropped on an uninhabited island; secondly, occasional

He rips out the entire page. Everything in the book, gone. But it's not the book that will change the world. It's the words and ideas, the ability to think for yourself, and to respect the beauty of language and art. The overall message of the film Dead Poet's Society is not to be forgotten. Yet it's not only the story that makes this film a classic. It's the ideas that stick behind the rising action, climax, and resolution. It’s the brilliance behind the camera movements, and the nostalgic use of

Consumers have many different light bulb options when choosing light fixtures. LED lights are quickly becoming one of the most popular choices. There are many great benefits to this light, causing more people to purchase LED floor lamps over CFL or incandescent lamps. LED lighting is a technology that is constantly evolving. The quality and efficiency is surpassing standard lighting options, such as CFL and incandescent bulbs. However, some packages will claim their bulbs are qualified LED when

It was an ambiguous and bloodcurdling night. I was on the couch watching Spongbob. Squidword: "And the lights will flicker on and off." Just like the story. I get it. Spongbob: Hey Squidword, how are you doing that without moving the switch? Squidword: I'm not doing it. It must be the stupid, faulty wiring in here. This place isn't built to run 24 hours a day! (phone rings, Squidword picks it up) What, what, hello? Hello? Hello? Spongbob: (walks up to the counter) Nice try, Squidword. Squidword:

patrons’ voices melding together to a single cacophonous noise. Asari and human dancers flounced about, dangerous curves promising carnality, and yet they are to be untouched. The neon sign bearing the nightclub’s name, The Second Circle, continues to flicker, one letter dead, and another off-color. Nothing has been replaced since the nightclub first opened ten years ago, in 2160. It was a dilapidated, worn down, and wicked place; loud, dark and shrouded with sin. Perfect for an assassination. The noise