Essays Tagged: "portrayal"

Pantomime

style. Actions are not as real as they are exaggerated. An example of an actorwho used the Italian portrayal of Mime was the great Charlie Chaplin. French mime is the youngest of adopted mime ...

(5 pages) 88 0 3.9 Sep/1995

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Finding Courage To Die. On Hamlet

excerpts from the play 'Hamlet.' What most people do not realize is the significance it has in the portrayal of the character Hamlet. During this soliloquy Hamlet is debating his fate. Hamlet is aski ...

(2 pages) 105 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

HAMLET

ng that the people of today are just as cruel andunforgiving. Shakespeare's Hamlet is a penetrating portrayal of ayoung man overcome with rage brought about by his uncle. Thisdeep hate for his uncle a ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Character analysis of Arthur Dimmesdale from THE SCARLET LETTER

the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale isthe character portrayed as the most weak and unnoble. Despite this portrayalDimmesdale was a stronger character than given credit for. His unbelievable amount ofcontro ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A review of Walt Whitman's "Live Oak, with Moss"

Walt Whitman's Live Oak, With Moss , is an intricate portrayal of love, both physical and mental. Throughout the poem, Whitman incorporates an array of m ...

(2 pages) 125 1 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

To Be Shakespeare, or not To Be Shakespeare, That is the question

, since, for the most part, they were looking at a bare stage. However, this use of imagination and portrayal is no longer needed when the script is brought to film. Every pearl and snowflake have bee ...

(8 pages) 133 0 3.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Film Critique of Selznick's films

ively responded for this reason. The producer and screenwriter of the film knew America craved this portrayal. Critics of the film from this period, applauded it's "realism", but in hindsight studies ... triumphant return of Selznick and secondly, the critics thought the movie attempted at a realistic portrayal. An article in Variety Magazine boasted "it's a box office mop-up" and the article also li ...

(9 pages) 91 0 3.9 Feb/1995

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

_Understanding the Obsession_, a psychological examination of the main character's sexual compulsions in Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses".

he choice that many consider daring and that was certainly avant-garde of pulling no punches in the portrayal of the sexual relationship between Sada and Kichi-san, indeed going so far as to have the ... ity of the sex acts themselves Oshima produced what is perhaps one of the most startlingly accurate portrayals of sexual compulsives to date. The typical response of viewers to Oshima's film is some ...

(6 pages) 96 0 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Orwell's use of symbolism in 1984

ell, through Winston's journal and glass paperweight, manages to use these symbols to assist in the portrayal this theme.One of the party's main goals is to control its people's thoughts. By deliberat ...

(4 pages) 153 2 4.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

American and Nigerian Culture, similarities and dissimilarities

when one compares their own experience and knowledge of culture in America to that description and portrayal of Nigerian culture as seen through Buchi Emecheta's novel, The Wrestling Match.Both of ou ...

(2 pages) 105 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Portrayal of Life in India in Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan

In Malgudi Days, although R.K. Narayan seems to present us with a bleak portrayal of India where life is very hard and there is very little human happiness, he means to ref ...

(3 pages) 59 0 2.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Dance, Puppets, Dance. Character Analysis on the Wife of Bath in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales "

us,manipulative, sex-driven woman who gets whatever she wants through her ploys for control.Stone's portrayal of this character is unforgettable and makes the movie. In book or film, themost memorable ...

(3 pages) 67 0 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucher

"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad --Exploitation of the African Natives

Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is an intriguing and extremely disturbing portrayal of man's surrender to his carnal nature when all external trappings of 'civilization' are ...

(4 pages) 112 1 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A Comparison of the Women in Deledda's "La Madre" and Wharton's "Ethan Frome"

s a commoner from another country. Though both wrote almost exclusively to their won regions, their portrayal of women was quite similar. In Wharton's Ethan Frome she has two women, both distinct from ...

(4 pages) 37 0 4.7 Dec/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The portrayal of women in the novels "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Marquez and "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende.

The portrayal of women in the novels One Hundred years of Solitude and The House of the Spirits differs ... always clean, and the old chests where they kept their clothes exhaled the warm smell of basil.'The portrayal of Pilar and Ursula is contrasted with Nivea in The House Of The Spirits who is portrayed ... minist in the country.' , and her funeral is attended by an '...incredible number...' of people.The portrayal of Nivea and her funeral is in direct contrast with that of Nana and Ferula. Nana is said ...

(6 pages) 116 0 4.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The portrayal of women in novels written hundreds of years ago. Speaks of "The Medea" and King Arthur

The portrayal of women as seen in novels written hundreds of years ago would be considered appalling as ... atement by denouncing the existance of women altogether.Unlike Euripides, Malory seemed to base his portrayal of women on one specific theme which was - women were the root of evil. Perhaps this was t ... than one evil. She wanted to kill Sir Launcelot and harm the queen.The main difference between the portrayal of women by Euripides and Malory was the way in which each female character reacted to her ...

(6 pages) 89 1 3.2 May/1991

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The portrayal of women in novels written hundreds of years ago. Speaks of "The Medea" and King Arthur

The portrayal of women as seen in novels written hundreds of years ago would be considered appalling as ... atement by denouncing the existance of women altogether.Unlike Euripides, Malory seemed to base his portrayal of women on one specific theme which was - women were the root of evil. Perhaps this was t ... than one evil. She wanted to kill Sir Launcelot and harm the queen.The main difference between the portrayal of women by Euripides and Malory was the way in which each female character reacted to her ...

(6 pages) 39 0 3.0 May/1991

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Generation X

s were written to support the invalidating of the Baby Boomer Generations.Generation X, a brilliant portrayal of the group with no direction and no hope, tells a tale of three friends who are living t ...

(6 pages) 174 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Comparison between Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville. They Focused their writings on how man was affected by nature. They translated their philosophies though both the portrayal of their protago

heir writings on how man was affected by nature. They translated their philosophies though both the portrayal of their protagonist and their own self exploration. In Moby Dick, Melville writes about A ...

(7 pages) 110 0 3.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Coming of Age" theme in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

age stories that have ever beenwritten. Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a sensitive touching portrayal of ayoung boy who grows up through shocking yet realistic events.Although many people are ... ill A Mockingbird is one of the bestcoming of age stories ever written. It is a sensitive, touching portrayal of a young boywho comes of age through shocking, yet realistic events. Through Harper Lee' ...

(7 pages) 137 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee