Essays on Entertainment Page 17

Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing uses many editing techniques to establish spatial, temporal, visual, and rhythmic relationships between shots. He strategically strings shots together in order to maintain continuity and create meaning. From the second the film begins, the editing sets the scene that the rest of the movie will support. In doing this, the movie…

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, symbolism is the key literary device. Symbolism is when one thing stands for another. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is because mockingbirds do not harm anything, they just sing to you. The mockingbird symbolized both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Tom…

Foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery are all elements, which compose style. All are very important, foreshadowing adds suspense, and symbolism contributes to interpretation. Imagery contributes “visual aids” which, also, aid interpretation. In this classic short story, “The Scarlet ibis,” by James Hurst, foreshadowing, symbolism, and imagery combine to create a true literary masterpiece. Foreshadowing is one…

The name commedia dell’arte is difficult to interpret. It roughly translates to ‘humor of the artists’, referring to performances by professionals as opposed to amateur performers. This form of theater has been given other names that better reflect its nature and characteristics, including commedia dell’arte all’improvviso, commedia improvviso (improvised comedy), and commedia alla maschera (masked…

The title of my book is, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry. This book highlights how Jonas, the main character, lives in a sameness, but soon realizes that’s there is another world outside of The Community and wants to leave. The Giver is a fictional book and is also an award-winning book for children’s literature….

This Essay is about who is to blame for Romeo and Juliets deaths. It argues that Romeo was the person to blame for their deaths. Because of his inability to understand true love with Rosaline, his impatience and impulsiveness, and his poor self control. This essay also uses quotes from the play to support the…

This is a prelude book to Lord of the rings. It starts in a place called Shire, as a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins meats a old friend again, a wizard named Gandalf the grey. The wizard is at the door not alone but with several Dwarfs. Bilbo greeted them all into his dwelling. Gandalf starts…

The society depicted in the poem “Beowulf” depended on two basic characteristics of its people. Loyalty and generosity are the two characteristics that bound this culture together. Throughout the poem, the people must depend on the loyalty and generosity of Beowulf and his warriors to defend them from evil. Society as described in Beowulf, was…

The idea of theatre as a changeable human construct has been presented by several constructivists, including B. Brecht, V. Meyerhold, and C. Stanislavski, each with their own unique perspective. Meyerhold’s theatrical style incorporated audience participation to reveal the dynamic nature of entertainment and its connection to viewers’ reality. Brecht used an established theatre to symbolize…

Edgar Allan Poe was best known for his mystical short stories. One of his works, “The cask of Amontillado“, is about a retaliatory murder. One of the main characters but also the narrator, Montresor, murders the other main character, Fortunato. He accomplishes this through a mischievous murder scheme While doing this, Montresor justifies his murder…