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The film portrays the Trojan War with significant alterations to the Iliad’s narrative. Paris of Troy (Jacques Sernas) embarks on a journey to Sparta in order to establish a peace treaty between the two influential city-states. However, a storm causes his ship to return to Troy after he is swept overboard near the shores of…

In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Antonio is saved from death, giving him a sense of release and implying that the old Jew received deserved punishment. Present-day American society deems it unfair to discriminate based on religious beliefs as we are all equal. In the 1500’s, Shylock was seen as a covetous Jew with…

Achille-Claude Debussy Achille-Claude Debussy ( 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918 ) was a Gallic composer who bridged the spread between the Romantic and early twentieth Century manners. He was one of the innovators of Impressionist composing. His music was a reaction against the over-emotional Romantic music of German composers. He was to a…

However as society changed and became tolerant there has been a new surge of cinema that has commissioned itself to resolve the issue of misrepresentations and stereotypes of the aboriginals. The question we ask ourselves is, is this process really working and if not do they reduce even more problems? An example of this problem…

There is a modern writing table with a reading-lamp on it. I always keep my notes, text-books and pencils on it. There are a great number of my photos above the desk on the wall. Most of my time I spend in a study zone of my room. So it is very important to me…

In James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the main character Stephen Dedalus has important encounters with women that greatly influence his teenage years. The Church also plays a significant role in shaping Stephen’s life experiences. The conflicting forces of women, sexuality, and the Church pose a major challenge for Stephen….

Carrie Movie I am a horror movie fanatic. When fifteen days ago the new version of “Carrie” came out, I did not hesitate in going to the theater. The movie was perfect to me because besides the terror, it had drama, compassion, and vengeance. Carrie’s mom, Margaret, is a purely deplorable figure who scratches and…

After seeing this animated movie, it really had some good qualities for a movie that came out in 2009. Before this movie from Wes Anderson was made, it was based on a book by Roald Dahl. This movie is one of the best-selling & one of the greatest movies ever seen by children. The director…

“La Traviata” by VerdiPart I“La Traviata” is a three-act opera by Verdi which tells a story of life and love of Violetta – a fallen woman. The opera is based on the novel of Alexander Duma “La Dame aux Comelias”. “La Traviata” was written in 1853 and was performed for the first time in Venice…

All modes of inquiry correlate with each other due to their tendency to coalesce in their emphasis on issues that tackle autonomy, justice, and politics. The differences of literary theories, for example, only spring from their construal of the relationship between the exercise of power and the text. Structuralism views the relation in terms of…