the film were occupied by Italians” (Wayne‚ 2001‚ p.9). With this in mind‚ it would appear that the characterisations which are constructed through the combination of formal filmic conventions can be seen to position the viewer into considering the futility of continued political control over a colonised state‚ regardless of the viewer’s ideological point of view. Ostensibly‚ the characterisations of the combatants from the FLN and the French military are polarised opposites. The FLN rebels are
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The film Schindler’s list‚ produced by Steven Spielberg in 1993 was based on the book "Schindler’s Ark" by Thomas Keneally. Schindler’s List was set in Germany during the period of World War 2. Schindler’s list is a true story about Oskar Schindler‚ a German businessman who saved the life’s of more than one thousand‚ one hundred Jews during the 1940s holocaust. The following quote is used to describe the themes in the movie‚ "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
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13.09.10 Something for Nothing Characterisation: Jake is the main character. He’s a good family man and he takes an interest in his mother and lets her spend time talking to her son. Jake lives a regular life with his wife and his daughter. The mother is an elderly lady. Widowed years ago‚ who maintaines her intellect and brain power by an active social life with friends and by reading‚ especially the new yourk times‚ which is a massive publication 100 of pages long
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a man as the good old city knew…” Discuss Scrooge’s transformation in A Christmas Carol. In Charles Dickens’ novella ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ Ebenezer Scrooge’s transforms himself from an undesirable‚ self-centred old man to a gentleman with characterisations to exemplify that the most valuable things in life are those which are not tangible; family‚ friends‚ love and happiness. The protagonist had the ability to help the unfortunate and deprived Cratchit’s; he also had the obligation to help society
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Write about the ways Browning tells the story in My Last Duchess The story focuses on the key events of the painting‚ the marriage between the Duke and the past Duchess‚ the possible murder of the Duchess and the yet to be new wife. The story being told is of the relationship between the Duke and former Duchess. Browning adopts numerous narrative techniques. Browning uses the form of a dramatic monologue to help the story progress. For instance ’That’s my Last Duchess’ shows that there is one
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showing a more menacing side of some men. Women are portrayed as the victims and misunderstood by the males in the story. The writer positions readers to relate events in the story to the real world through the use of narrative conventions of characterisation‚ point of view and descriptive language. The short story uses the narrative convention of descriptive language which details the events of the boy’s life and position readers to question the worlds outside texts. In the beginning of the story
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Lee explores the main concerns of courage‚ racism‚ law and justice with the use of minor characters. The Alabama township of Maycomb‚ where Lee sets her story is home to a combination of social classes and racial backgrounds. Harper Lee’s characterisation of the minor characters demonstrates the main concern of racism. The town of Maycomb was very divided by race and when it came to Mr Raymond the town was shocked and didn’t accept him‚ so he believed that he was better off being known as a drunk
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SHAKESPEARE DRAMATISES THE TENSION BETWEEN PASSION AND REASON IN HAMLET TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THIS VIEW SUPPORT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAY Acts of passion and acts of reason can be differentiated by a sense of underlying tension‚ Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ published in 1601 explores these universal ideologies by dramatizing this underlying tension. ‘Hamlet’ presents challenging representations of the traditional values of passion and reason through their varying forms. The representation of these
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Austen‚ follows the life of a wealthy woman living in Regency England‚ 1816. Clueless‚ a film created by Amy Heckerling‚ similarly follows the life of a wealthy woman‚ however unlike Emma‚ it is set in 1995. Both texts explore themes such as characterisation‚ personal growth and relationships‚ but the differences demonstrate the visible changes in context and values. Heckerling’s transformation forces the main protagonist to be changed so as to
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the outward illusion of culture‚ moral superiority and respectability‚ contentment and happiness that seemingly stems from their wealth. But over the course of the novel‚ Fitzgerald‚ partly through Nick’s observations‚ but primarily through the characterisation of the violent‚ racist bigot Tom Buchanan‚ the dishonest and irresponsible Jordan Baker‚ but in particular through the character of Daisy‚ exposes this illusion to be radically false‚
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