Timothy William Burton was born on August 25‚ 1958‚ in Burbank‚ California. His father was a former minor league baseball player and his mother owned a cat gift shop. His younger brother was born in 1961. Although he grew up in a typical American family in a typical American suburb‚Tim Burton really didn’t have a great childhood. He was never close to his family and he spent almost all his time in his room or watching TV. His family tried to get him to do activities such as baseball or even after
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In 1958 a boy named Tim Burton was born. Not the usual sort of boy‚ but one who took his inspiration from Dr.Seuss‚ entranced by his poetic rhyming and childish themes. Yet at the same time Burton was being influenced by the renowned author and poet Edgar Allen Poe‚ he known for his darker and malevolent ideas. By combining the two vastly different styles‚ Tim Burton created his own unique‚ award winning technique that was presented in many of his animated and live action films. Within three of his
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Beowulf The Great The one story that stands out the most in Anglo-Saxon bards history is Beowulf. This heroic story‚ translated by Burton Raffel‚ tells of a hero’s journey to conquer the evil in his land. The creature that Beowulf is called to destroy is a monstrosity that goes by the name of Grendal. Beowulf fakes sleeping and waits for the beast to snatch at him. He surprises the monster when he grabs his claws and puts him into submission. Beowulf’s abyss is when he is battling the demon
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The poem “Beowulf” exemplifies Campbell’s claim of the call to adeventure. “Beowulf” was translated by Burton Raffel and is about how a king must protect his castle from a demon at night. “The Call to Adventure” was written by Joseph Campbell and is a guide for The Hero and what he does to become whatis known as the hero. “Beowulf” exemplifies Campbell’s “Call to Advenutre” in many ways. In “Beowulf” after Grendel started taking men many people feared their lives and warrior after warrior would go
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10/6/12 Period 3 How is imagery used in Beowulf? Imagery is the formation of mental images. It is used all throughout this epic poem Beowulf. The way imagery is used in Beowulf is powerful‚ deep‚ and strong. Imagery in this epic poem makes it so easy to picture what’s going on‚ and really sets the mood for Beowulf. The epic poem starts off talking about Grendel‚ already using imagery. “A powerful monster‚ living down in the darkness‚ growled in pain‚ impatient”. So already you have some great
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In the classic epic Beowulf we follow the great hero from his time as a young boy to his final moments as King of the Geats. During this many traits of various characters are revealed to us‚ none however as in depth as what is revealed about the titular figure of Beowulf. This is done through a jumble of Pagan and Christian values that are being bounced between throughout the text. Many of his ‘softer’ virtues such as forgiveness‚ generosity and commitment‚ seem to stem primarily from the Christian
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Respond critically to significant aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close reading‚ supported by evidence Achievement Standard English 91480: Tim Burton is an extremely unique and quirky film director‚ famous for his gothic fantasy styled film‚ evidently influenced by the Gothic Horror genre of the twenties and thirties. He commonly uses an original and flamboyant colour scheme throughout his films‚ with a strong focus on blues and silvery tones. He frequently includes a characteristic
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man’s name has been sung for ages‚ written on parchment‚ story retold many times over the centuries‚ his name is Beowulf! There are minor and yet very major differences between the book and the movie. First lets start with the battle of Grendel. One difference that seem to ‘catch’ a lot of attention was that in the film Beowulf fought Grendel completely naked! In the book(poem) Beowulf boasted it would only be a fair fight‚ for both parties‚ if he only fought Grendel with no weapons and armor‚ which
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Written: A Look into Beowulf There have been many scholarly opinions over the years regarding Beowulf and its claim to be an oral versus a written work. During the time Beowulf was set most literature was oral and not written. Although it still does not prove that Beowulf was an oral work‚ the strong oral underpinnings‚ such as the mnemonic base‚ as well as the narrative sequence‚ provides a solid argument that Beowulf was an orally composed poem. The use of epithets in Beowulf is one of the techniques
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Honors British Literature 2 September 2009 Beowulf Throughout the ages‚ literature has transformed in many ways. Although many elements have changed‚ there are still conceptual ideas and themes that are present in today’s writings that were also used in past literature. The epic poem‚ Beowulf‚ encompasses the dichotomy good vs. evil‚ which has been present in many literary works spanning from the earliest known literature to present-day writings. The correlation between good and evil is portrayed
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